How big an impact will the changes have? Well, there's no
doubt that the supporters of the regulations hope that they will be
substantial and the opponents are worried that they will be
substantial, so we should probably assume that they will be
substantial.
Commenters have flagged three particularly significant
changes:
- The agencies' determination to
assess the economic impact of listing decisions.
The agencies repeatedly emphasize that they know that listing
decisions must be made without reference to the economic impact of
the decision and insist that nothing will change on that score.
They claim that this is only an effort to improve transparency and
provide information. Count me with the opponents on this one. The
agencies doth protest too much. In a world where President Trump
issued an executive order that essentially precludes agencies from
adopting new regulations that impose new costs, without regard to
the benefits that they provide, does anyone
