Obama EPA: Less Volunteerism, More Fed Regulation
If we're going to begin to regulate more effectively. Read More...
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2010
EPA's Voluntary Programs Under Scrutiny as Regulatory Obligations Rise
By ROBIN BRAVENDER of Greenwire
As U.S. EPA ramps up regulatory activities in climate change/other arenas, the agency may cut back some...voluntary programs...to funnel resources toward regulations....
"[I]f we're going to begin to regulate more effectively, some...voluntary programs may no longer be...priority issues..," Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy told...EPA air quality advisers....
"There are many areas where...past administrations [were] less willing to move forward with regulatory requirements, and we are willing..," she said.
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