With an onerous non-compete benching him for two years, finding another job in his field is out of the question.

CEO Bob Iger, Carr said he was concerned that ABC was “attempting to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations under the threat of terminating long-held affiliations.”

The government said it rejected the exemptions after a consultation, arguing it would be "unworkable and administratively onerous" and that delaying the timing of it coming in would affect the amount of money it raised.

Fossil fuel companies and other regulated groups have long complained that complying with the Clean Air Act is unduly costly and onerous.

While the laws have been heralded by environmentalists, their processes have long been considered onerous by developers, and residents and officials have urged their requirements be lessened or waived to expedite fire recovery.