It's A Holiday Weekend, Obama To Pass 2300 New Regulations (Video)

(N.Morgan) This Memorial Day is sure to be filled with BBQ’s with family, paying their proper respect for our military forces and a new set of regulations the Obama administration will attempt to sneak by Americans this holiday.

According to the Daily Caller: Obama’s Spring 2015 Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan has more than 2,300 regulations in various stages of planning and lays out the administration’s regulatory plans for the coming months.

The White House, however, has developed a reputation for releasing their regulatory agendas on the eve of major holidays when many Americans are in the midst of travelling.

The White House released its Fall 2014 Unified Agenda the day before Thanksgiving, and Obama’s Spring 2014 agenda was released the Friday before Memorial Day weekend — both days involve millions of people travelling across the country and paying little attention to political news.

While this spring’s regulatory agenda has fewer regulations than the agenda from last fall, this year’s regulatory plan includes what could be the costliest regulation in U.S. history: the EPA’s proposed national ozone standard.

More regulations to be added to an already over burdened country.

More rules and regulations to take away from our freedoms and attempts at becoming self-sufficient from this government entity.

The article also points out: The agency is proposing lowering the national ambient ozone standard from 75 parts per billion to between 65 and 70 parts per billion.

EPA says the lower standard will prevent from 320,000 to 960,000 asthma attacks per year, along with “preventing more than 750 to 4,300 premature deaths; 1,400 to 4,300 asthma-related emergency room visits; and 65,000 to 180,000 missed workdays.”

“Bringing ozone pollution standards in line with the latest science will clean up our air, improve access to crucial air quality information, and protect those most at-risk.

It empowers the American people with updated air quality information to protect our loved ones — because whether we work or play outdoors — we deserve to know the air we breathe is safe,” EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a statement when the rule was released last year.

All of these regulations hidden under the guise of our safety and our well being, yet these regulations are being passed in secret and not up for public debate or scrutiny.

The Republican Party and industry groups have opposed the EPA’s ground-level ozone standard and put forth data showing this rule could end up being the costliest regulation in U.S. history.

A report by the National Association of Manufacturers says the ozone rule could cost $140 billion per year. That’s $1.7 trillion between 2017 and 2040.

The EPA sets the standards and levels for  the country and states are responsible for developing plans to meet whatever standard is set by the agency.

Critics of the rule dispute that the new ozone standards would be so low, it would be impossible for huge swaths of the country to be in compliance.

Conflicting research has shown EPA’s proposed ozone standard is so strict that about 100 state and national parks would not be forced out of compliance. 

Environmentalists and the EPA argue against attacks on the ozone proposal, saying it’s necessary to protect public health.

The EPA says the cost of the rule will be modest, costing only $16.6 billion and yielding health benefits up to $38 billion.

Reference:

http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/22/obama-quietly-releases-plans-for-2300-regulations-right-before-memorial-day-weekend/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLBx4HVGByWL7lUmj3Hlqg

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