ALEC Floats Draft Model Bills To Scrap EPA, Restrict Environmental Rules

As state legislatures prepare to convene for their 2015 sessions, the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is floating draft model bills through which states would call for scrapping EPA and replacing it with a panel of state environmental officials, or alternatively urging EPA to scale back several major policies. The draft legislation, part of an Oct. 30 ALEC memo to its energy, environment and agriculture task force members obtained by Inside EPA , includes about 10 model policies that...