9/16/19
On Mondays, Rogan’s
List features a listing of proposed rule and regulation changes that
are currently accepting public comment.
Commenting is the way to show government agencies how we feel about
these proposed changes. Our comments also become part of a record that will be
reviewed by courts if and when a reg change is contested. Courts use comments
to judge whether an agency is acting arbitrarily and capriciously.
Organization
Closing
Soon
Recent
Section I -
ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB
Section II
- everything environmental - EPA, BLM, DOE
Section III
- Civil rights, housing, education, healthcare
Other: More
on regulations – tracking the trackers and general information
Closing Soon
Closing September 16, 2019 URGENT Proposed rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Requirements
for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and
Transparency https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CMS-2019-0105-0001 CMS wants to
modify nursing home regulations yet again - all but eliminates ombudsman
program and other protections. The proposed
requirements would rollback numerous resident protections by eliminating or
easing up on specific nursing home responsibilities. The result for residents?
Reduced standards for safety, quality care and rights. "Here are just a
few of the proposal’s lowlights: Liberalizing
the use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to sedate residents; Making it easier
to evict residents by curtailing notice to the ombudsman program; Undermining
infection control standards, resident grievances, and dietary management; Cutting
facility assessments that align staffing levels with residents’ needs."
You can read more here: http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2019/20190909.Help_Stop_Trump_Rollback_ofNursing_Home_Standards.html
and https://paltc.org/publications/cms-issues-proposed-rule-requirements-long-term-care-facilities-finalizes-arbitration and https://khn.org/news/assisted-livings-breakneck-growth-leaves-patient-safety-behind/ You can comment here or at the link above: https://theconsumervoice.org/news/detail/latest/submit-comments-on-proposed-revisions-to-the-federal-nursing-home-regulatio
Comments due Sept. 16, 2019. 2019-07-16 Energy Conservation
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Dishwashers, Grant of Petition for
Rulemaking; Proposed rule. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2018-BT-STD-0005-2302
. Creates “a new class of less efficient dishwashers – the latest in DOE’s
series of energy efficiency rollbacks” - https://energycommerce.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/pallone-on-doe-approving-petition-to-roll-back-more-energy-efficiency
Update. Comments now due January 20, 2o19 - comment period extended
from Sept. 16. Port Access Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0012
Read this comment from Audubon Society
and Ocean Conservancy, among other organizations: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0002
“The remoteness of the region and lack of infrastructure means that the impacts
of a serious vessel accident, especially an oil spill, could be devastating to
the marine environment and the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on a
healthy ocean.” BLM has already released plans to drill the Arctic Coastal
Plain - elsewhere in this document.
Comments due 9/23/2019 “Revision of
Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” Cuts
food benefits to 3,000,000 people. Kids in school lunch programs would
have to apply separately for the program. Read the text - USDA claims that
billionaires are getting food stamps. Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/24/2019-15670/revision-of-categorical-eligibility-in-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program
Read more about it here: https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snaps-broad-based-categorical-eligibility-supports-working-families-and
And https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/25/what-my-grandmother-would-have-said-about-trumps-food-stamp-proposal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.967560714d56
and https://www.npr.org/2019/07/23/744451246/3-million-could-lose-food-stamp-benefits-under-trump-administration-proposal
and https://www.apnews.com/9f98d78a3c214c22bf0100ef9c153917
Closing Sept. 23, 2019. Notice. Hazardous Materials: Washington
Crude Oil By Rail-Vapor Pressure Requirement. This
deals with a transporting Bakken heavy crude oil through Washington State,
which protested. Montana and North Dakota are suing to allow transport of the
extremely volatile crude. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=PHMSA-2019-0149-0001
Read an instructive comment here from a Washington resident: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=PHMSA-2019-0149-1672
Comments due 9/16/2019. Opens up U.S. Pacific Coast to bottom
trawling. Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States:
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management
Plan; Amendment 28. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NOAA-NMFS-2019-0039-0016
You can read about it and also sign petition here:
https://act.oceana.org/page/44840/petition/1?locale=en-US
