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IPI Policy Report - # 156
Related Publication Title:
When the Unelected Rule: Ten Case Studies in Regulatory Abuse
Released by Sonia Hoffman on 01/09/2001
IPI Policy Report - # 156
Related Publication Title:
When the Unelected Rule: Ten Case Studies in Regulatory Abuse
Released by Sonia Hoffman on 01/09/2001
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For Release: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Contact: Sonia Hoffman (888) 557-4IPI or shoffman@ipi.org
Dallas, TX: Federal agencies this year enacted numerous unwarranted and costly regulations that will ultimately harm -- not help -- the American public, according to “Unconstitutional Delegations of Power: Ten Case Studies in Bad Regulation,” a study released jointly by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) of Texas and the Lexington Institute of Virginia.
“The year 2000 has been a busy one for federal regulators,” say IPI Center for Technology Freedom’s Bartlett Cleland and the Lexington Institute’s Bonner Cohen, co-editors of the study. “Agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have finalized regulations that significantly expand the reach of the federal government, while simultaneously taking decision-making power away from the states and from consumers.”
Among the regulations cited in the study include the:
· EPA’s controversial Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) rule, which was opposed by such diverse groups as the National Governors’ Association, small businesses, farmers, and other landowners.
· EPA’s “Tier 2” vehicle emissions and gasoline regulations, which have landed the agency in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
· Federal Bureau of Investigation’s technical standards-setting rules, which ignore important securities issues.
· The FTC’s regulations issued in order to implement the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
IPI and the Lexington Institute compiled and published these ten case studies to alert the general public about the often unpublicized regulations issued by the federal government and to better engage the public in the regulatory process.
As Representative Joseph Knollenberg (R-MI) wrote in the introduction to the study: “The more the public knows about how their lives are adversely affected by the misuse of science, the barriers to technological innovation, and the lack of common sense that are found in so many federal regulations, the sooner people will demand a fundamental reform of this deeply flawed system.”
This information is taken from a new IPI Center for Technology Freedom report “When the Unelected Rule: 10 Case Studies in Regulatory Abuse,” by various authors. For more information, visit www.ipi.org or call Sonia Hoffman at (972) 874-5139 or (800) 557-4474. The directors and authors are available for interviews.
