Observations on OIRA's policies and procedures

Administrative Law Review

Volumn 63, Issue SPECIAL, 2011, Pages 79-92

  Fraas, Arthur ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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1. OFFICE OF INFO. & REGULATORY AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF MGMT. & BUDGET, 2011 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND UNFUNDED MANDATES ON STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL ENTITIES 3(2011), www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/2011-cb/2011-cba-report.pdf.
2. OFFICE OF AIR & RADIATION, U. S. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY, THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT FROM 1990 TO 2020: FINAL REPORT-REV. A (2011), http://www.epa.gov/oar/sect812/feb 11/fullreport.pdf.
3. Exec. Order No. 12, 866, 3 C. F. R. 638 (1994)
4. reprinted as amended in 5 U. S. C. § 601 app. at 745 (2006).
5. See National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM), 62 Fed. Reg. 38, 652 July 18, 1997)
6. (codified at 40 C. F. R. § 50. 7 (1998));
7. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 38, 856 (July 18, 1997)
8. (codified at 40 C. F. R. §§ 50. 9-50.10 (1998)).
9. John Bachmann, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: A History of the U. S. National Ambient Air Qualify Standards, 57 AM & WASTE MGMT. ASS'N 652, 687(2007) (emphasis omitted), available at http://www.environmentalexpert.com/ Files%5C6477%5Carticles%5C15683%5Cbachman.pdf.
10. OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING & STANDARDS, U. S. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND PROPOSED REGIONAL HAZE RULE at ES-22 tbl. ES-4(1997), http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/naaqsfin/ria.html (follow "Executive Summary" hyperlink).
11. Randall Lutter, Head in the Clouds Decision-Making: EPA's Air Quality Standards for Ozone, in PAINTING THE WHITE HOUSE GREEN: RATIONALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSIDE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 46 (Randall Lutter & Jason F. Shogren eds., 2004).
12. Under the existing EPA rounding convention, a measured value of 0.084 ppm has been rounded to 0.08 ppm. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. at 38, 886-87.
13. Memorandum on Implementation of Revised Air Quality Standards for Ozone and Particulate Matter, 33 WEEKLY COMP. PRES. DOC. 1080 July 16, 1997).
14. Implementation Plan for Revised Air Quality Standards, 62 Fed. Reg. 38, 423 (July 18, 1997).
15. OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING & STANDARDS, supra note 15, at ES-9.
16. See Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Tier 2 Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards and Gasoline Sulfur Control Requirements, 65 Fed. Reg. 6698 (Feb. 10, 2000)
17. (codified at 40 C. F. R. pts. 80, 85, 86).
18. See Whitman v. Am. Trucking Ass'ns, Inc., 531 U. S. 457 (2001).
19. See generally ROBERT ESWORTHY, CONG. RESEARCH SERV., RL32431, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5): IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1997 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) c 2, 6 (2007).
20. 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Implementation (July 2, 2002) (PowerPoint presentation by Professor Michael J. Pilat, University of Washington), available at http://courses.washington. edu/cee490/Ozone2.pdf.
21. 42 U. S. C. § 6903 (27) (2006).
22. Brad Marten, U. S. Supreme Court Holds That Superfund Liability Is Not Joint and Several Where a Reasonable Basis for Apportionment Exists; Court Also Narrows Arranger Liability, MARTEN L. (May 4, 2009), http://www.martenlaw.com/ newsletter/20090504-superfundliability.
23. 549 U. S. 497, 500 (2007) (alterations in original)
24. (quoting Clean Air Act, 42 U. S. C. § 7602 (g) (2006)).
25. Press Release, Office of Air & Radiation, U. S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment (Dec. 7, 2009), http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/7ebdf4d0b217978b852573590040443a/08dll a451131bca585257685005bf252!OpenDocument.
26. Susan E. Dudley & Arthur Fraas, The Future of Regulatory Oversight and Analysis, 51 MERCATUS ON POL'Y, May 2009, at 1, 3, available at http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/MOP51-OIRAweb.pdf.
27. See Dialogue, The (Not So) New Executive Order on Regulatory Review, and What to Expect, 41 ENVTL. L. REP. NEWS & ANALYSIS 10, 505, 10, 509(2011), avaikbleat http://www.elr.info/articles/vol41/41.10505.pdf.
28. See LINDA M. CHAPPELL, OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING & STANDARDS, U. S. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY, REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE FINAL PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION AND TITLE V GREENHOUSE GAS TAILORING RULE 17-18(2010), http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ecas/regdata/RIAs/riatailoring.pdf.
29. OFFICE OF TRANSP. & AIR QUALITY, U. S. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY, EPA-420-F-10-014, EPA AND NHTSA FINALIZE HISTORIC NATIONAL PROGRAM TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES AND IMPROVE FUEL ECONOMY FOR CARS AND TRUCKS (2010).
30. See Christopher DeMuth, OIRA at Thirty, 63 ADMIN. L. REV. (SPECIAL EDITION) 15, 19 (2011).
31. x SIP Call, 70 Fed. Reg. 25, 162 (May 12, 2005)
32. (codified at 40 C. F. R. pts. 51, 72-74, 77-78, 96);
33. Standard of Performance for New and Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Steam Generating Units, 70 Fed. Reg. 28, 606 (May 18, 2005)
34. (codified at 40 C. F. R. pts. 60, 72, 75) (finalizing Clean Air Mercury (CAMR) rule).
35. See New Jersey v. EPA, 517 F.3d 574, 583-84 (D. C. Cir. 2008);
36. North Carolina v. EPA, 531 F.3d 896, 929-30 (D. C. Cir. 2008).
37. See Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas & Nathan Richardson, Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under the Clean Air Act; A Guide for Economists 14 (Resources for the Future, Discussion Paper 11-08, 2011).
38. See Arkema Inc. v. EPA, 618 F.3d 1, 10 (D. C. Cir. 2010).
39. See Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone, 75 Fed. Reg. 45, 210 (proposed Aug. 2, 2010)
40. (codified at 40 C. F. R. pts. 51-52, 72, 78, 97).
41. See Arthur G. Fraas & Nathan Richardson, Public Interest Comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Clean Air Transport Rule 8-11(The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, 2010), http://www.regulatorystudies.gwu.edu/images/pdf/20100928-gwrsc-epa-catr-comment. pdf;
42. Arthur G. Fraas & Nathan Richardson, Banking on Allowances: The EPA's Mixed Record in Managing Emissions-Market Transitions, 38-39 (Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 10-42, 2010) [hereinafter Banking on Allowances].
43. X ALLOWANCE MARKETS 10(2009), http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/resource/docs/marketassessmnt.pdf.
44. See generally Banking on Allowances, supra note 47.;
45. x SIP Call, 70 Fed. Reg. 25, 162, 25, 345 (May 12, 2005)
46. (codified at 40 C. F. R. § 96. 106)