Comments due 9/18/2019. Debt collection practices. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/02/2019-16476/debt-collection-practices-regulation-f-extension-of-comment-period
. “The breadth of the planned rulemaking, however, could fundamentally change
how third-party debt collectors, first-party creditors collecting consumer
debts, debt buyers, and vendors providing material assistance to collectors
(such as payment system or technology providers) collect mortgage, credit card,
student loan, auto, medical, and other consumer debt.” https://www.jdsupra.com/post/contentViewerEmbed.aspx?fid=bfcff4fc-1d60-4695-98cc-e01b8246d789
Comments due 9/22/2019. “Financial Responsibility Requirements Under
CERCLA Section 108(b) for Facilities in the Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution Industry.“ EPA proposes not holding electric
power generating companies financially responsible. Could impact fiscal
responsibility in events like the California wildfires - several attributed to
power company transmission lines. Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/29/2019-15094/financial-responsibility-requirements-under-cercla-section-108b-for-facilities-in-the-electric-power
. Read preliminary report here: https://www.cleanenergylawreport.com/energy-regulatory/epa-will-not-require-financial-assurances-from-electric-power-sector/
Comments due Sept. 23, 2019 “Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal”
ICE has picked up and deported US citizens using this rule. Read it and comment
here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DHS-2019-0036-0001
https://thinkprogress.org/u-s-citizens-federal-immigration-custody-detention-amid-new-rule-change-deportations-64cde3b28c17/
and https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744177726/trump-administration-moves-to-speed-up-deportations-with-expedited-removal-expan
Comments due 9/20/2019. New round of China trade tariffs. Includes
items other than intellectual property, despite the title. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/03/2019-18946/request-for-comments-concerning-proposed-modification-of-action-pursuant-to-section-301-chinas-acts Related and also to be published
Comments due Sept 26, 2019. Major changes to Medicare Part B
payments including a tiered fee schedule. “Medicare Program: CY 2020 Revisions
to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part
B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; etc.”
Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CMS-2019-0111-0092
and read about it here: http://www.ciproms.com/2019/08/2020-proposed-medicare-fee-schedule-what-you-need-to-know/
CMS fee schedule here: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PhysicianFeeSched/index.html
Recent
New Regulations.gov beta site - is easier to read. https://beta.regulations.gov/
Sept 9, 2019. Plan. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated
Activity Plan Bureau of Land Management plan to open Alaska Coastal Plain
to oil and petroleum exploration and drilling. BLM eplanning site Alaska
Coastal Plain National Petroleum Reserve https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=renderDefaultPlanOrProjectSite&projectId=117408
Leasing site: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends_ch4/
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-alaska-refuge-oil-drilling-2640355340.html
and https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/travel/alaska-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html
Dated 8/28/2019 and posted 9/10/2019. No comment information included,
proposed rule. USDA withdraws several regulations on important areas -
Performance Standards for the Production of Processed Meat and Poultry
Products.NPRM ............ 8/03/2006 71 FR 43992 APHIS ....................
0579–AE02 ....
Livestock Marketing Facilities ....................................
NPRM ............ 1/2/2015 80 FR 6 FNS ........................ 0584–AD88 ....
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Farm Bill of 2008 Retailer
Sanctions.NPRM ............ 8/14/2012 77 FR 48461 FNS ........................
0584–AE00 ....
Emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for Victims of Disasters
Procedures.
Closing 10/10/2019. Allows injection of nuclear
wastewater into North Dakota aquafers. Request for Public Comments
Regarding the Revised Dewey-Burdock Uranium In-Situ Recovery Underground
Injection Control Permits in Edgemont, South Dakota. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-R08-OW-2019-0512-0017
Read more here: https://www.nativesunnews.today/articles/epa-ignores-tribal-consulation/
and https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/09/05/epa-invites-public-comment-on-black-hill.asp
9/6/2019 EPA and DOJ threaten California Air Resources Board and
automakers for auto-emissions standard, politicizing EPA and DOJ in
anti-environment move. EPA letter to CA: https://www.epa.gov
› documents › epa.dot_puts_california_on_notice.pdf and DOJ story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/justice-dept-launches-antitrust-probe-of-automakers-over-their-fuel-efficiency-deal-with-california/2019/09/06/29a22ee6-d0c7-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html?noredirect=on.
