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Get ready for the Hussein Regime new reg for next year.
I especially like this one:
[U]Farm Dust Regulations: EPA has been regulating farm dust for decades and may tighten the standards as part
its review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for coarse particulate matter (PM10).
Tightening the PM10 NAAQS would have widespread implications for rural America, as it could be below the
amount of dust created during normal farming operations, and therefore be impossible to meet. If the standard
is tightened, the only option for farmers to comply will be to curb everyday farm activities, which could mean
cutting down on numbers of livestock or the tilling of fields, or they may have to shrink or even end their
businesses altogether.[/U]
And this one:
Greenhouse Gas Regulations: These regulations – which President Obama himself warned would be worse
than global warming cap-and-trade legislation – will be an enormous burden on the American people. These
rules will cost more than $300 to $400 billion a year, and significantly raise the price of gas at the pump and
energy in the home. It’s not just coal plants that will be affected: under the Clean Air Act (CAA), churches,
schools, restaurants, hospitals and farms will eventually be regulated.
Thus far, EPA has issued regulations governing permit programs and monitoring requirements. Earlier this
year, EPA proposed the first source specific greenhouse gas regulations – emissions standards for new power
plants. The proposal paints an ominous picture for rate payers: the requirements are so strict they virtually
eliminate coal as a fuel option for future electric power generation. In a thinly veiled political move, the agency
has put off finalizing the proposal until after the election. Similarly, EPA has punted on standards for existing
power plants as well as refineries – standards which will further drive up electricity and gasoline prices. Once
these regulations are in place, EPA will proceed to issue regulations, industry by industry, until virtually every
aspect of the American economy is constrained by strict regulatory requirements and high energy prices. Take
for example, farms: under federal permitting requirements, sources (i.e. a farm whose aggregate emissions
exceed CAA permitting thresholds) would be required to comply with costly permitting mandates and pay an
annual fee for each ton of greenhouse gas emitted on an annual basis. Known as the “cow tax”, there would be
a cost-per-animal outcome. EPA itself estimates that in its best case scenario, there will be over 37,000 farms
and ranches subject to greenhouse gas permits at an average cost of $23,000 per permit annually, affecting over
90% of the livestock production in the United States.
I especially like this one:
[U]Farm Dust Regulations: EPA has been regulating farm dust for decades and may tighten the standards as part
its review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for coarse particulate matter (PM10).
Tightening the PM10 NAAQS would have widespread implications for rural America, as it could be below the
amount of dust created during normal farming operations, and therefore be impossible to meet. If the standard
is tightened, the only option for farmers to comply will be to curb everyday farm activities, which could mean
cutting down on numbers of livestock or the tilling of fields, or they may have to shrink or even end their
businesses altogether.[/U]
And this one:
Greenhouse Gas Regulations: These regulations – which President Obama himself warned would be worse
than global warming cap-and-trade legislation – will be an enormous burden on the American people. These
rules will cost more than $300 to $400 billion a year, and significantly raise the price of gas at the pump and
energy in the home. It’s not just coal plants that will be affected: under the Clean Air Act (CAA), churches,
schools, restaurants, hospitals and farms will eventually be regulated.
Thus far, EPA has issued regulations governing permit programs and monitoring requirements. Earlier this
year, EPA proposed the first source specific greenhouse gas regulations – emissions standards for new power
plants. The proposal paints an ominous picture for rate payers: the requirements are so strict they virtually
eliminate coal as a fuel option for future electric power generation. In a thinly veiled political move, the agency
has put off finalizing the proposal until after the election. Similarly, EPA has punted on standards for existing
power plants as well as refineries – standards which will further drive up electricity and gasoline prices. Once
these regulations are in place, EPA will proceed to issue regulations, industry by industry, until virtually every
aspect of the American economy is constrained by strict regulatory requirements and high energy prices. Take
for example, farms: under federal permitting requirements, sources (i.e. a farm whose aggregate emissions
exceed CAA permitting thresholds) would be required to comply with costly permitting mandates and pay an
annual fee for each ton of greenhouse gas emitted on an annual basis. Known as the “cow tax”, there would be
a cost-per-animal outcome. EPA itself estimates that in its best case scenario, there will be over 37,000 farms
and ranches subject to greenhouse gas permits at an average cost of $23,000 per permit annually, affecting over
90% of the livestock production in the United States.
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