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Washington D.C. – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) today sent the following letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the agency’s proposed settlement agreements requiring costly regulations on new, modified, and existing power plants and refineries. In the letter, Upton and Inhofe note that the agreements were reached with almost no public input, which violates the President’s recent Executive Order requiring openness and transparency in the regulatory process. They also demand that EPA reject the agreements to protect consumers from paying higher prices for gasoline and electricity.
