The so-called Stream Protection Rule is expected to be the first among several rules to get axed that were enacted in the waning days of the Obama administration. Besides the Stream Protection Rule, they are also likely to go after a moratorium now in place on coal mined from federally-owned lands as well as the methane rules enacted by Obama in November. As for the Stream Protection Rule, coal associations and sympathetic lawmakers say that it duplicates existing laws and specifically those of the Clean Water Act. Without a doubt, the Stream Protection Rule will get tossed — a clear regulatory victory for the ailing coal sector. This stream law is, according to the industry, one of the most severe it had faced.

Source: Forbes February 03, 2017 12:30 UTC