WESTERN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)

Educating policymakers on the implications of proposals to regulate coal combustion by-products as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) · Interior, Dept of (DOI) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Clean Air and Water (quality)

1. Educating policymakers on Roundtable consensus recommendations regarding GHG regulation. 2. Educating policymakers on potential costs vs. benefits of various proposed approaches to GHG regulation, including the implications of: EPA proposed regulations under the Clean Air Act; CEQ proposals relating to climate impacts analysis integration into NEPA; CEQ climate adaptation guidance; DOI/USFWS/USFS/EPA climate action plans. Activities include support for various 2. (cont.) pieces of legislation to oppose such Executive Branch actions (H.R. 910, S. 328, H.Res. 203, S. 482 and various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve the same result). 3. Educating policymakers on the negative implications of suggested EPA actions to increase the stringency of Clean Air Act regulations, including: PM10, ozone, industrial boiler MACT, utility MACT and regional haze requirements. 4. Educating policymakers on promising clean energy technologies, including discussions regarding the challenges facing carbon capture and sequestration and enhanced oil recovery. 5. Educating policymakers on the efforts by EPA/Army Corps of Engineers to unilaterally expand regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act.