{"id":4733,"date":"2017-03-21T09:50:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2017-05-11T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:38:21","slug":"flood-management-energy-efficiency-standards-among-the-ghost-rules-quietly-withdrawn-by-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2017\/03\/21\/flood-management-energy-efficiency-standards-among-the-ghost-rules-quietly-withdrawn-by-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Management, Energy Efficiency Standards Among the \u201cGhost Rules\u201d Quietly Withdrawn by Trump Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><em>By Jessica Wentz and Tim Wang<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after President Trump took office, the White House issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/01\/20\/memorandum-heads-executive-departments-and-agencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memorandum<\/a> imposing a freeze on new and pending regulations. The memorandum directed agencies to delay the effective date of rules that had already been published in the Federal Register and to withdraw regulations that had been submitted to the Office of the Federal Register but not yet published. The purpose of the freeze is to ensure that Trump and his appointees will have the opportunity to review these regulations before they are finalized and take effect.<\/p>\n<p>One significant problem with the regulatory freeze is the lack of transparency with respect to the withdrawn rules. The delayed rules are relatively easy to identify because they were published in the Federal Register \u2013 as reported on our <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/resources\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Deregulation Tracker<\/a>, they included <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/doe-postpones-five-energy-efficiency-and-conservation-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">energy efficiency<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/regulatory-freeze-delays-new-energy-efficiency-renewable-fuel-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">renewable fuel standards<\/a>. But this is not the case for the withdrawn rules. These so called \u201cghost rules\u201d were withdrawn from the rulemaking process without any public notice or explanation. Some of them had gone all the way through the rulemaking process \u2013 the proposed rule was published, public input was accepted, and the rule was finalized \u2013 before being withdrawn. Others were at the proposal stage, which meant that there was no prior proposal published in the Federal Register and no way for the public to view these rules before they were withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ghost rules included several rules that deal with climate change adaptation and mitigation, all of which have now been added to our <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/resources\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracker<\/a>. The most notable was a <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/small-business-administration-withdraws-proposed-rule-applying-federal-flood-risk-management-standards-to-disaster-loan-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed update<\/a> to the Small Business Administration (SBA)\u2019s disaster loan program aimed at promoting greater resiliency to floods and future flood risk. The proposed rule would have required the recipients of SBA disaster loans that exceed $2 million for the repair or replacement of a damaged or destroyed structure to adhere to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) established in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/DCPD-201500068\/pdf\/DCPD-201500068.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Executive Order (EO) 13690<\/a>. The purpose of the FFRMS is to reduce the risk and cost of floods by ensuring that Federal investments in and near floodplains are built to withstand the effects of future floods, taking into account climate change. Specifically, EO 13690 specifies that the use of the FFRMS should \u201censure that agencies expand management from current base flood level to a higher vertical elevation and corresponding horizontal floodplain to address current and future flood risk.\u201d The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/media-library\/assets\/documents\/101761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">draft guidelines<\/a> on implementing the FFRMS consistent with the directives of EO 13690; the final version of these guidelines would have applied to repairs and reconstruction funded through SBA loans had the proposed rule been adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Several energy efficiency and conservation rules were also withdrawn as a result of the regulatory freeze. One of these was a <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/department-of-energy-withdraws-final-rule-implementing-energy-efficiency-standards-for-manufactured-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">final rule<\/a> establishing energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing (proposed rule available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2016-06-17\/pdf\/2016-13547.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>). This rule was mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The Department of Energy (DOE) estimated that the annual net benefit of the efficiency standards would have ranged from $5.29-$8.93 billion in net consumer benefits and $11.52-$31.95 billion in net nationwide benefits over a 30-year period. The nationwide benefits are much larger because they include the environmental impacts of the anticipated CO<sub>2<\/sub> and NO<sub>x<\/sub> reductions from the energy efficiency savings. In addition, the DOE withdrew four final but not yet published rules establishing energy conservation standards for <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/2HBF-TKN6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">portable air conditioners<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/U2YD-ZUVW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">walk-in cooler and freezer refrigeration systems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/C57Y-VG5B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commercial packaged boilers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.gov\/sites\/prod\/files\/2016\/12\/f34\/DPPP_ECS_Direct_Final_Rule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dedicated purpose pool pumps<\/a>. DOE estimated net benefits of these four standards could be as much as $40 billion over a 30-year period based on consumer operating cost savings and greenhouse gas reductions. Finally, the Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew a <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/department-of-transportation-withdraws-proposed-rule-establishing-a-national-tire-fuel-efficiency-consumer-information-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed rule<\/a> that would have established a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program that would educate consumers about the effect of tires on fuel efficiency, consistent with a mandate from EISA. DOT estimated that the annual net benefits of the rule would have ranged from $1.2 &#8211; $12.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/rules-frozen-by-trump-could-melt-away-without-a-trace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProPublica article<\/a>, these and many other rules could \u201cmelt away without a trace.\u201d Granted, it is possible that some of these rules will be reinstated following the review. But there is a good chance that many of these rules \u2013 particularly those aimed at environmental protection \u2013 will be withdrawn permanently in light of President Trump\u2019s deregulatory agenda and subsequent orders furthering that agenda, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaclimatelaw.com\/climate-deregulation-tracker\/trump-issues-executive-order-on-reducing-regulation-and-controlling-regulatory-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order<\/a> directing agencies to ensure that new regulations impose no net costs and to rescind two regulations for every new regulation issued \u00a0(discussed on our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2017\/02\/01\/trumps-executive-order-on-regulatory-costs-is-not-only-arbitrary-it-is-also-against-the-law\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There may be legal recourse for the final rules that have been withdrawn during the freeze. The Center for Progressive Reform sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/assets\/2017\/03\/10\/document_gw_05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to federal agencies earlier this month explaining how the withdrawal of final rules without a reasoned explanation runs afoul of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)\u2019s requirements for notice-and-comment rulemaking. However, those requirements do not necessarily apply to the withdrawal of proposed rules. Although agencies do frequently provide an explanation for withdrawing a proposed rule, there is no clear legal requirement that they do so.<\/p>\n<p>A significant amount of time and effort went into the development of these rules, and many of them are aimed at implementing important congressional directives. To withdraw these rules without any public notice or explanation is wasteful, irrational, contrary to the public interest, and in some cases may be illegal. At a minimum, the administration should be transparent about which rules have been withdrawn and the status of their review. The administration has not published a list of the withdrawn rules, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/greenwire\/2017\/03\/10\/stories\/1060051296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Office of Federal Register<\/a>, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request would be needed to obtain the complete list. Just as important, agencies need to be vigilant about fulfilling their statutory mandates in the face of President Trump\u2019s deregulatory agenda. \u201cBecause the President said so\u201d is not a reasonable explanation for withdrawing a regulation that is required under a statute and that took considerable agency resources to develop. Agencies should clearly communicate the statutory basis and necessity of their rules to the White House and the Office of Management and Budget during this review process and take other measures to ensure that their actions are in accord with the APA and the statutes they administer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jessica Wentz and Tim Wang Shortly after President Trump took office, the White House issued a memorandum imposing a freeze on new and pending regulations. 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