While ranchers struggled with a sudden December cold snap and the nation was busy enjoying the holidays, the Obama administration was driving home dramatic regulations at the Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency.

All together, the midnight regulations, which govern development on federal land and renewable fuel standards, will cost nearly $5.1 billion and require an estimated 350,000 hours in paper work.

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