Who knew?--Companies seek relief from regulatory burdens

Washington Post:

Emails reveal close ties between top EPA officials and those they regulate

Littered among tens of thousands of emails that have surfaced in recent weeks are dozens of requests for regulatory relief by industry players. Many have been granted. On some occasions, agency officials pushed back on the idea that they would automatically grant industry requests.

Would I send a request for regulatory relief to a clerk or to a "top EPA official"?  Who would be more likely to be able to grant the relief?

The fact is that under Obama the EPA became a rogue agency that imposed burdensome and unnecessary regulations on businesses and individuals.  It tried to regulate mud puddles and ponds.  It was hostile to the use of fossil fuels which are needed to make the US economy work.