As OMB Watch recently reported, EPA is preparing to announce the regulatory scheme it will pursue for regulating greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Supreme Court's April decision which said greenhouse gases could be considered a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. An EPA official has reportedly indicated the agency will pursue a regulatory scheme similar to that of California and the other states, wherein the agency would set targets to reduce emissions over time, according to BNA news service (subscription). More information on EPA's plans may surface when the agency releases its annual Regulatory Plan later in 2007. EPA may only be in the early stages of a rulemaking, but the White House is already all over this like white on rice. As Frank O'Donnell at the Blog for Clean Air points out, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has already held at least four meetings regarding potential greenhouse gas emissions regulations. The list of attendees does not engender much confidence in the outcome of the rule. In addition to government personnel from EPA, USDA and the Departments of Transportation and Energy, OIRA has met with Shell, Frontier Oil, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, and some power companies from Nebraska. Reg•Watch will wait patiently to see if OIRA invites anyone from the environmental, public health or energy security communities to solicit input. One of the OIRA meetings also included a representative from the Vice President's Office. The Bush White House has kept Cheney's presence in these meetings to a minimum and generally only brings in a representative from the VP's office for the most significant of agency regulations.