EPA cuts 40 regulations, saves $3.6B, seeks balance on costs

Published June 11, 2019 3:05pm ET



Aiming to erase the “fuzzy math” past administrations used to hide the costs of politically favored policies, the Environmental Protection Agency is pulling back the curtain on costs and benefits, and planning to kill regulations that are out of whack.

“It hopefully will take away some of the fuzzy math that administrations have done in the past on justifying regulations,” said EPA Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler of his new policy.

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