https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190I've tried to hyperlink things to make it easy to find where to comment or get more information. Apologies for errors in transcription.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON , D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF POLICY
MEMORANDUMSUBJECT: Posting EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190 to Regulations.gov for Public Access
FROM:
Caryn Muellerleile
Office of the Administrator
Office of Policy
Office of Regulatory Policy and Man ement
Regulatory Management Division
THRU: Nicole Owens
Director
Office of the Administrator
Office of Policy
Office of Regulatory Policy and Management
Regulatory Management Division
This memorandum authorizes the posting of
EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190 to Regulations.gov for public access.
Executive Order 13777 (82 FR 12285, March 1, 2017), "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda" directs federal agencies to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force. One of the duties of the Task Force is to evaluate existing regulations and make recommendations to the agency head regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification. The EO requires EPA to submit a progress report to the Administrator by mid-May, 2017.
On March 24, 2017, EPA Administrator Pruitt issued an agency-wide memorandum on implementation of EO 13777, which announced me mbers of the required Regulatory Reform Task Force and directed program offices to seek public input on existing regulations and report findings to the Task Force by May 15. All public comments will be accessible online in our docket on the
Regulations.gov website identified by
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190.
This document will be open for public comment until May 15 ,2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190, to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you con sider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud , or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective co mments, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets
Additional information from the EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management
On February 24, 2017, President Donald Trump issued
Executive Order 13777 on Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda. The order establishes the policy of the United States to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people. Among other things, it requires each agency to create a Regulatory Reform Task Force to evaluate existing regulations and to identify regulations that could be repealed, replaced or modified to make them less burdensome.
As part of implementing the order, EPA is soliciting public comments and engaging in additional outreach to identify such regulations.
We will be accepting comments through May 15, 2017 at docket EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190. Go to https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/regulatory-reform to learn more about this effort. In addition, EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM), will host a public meeting to obtain additional stakeholder feedback on
Tuesday, May 9, 2017, from 9:00am to 5:00pm EDT in Arlington, Virginia. The intent of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for interested parties to present recommendations specific to OLEM's regulations. Please see
https://www.epa.gov/rcra/office-land-and-emergency-management-seeking-feedback-reducing-regulatory-burden on how you can submit comments and participate in or listen to the OLEM public meeting. For more information on OLEM programs, please see
https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-land-and-emergency-management.
