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3 Oct 2018, 7:42 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The Administration's first Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Scott Pruitt, was tasked with undoing the Obama Administration's regulatory handiwork, including the infamous "WOTUS" (waters of the United States) rule and Clean Power Plan. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 8:03 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com
”  As a response to EPA’s 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) proposal, the bill aims to address issues related to the former EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, and his decision to undercut the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) through “hardship” waivers received by refineries. [read post]
4 Sep 2018, 9:15 am by Deborah Heller
The EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report September 4 on its investigation into the security detail for former Administrator Scott Pruitt. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm by Michael A. Livermore
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking calling for comments on a potential action with the purported goal of “increasing consistency and transparency in considering costs and benefits in the rulemaking process. [read post]
26 Aug 2018, 10:00 pm by Series of Essays
When then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the ANPRM in June 2018, he stated it would be “the next step toward providing clarity and real-world accuracy with respect to the impact of the agency’s decisions on the economy and the regulated community. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 11:13 am by Jonathan H. Adler
It helps confirm that the EPA, under Scott Pruitt, was more interested in making a show of reducing regulatory burdens than actually doing the hard work to revise and reform existing regulatory programs. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 4:13 pm by Anthony B. Cavender
 The Superfund Task Force was established by former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to “provide recommendations on an expedited timeframe on how the agency can restructure the cleanup process, realign incentives of all involved parties to promote expeditious remediation, reduce the burden on cooperating parties, incentivize parties to remediate sites, encourage private investment in cleanups of sites and promote the revitalization of properties across the country. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 4:13 pm by Anthony B. Cavender
 The Superfund Task Force was established by former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to “provide recommendations on an expedited timeframe on how the agency can restructure the cleanup process, realign incentives of all involved parties to promote expeditious remediation, reduce the burden on cooperating parties, incentivize parties to remediate sites, encourage private investment in cleanups of sites and promote the revitalization of properties across the country. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 7:04 am by Ilya Somin
If you don't trust the likes of Jeff Sessions or Scott Pruitt to interpret the law objectively, you should be happy to see a judiciary that defers to them as little as possible. [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 5:47 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com
  The hearing was intended to provide Wheeler with the opportunity to present himself for the first time in front of the EPW Committee as the Acting Administrator, and to update the EPW Committee on EPA’s agenda since the resignation of Scott Pruitt, EPA’s former Administrator. [read post]
9 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm by Bobby Chen
Scott Pruitt, the former U.S. [read post]
9 Aug 2018, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
” Most recently former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt denied a petition for the ban in March 2017. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 10:10 am by Megan Geuss
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt deemed the fuel economy standards too high in April and opened a formal rule-making process to revise the standards. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 9:30 pm by Wendy E. Wagner
It also gives appointees like former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his successors unrestricted and unreviewable authority to reach politically motivated decisions that exclude high quality research. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 11:28 am by Steve Gottlieb
Most recently, Scott Pruitt was forced out of office because he couldn’t take his hands off opportunities to use his position for personal gain. [read post]
29 Jul 2018, 9:45 pm by Lisa Heinzerling
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt handed a gift to companies who profit from producing cheaper trucks by dispensing with modern pollution control equipment. [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 9:19 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com
  He plans on following Scott Pruitt’s work overhauling the policy, including counting ethanol exports toward annual biofuels quotas and bringing corn and oil groups together to overhaul the RFS system. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 7:23 am by Allan Blutstein
.) -- denying plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees in case involving Scott Pruitt's travel vouchers and meetings with outside parties, because: (a) EPA exercised due diligence in processing request; (b) lawsuit was not catalyst for production; and (c) court order regarding proposed briefing schedule did not provide "relief" to plaintiff. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 10:00 pm by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Ohio: “At Last, Some Answers About Cincinnati Councilman Jeff Pastor’s Campaign Finances” by Sharon Coolidge for Cincinnati Enquirer Elections Wisconsin: “Wisconsin Treasurer Candidate Says He Was Fired from Banking Job After Mounting Campaign” by Molly Beck and Max Bayer for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ethics National: “Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court Pick, Has Sided with Broad Views of Presidential Powers” by Ann Marimow for… [read post]