Regulatory Transactions

From: The Hill | Blogs

By Daniel Lyons

On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission will vote 3-2 to regulate broadband Internet providers as common carriers. The decision will be the culmination of nearly a decade of work by net neutrality activists seeking to subject Internet providers to rules written eighty years ago to tame the Bell telephone monopoly. It will also effectively thwart the proposed Thune-Upton bill in Congress that would accomplish net neutrality without radically altering the law governing cyberspace.

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From: National Association of Federal Credit Unions

From: Inside EPA

State officials say the White House is pushing to finish pre-publication review of EPA’s long-awaited final rule for how states should craft water quality standards (WQS) before it begins review of a final rule to define Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction, fearing a lack of resources to process two highly controversial water rules at the same time.

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From: The Wall Street Journal

Proposed Regulations Come in Response to Series of Oil-Train Accidents

By Bob Tita

Federal railroad regulators have forwarded their final draft of new regulations for tank cars that haul crude oil and other flammable liquids to the White House for review.

The review by the Office of Information of Regulatory Affairs is one of the last steps before the implementation of new tank-car standards and operating procedures.

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