Results of Regulatory Review Released
Kristin Goree
ACWA
06/03/2011
Last January, President Obama issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to review all existing regulations to ensure that they “protect our safety, health and environment while promoting economic growth”. Results of this review were released on May 26.
As a result of this executive order, EPA plans to review 31 regulations. Sixteen of them are categorized as early action items that the Agency plans to review during the 2011 calendar year; and, fifteen of them are categorized as longer term action items. Most water related items fall into the later action category including regulating drinking water contaminants by group, revising consumer confidence report requirements, and revising the lead and copper rule.
