# Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Comments on the Technical Support Document Entitled *Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866*

February 26, 2014 • Public Comments 

By [Patrick J. Michaels](https://www.cato.org/people/patrick-michaels) and [Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger](https://www.cato.org/people/chip-knappenberger) 

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This is our second Comment made to the Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Comments on the *Technical Support Document entitled Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866*. Our first comment was submitted under the first deadline which was January 27—a deadline which was extended for 30 days. This additional Comment is submitted for consideration along with our first Comment (which we refer to below as our “initial comment”).

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##### Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Comments on the Technical Support Document Entitled *Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866* 

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##### [Patrick J. Michaels](/people/patrick-michaels)

Former Director, Center for the Study of Science 

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##### [Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger](/people/chip-knappenberger)

Former Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Science 

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