“California officials, who have repeatedly asserted the state’s rights under
the 1970 Clean Air Act, criticized the inquiry as politicization to impose the
Republican president’s policies.”
Closing 11/8/2019. Removal of 30-Day Processing Provision for Asylum
Applicant-Related Form I-765 Employment Authorization Applications
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/09/2019-19125/removal-of-30-day-processing-provision-for-asylum-applicant-related-form-i-765-employment.
USCIS will issue a proposed rule Monday that would eliminate a requirement to
process initial work permit applications by asylum seekers within 30 days. Read about it here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/anticipated-proposed-rule-would-undermine-u-s-workforce/
Closing 12/10/2019. Dark money allowed to be hidden in new proposed
rule. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/10/2019-19501/guidance-under-section-6033-regarding-the-reporting-requirements-of-exempt-organizations
IRS proposes regulations allowing tax-exempt groups to keep donor
identities secret .The proposed regulations are likely to generate comments critical of
political groups using tax-exempt entities for fundraising without disclosing
the identities of their donors, effectively using so-called "dark
money" to finance their causes and preferred candidates. The rules would also
apply to groups such as the National Rifle Association, labor unions and trade
associations. https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-proposes-regulations-allowing-tax-exempt-groups-to-keep-donor-identities-secret
and https://www.insidepoliticallaw.com/2019/09/06/irs-issues-notice-of-proposed-rulemaking-on-donor-disclosure-rules-in-response-to-court-ruling/
Comments due 11/4/2019. Relaxing energy-efficiency standards. Energy
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service
Incandescent Lamps Read it ad
comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/05/2019-18941/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-general-service-incandescent-lamps
and read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/climate/trump-light-bulb-rollback.html
Posted 8/30/2019 Notice. Land Management Plan: Chugach National
Forest; Alaska - opens up national forest to roads -This national forest is "a
truly wild and roadless landscape that also includes the highest concentration
of tidewater glaciers in North America, this area deserves the highest level of
permanent protection in the new forest plan. Alternative D recommends full
Wilderness designation for 97% of the Nellie Juan-College Fjord WSA!" -
information that can be used in commenting following the instructions below can
be found at https://winterwildlands.org/comment-now-chugach-forest-plan/
Comment at ·
- Via fax to (907) 586-7840. Faxes must be addressed to “Objection
Reviewing Officer.” The fax coversheet should specify the number of pages being
submitted. Electronically to the Objection Reviewing Officer via the
CARA objection web form: https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=40816
. Electronic submissions must be submitted in a format (Word, PDF, or Rich
Text) that is readable and searchable with optical character recognition
software. Read it here:
9/3/2019 Request for Comments on 2020 National Trade Estimate - used
in determining trade policy. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/03/2019-18910/request-for-comments-to-compile-the-national-trade-estimate-report-on-foreign-trade-barriers
You can read the 2019 estimate here: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_National_Trade_Estimate_Report.pdf
8/29/2019 Relaxing methane leaks final rule. Not yet published, docket
no. EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757. A link to the pdf of the proposed regulation https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-08/documents/frn_oil_and_gas_review_2060-at90_nprm_20190828revised_d.pdf
- also included in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&fbclid=IwAR1dxZGcu5KkNQxgl2bBW0XaUhKXWdgrwKq1B0u50Q-AfM3P20Zk5IPRUZc.
