DAVID E. HESS On April 20, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee approved legislation by party-line vote– Republicans supporting– to allow the General Assembly to kill final regulations by doing nothing, provide a shield to law violators and mandating private review of DEP permit applications. The bills include: — Killing Regulations By Doing Nothing: House Bill 72 (Keefer-R-York) would require legislative approval of any economically significant final regulation or final-omitted regulation that has an impact of $1 million or more on a regulated community. In order for ...