ALERT YOUR FRIENDS

TO STOP THE TIDAL WAVE

  • 4,128 regulations planned, including:

    • The next four years could bring a tidal wave of costly regulations for U.S. businesses and consumers. With more than 4,100 regulations in the pipeline, the estimated cost to the American economy is more than a half trillion dollars and counting. We need to fight for smarter regulations that protect the environment, workers, and American jobs and stop this looming regulatory tidal wave before it does irreversible damage to our economy.

    View the Regulatory Tidal Wave
  • Lead Paint Rule Expansion
    • Lead Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule for Commercial Buildings

    The Lead RRP program, whose standards went into effect this year, is estimated to cost almost $2.5 billion in implementation costs over the next five years and have a substantial impact on the residential construction industry. The EPA is currently planning to expand this program to commercial construction industry. Planned for early 2013, this rule will greatly increase the cost of commercial renovations and expansions, affecting not only the construction industry but small-business owners looking to upgrade their facilities.

  • New Ozone Standards
    • National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone

    Planned for 2013, this EPA rule would require cities to tighten ozone emissions limits mostly from power plants, vehicles and factories. EPA estimates that these regulations will cost the economy up to
    $90 billion per year. Citing the significant costs associated with these rules, President Obama delayed the issuance of this rule in 2011.

  • Boiler MACT
    • Boiler MACT

    EPA is currently reconsidering a final rule issued in January 2011 that set limits virtually unattainable by new and existing boilers using fossil fuels or biomass and was estimated to impose a $10-$20 billion hit on the economy. NFIB is hopeful that the EPA will ultimately issue a health-based standard, as opposed to a strict technology-driven standard. This change alone could cut the cost of the rule in half.

  • Tier III Emissions Rule
    • Tier 3 Pollution Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards

    Focused on emissions from vehicles and gasoline, the Tier 3 pollution rule will set costly new emissions standards, including nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and air toxics, on top of protective standards in place today. Research indicates that this rule could cost U.S. refiners $13 billion annually, adding to the price of gasoline in many states.

  • $515 billion* and growing

    * Source: Government and Industry Numbers

    • $515 billion* and growing

    There are more than 4,100 regulations in the pipeline. Out of these regulations, just thirteen regulations will cost our economy $515 billion in both annual and capital costs.

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Election Day 2012 may determine whether a tidal wave of more than 4,100 new federal regulations costing more than half a trillion dollars crushes America's economy.

The Impact of Obama's Regulatory Tidal Wave Across America

The threat of Obama's Regulatory Tidal Wave has already impacted small businesses across America. Shown in the map to the left are a handful of states that have been greatly impacted by the threat of more than 4,100 regulations with a cost of $515 billion to the economy. Scroll over the highlighted states to see how each state has suffered from the impending tidal wave of regulations.

Stop the Regulatory Tidal Wave

The next four years could bring a tidal wave of costly regulations for U.S. businesses and consumers. With more than 4,100 federal regulations in the pipeline, the estimated cost to the American economy is more than a half trillion dollars and counting. We need to fight for smarter regulations that protect the environment, workers, and American jobs and stop this looming regulatory tidal wave before it does irreversible damage to our economy.

View the Regulatory Tidal Wave

Stop The Tidal Wave

  • May 20

    This morning, the Wall Street Journal published, “Red Tape Record Breakers”, analyzing the record number of costly regulations promulgated during President Obama’s administration. Listed below are a few of the more alarming statistics from the Editorial detailing the recent explosion in federal regulations: • The Code of Federal Regulations hit an all-time high of 174,545 in 2012, an increase of more than 21 percent during the last decade • Last year, 4,062 regulations were at various stages of implementation from Washington, D.C. • A recent study from the Competitive Enterprise Institute estimates regulatory costs averaging $14,768 per household, meaning red tape is the second largest item in the typical family budget after housing http://www.sensibleregulations.org/?p=4787&preview=true

  • May 15

    Yesterday afternoon, The Hill reported on a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) study confirming that under President Obama, federal regulations have soared. The story notes: “From 2009 through last year, there were more than 13,000 final rules published in the Federal Register, while fewer than 12,400 were finalized from 2005-2008, the report found. That’s an increase of nearly five percent.”

  • May 03

    Yesterday, Susan Dudley, Director of the GW Regulatory Studies Center, and Sofie Miller, Policy Analyst at the GW Regulatory Studies Center, published an important piece in The Washington Examiner. This opinion editorial analyzed whether or not President Obama’s claims of reducing regulatory burden are in fact true.

    Op-Ed: Is Obama really reducing regulatory burdens? | WashingtonExaminer.com Op-Ed: Is Obama really reducing regulatory burdens? | WashingtonExaminer.com According to President Obama's 2014 budget, reducing regulatory burdens is an administration priority, and he has issued several executive orders requiring agencies to examine their existing rules systematically for opportunities to reduce regulatory burdens on the public. The budget claims that the...

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