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In Case You Missed It: Panel votes to curb EPA’s veto power

The Hill

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted Wednesday to put time limits on when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can block permits for dumping material into waterways.

Under the Regulatory Certainty Act, the EPA would not be allowed to take any action against a permit to put dredge or fill material in waterways or wetlands until an application is filed or a permit is issued.......Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.), the top Democrat on the panel, cited the West Virginia case in his support of the bill. Mingo Logan Coal Co.’s Spruce Fork permit was at issue.

“By vetoing that permit, the EPA demonstrated that its word is no good, that permit negotiations are a farce, and that 404 permits are worthless,” Rahall said. Make sure your Nick Rahall yard signs are up.

 

In Case You Missed it: WV Rep. Nick Rahall on funding bill: This bill is a wrench in the gears of EPA's machine

State Journal

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-WVa., welcomed the approval from a House subcommittee on a funding bill that would bar the EPA from implementing a “raft of regulations” threatening to undercut West Virginia’s economy.

“The message to the EPA in this bill is plain and simple: you cannot continue to churn out regulation upon regulation without regard for their effect on our economy and the jobs of our citizens,” Rahall said. “This bill is a wrench in the gears of EPA’s regulatory perpetual motion machine. But the provisions in this legislation are only temporary, and I’ll continue to fight to pass permanent solutions.”

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Rahall, McKinley, Introduces Bill to Stop EPA Carbon Rules

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

WASHINGTON — A week after President Barack Obama and the federal EPA announced a new rule that would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-.Va., and U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., announced Monday they are introducing bill to stop it.

The Headlines Speak For Themselves: Rahall “Blasts” EPA Rule

 

Bluefield Telegraph: “Rahall speaks out against new EPA rules.” “U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., spoke on the House floor Thursday in opposition to the new rules, which, according to Rahall, would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants.” [Bluefield Telegraph, 5/30/14]

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT- Rahall speaks out against new EPA rules

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama expected to announce potentially crippling restrictions next week on coal-fired power plants, area lawmakers are once again speaking out in opposition to the looming federal rules. Help us and put out your political signs.
 
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., spoke on the House floor Thursday in opposition to the new rules, which, according to Rahall, would set caps on carbon emissions from existing power plants.