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| Trump signs repeal of Obama-era coal mining 'stream protection rule' | |
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| President Donald Trump has signed his second repeal of Obama-era regulation, this time concerning coal mining near waterways. Republicans voted to overturn the "stream protection rule" earlier this month. | |
| The resolution undoing the US Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining's Stream Protection Rule, a regulation finalized in December to guard waterways from coal mining waste, was authorized by the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law seldom used until recently, which allows Congress to end administrative restrictions placed by executive agencies. | The resolution undoing the US Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining's Stream Protection Rule, a regulation finalized in December to guard waterways from coal mining waste, was authorized by the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law seldom used until recently, which allows Congress to end administrative restrictions placed by executive agencies. |
| The Thursday signing marks the second administrative rule repeal this week, as on Tuesday, Trump repealed a regulation requiring extraction companies to report payments to foreign governments over production activities. | |
| Trump described the stream protection rule as "another terrible job killing rule." | |
| "This is a major threat to your jobs and we’re going to get rid of this threat," he said. "We’re going to fight for you." | |
| House Joint Resolution 38 was passed in the House by a 228 to 194 vote on February 1, then the next day, the Senate voted 54 to 45, sending the resolution to Trump's desk. |