Industry Groups See Shutdown Starting To Hinder EPA Permits, Programs

January 10, 2019
EPA's ongoing shutdown is starting to hinder the agency's ability to process industry permit applications, engine certifications, and key programs that companies support such as the Energy Star efficiency labeling initiative, according to industry representatives who say the problems will grow if the shutdown persists for several weeks. “There is some federal permitting that manufacturers need that they are telling us is being delayed,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley told Inside...


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