broad directive , then , could empower agencies such as the EPA to revisit and rescind a wide range of regulations .
• Details : Executive departments and agencies are specifically directed to : o Lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply . o Eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and rent-seeking practices that increase healthcare costs . o Eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances . o Create employment opportunities for American workers , including drawing discouraged workers into the labor force .
• Potential applicability : The language of this memorandum can be read to call on the EPA Administrator to begin the administrative process to review and rescind the suite of EPA rules that are perceived to undermine baseload power generation , particularly when coupled with language in the National Energy Emergency and Unleashing American Energy orders . These regulations could include : o Clean Air Act Section 111 regulations of GHG emissions from power plants , new and existing ; o Regulation of coal-combustion residuals ; o Effluent limitations guidelines under the Clean Water Act ; and o Other Clean Air Act programs such the Good Neighbor Plan , regional haze , mercury and air toxics standards ( MATS ), and National Ambient Air Quality Standards ( NAAQS ) rules .
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Trump ’ s Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions EO includes a focus on dismantling numerous Biden administration executive actions that underpin the total government approach to enacting policies to address climate change and target policies restrictive toward energy production . In addition to these policies , the EO also revokes a Biden administration EO that directed multiple agencies to undertake environmental justice strategies in policy decisions . It also revokes the Executive Order that required federal agencies to consider underserved communities and equitable distribution of impacts in regulatory decision-making . These recissions follow along with President Trump ’ s pledge to reduce regulatory burdens particularly for energy projects .
• Executive Order 14027 of May 7 , 2021 ( Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office ). o
Revoking EO 14027 disbands the Climate Change Support Office , a part of the Department of State that advances the country ’ s efforts to meet the global climate crisis .
• Executive Order 14030 of May 20 , 2021 ( Climate-Related Financial Risk ). o Revoking EO 14030 halts the initiative to increase the disclosure of climate-related financial risk to assets , publicly traded securities , private investments , and companies .
• Executive Order 14052 of November 15 , 2021 ( Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ). o Revoking EO 14052 dismantles the Biden administration ’ s priorities and coordination efforts for implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , including eliminating the Infrastructure Implementation Task Force . bracewell . com 8