Chamber Files Supreme Court Brief
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana Chamber of Commerce has joined other business organizations in filing a legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning federal greenhouse gas regulations. The document, filed by organizations from more than 30 states, claims the rules give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate many new businesses that are determined to be “small sources” of greenhouse gases. December 23, 2013
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Chamber of Commerce recently joined with 74 other state and local business associations from 33 different states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court outlining the devastating economic effects of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations. In issuing these regulations impacting the Clean Air Act, the EPA purports to have the authority to regulate over six million new facilities including factories, power plants, bakeries, office buildings, hospitals, multifamily residential buildings and other “small sources” of greenhouse gases.
“Smart, necessary regulation by the EPA makes sense, but once again the EPA – under President Obama’s tenure – has stretched the boundary of its authority. The Clean Air Act was never designed to regulate greenhouse gases,” declares Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar.
“Hopefully, the Supreme Court will act to rein in the EPA before its overreach negatively impacts businesses, their employees and our economy even more.”
The Indiana Chamber argued in its amicus brief that the threat of these invasive and intrusive regulations produces a “chilling effect” that impacts plans for expanding operations, entering into new markets and developing new products. The Indiana Chamber explained that both large and small enterprises will understandably hesitate if the decision to expand includes the complexities and costs of regulatory compliance. And, those that do decide to grow will necessarily pass those costs onto their customers. The businesses that cannot do so will suffer in the midst of the current economic crisis – a setback that can ultimately threaten their survival.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is the state's largest broad-based business advocacy and information organization, representing nearly 5,000 member companies that employ 800,000 Hoosier workers.
Source: Indiana Chamber of Commerce