Think of this as the regulatory "fiscal cliff."
WASHINGTON (AP) —...For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked
dozens of major regulations that cover everything from power plant
pollution to workplace safety to a crackdown on Wall Street.
The rules had been largely put on hold during the presidential
campaign as the White House sought to quiet Republican charges that
President Barack Obama was an overzealous regulator who is killing U.S.
jobs.
But since the election, the Obama administration has quietly reopened the regulations pipeline.
In recent weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed
rules to update water quality guidelines for beaches and other
recreational waters and deal with runoff from logging roads. The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, meanwhile, has proposed
long-delayed regulations requiring auto makers to include event data
recorders – better known as “black boxes” – in all new cars and light
trucks beginning in 2014.
The administration also has initiated several rules to implement its
health care overhaul, including a new fee to cushion the cost of
covering people with pre-existing conditions.
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