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AFBF: Clean Air Act not a fit for greenhouse gas regulationA bill directing that certain greenhouse gases (GHGs) not be subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act received support Sept. 12 from the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF and 11 other groups sent a letter to the House expressing strong support for H.R. 6666. The bill was introduced by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN. The letter, addressed to Rep. Blackburn and copied to the full House, called attention to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gases and how ill-suited the Clean Air Act is to accomplish that. The EPA's notice on the rule acknowledged "the (Clean Air Act) was not specifically designed to regulate GHGs." "If the provisions of the EPA's proposed rule were to be implemented, they would have the unintended consequence of automatically triggering costly and burdensome regulation of thousands of individual manufacturing facilities, hospitals, farms, schools, office buildings, and even large houses," according to the coalition letter. "The result would be that businesses and consumers alike would experience significantly higher costs and onerous regulation; business would be put at a global competitive disadvantage; and the public would not see any real improvement in atmospheric GHG levels," according to the letter. "It is clear that regulation under the current framework of the Clean Air Act is not the answer," AFBF President Bob Stallman said. "Rep. Blackburn's introduction of H.R. 6666 recognizes that the EPA's proposed rule to regulate greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act would be inappropriate, complex and expensive for America's farmers and ranchers." Date: 9/17/08
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