ECOS Eyes 'Cost Of Rules' Budget Guide After Criticizing EPA Effort

The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is crafting its own guide on the costs states face in implementing EPA rules to use as a key tool in lobbying state and federal officials for more funding to cover those costs, after efforts to develop a guide with EPA led to the agency issuing a refocused report that states said fell far short of their goals. ECOS, which represents state environmental regulators, is pushing ahead with the ECOS-only effort to seek...