President Trump and his staff have taken several steps to implement his environmental agenda.

As reported previously (see Freeze on Regulations), Mr. Trump’s Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, on January 20, 2017, issued a Memorandum requiring, among other things, that all federal agencies postpone the effective date of all regulations published in the Federal Register but not yet effective as of January 20, 2017. EPA, on January 23, 2017, complied, postponing the effective date of thirty rules until March 21, 2017. See 82 Fed. Reg. 8499 (Jan. 26, 2017). The thirty regulations include the:

• Risk Management Program revisions (previously effective on March 14, 2017),
• Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017 (previously effective on February 10, 2017), and
• Addition of a subsurface intrusion component to the hazard ranking system (previously effective on February 8, 2017).

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