Read more here: https://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/trump-administrations-epa-proposes-rolling-back-methane-leaks-rule/
Comments due October 18, 2019. Proposed rule, titled HUD's
Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard. Comment - How HUD Could Dismantle a Pillar of
Civil Rights Law: "The Trump administration will introduce a new rule on
Monday that may reshape the way the government enforces fair housing law,
making it harder for people to bring forward discrimination complaints under
the Fair Housing Act." https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/08/fair-housing-act-hud-disparate-impact-discrimination-lenders/595972/
Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/19/2019-17542/huds-implementation-of-the-fair-housing-acts-disparate-impact-standard
Tongass National Forest EPA site - proposal to open up Tongass
National Forest to logging, roads, etc. Not on regulations.gov yet. You
have to download the documents to read them but the first six pages of the
first document confirm the intent. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/trump-open-alaskas-tongass-national-forest-worlds-largest-remaining-temperate-rainforest-logging-mining.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Lands
9/3/2019. Relaxing standards for hazardous air pollutants. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/03/2019-17223/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-site-remediation-residual-risk-and
EPA regulatory summary https://www.youngsommer.com/news-articles see
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/03/2019-17223/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-site-remediation-residual-risk-and
Read about it here: https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/08/epa-proposes-more-clean-air-act-flexibility-for-landfill-operators/
8/29/2019. Never posted - further citizenship restrictions. USCIS
failed to provide advance public notice of this shift. USCIS’s Elimination
of Non-Military Deferred Action at Local USCIS Offices -
https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/featured-issue-usciss-elimination-of-non-military.
"This shift puts lives in danger, including the lives of children
facing serious medical conditions like cancer, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, and
HIV. USCIS's actions threaten such individuals with deportation and loss of
access to essential treatment. USCIS's failure to provide advance public notice
of this policy change epitomizes the agency's growing disregard for
transparency and accountability." Write your legislators.
Protect Utah and Hovenweep National Monument from Oil and Gas
Drilling!
Section I - ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB
Closing 10/28/2019 Notice. Agency
Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection:
Immigration Bond - connected to public charge rule - "Form
No. I-352, Immigration Bond, has not been substantively revised since 2008.
Changes to the form are now necessary because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) intends to issue a different form for public charge bonds and
Form I-352 will no longer be used for that type of bond." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/27/2019-18431/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-of-a-currently-approved-collection-immigration
Comments due 10/25/2019. Rule, but
allows comments, sweeping changes to immigration review system. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/26/2019-18196/organization-of-the-executive-office-for-immigration-review
“ and https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EOIR-2019-0003-0001.
“In an unprecedented attempt at agency overreach to dismantle the Immigration Court,
the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today
published a new interim rule, effective next Monday, which takes steps to
dismantle the Immigration Court system. DOJ’s action ends any transparency and
assurance of independent decision making over individual cases” Read more here:
https://www.aila.org/infonet/statement-ij-union-changes-immig-court-system
and read the statement - https://www.aila.org/File/DownloadEmbeddedFile/81679
and https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/08/05/why-i-resigned-as-an-immigration-judge/a3p94ex
Posted July 22, 2019 Notice.
Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture: Pesticides; Agricultural Worker
Protection Standard; Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone Requirements affecting
“Agricultural worker, employer, environmental protection, farms,
forests, greenhouses pesticides, nurseries, pesticide handler, worker
protection standard.” No comments as it is “merely a submission to the
Secretary of Agriculture.” Given this administration’s track record, this
doesn’t bode well. Write your representatives. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/22/2019-15371/submission-to-the-secretary-of-agriculture-pesticides-agricultural-worker-protection-standard
4/30/2016 Trump tightens asylum
rules, will make immigrants pay fees to seek humanitarian refuge, Presidential
memorandum and proposed rule below. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/07/2019-09470/combating-high-nonimmigrant-overstay-rates
and notice of proposed rule-making (no comment period yet). https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=1653-AA78
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/30/trumps-new-asylum-rules-seek-fees-immigrants- bans-some-work-visas/
and https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Student s_and_Scholars/Proposal_to_Replace_Duration_of_Status/
Section II - EPA, BUREAU
OF RECLAMATION - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Posted August 12, 2019.
Allowing more toxic substances. Notice. Certain New Chemicals or
Significant New Uses; Statements of Findings for June 2019 EPA proposed significant new uses of
toxic chemicals, including isocynates, used in polyurethane. Comments not
accepted. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/12/2019-17151/certain-new-chemicals-or-significant-new-uses-statements-of-findings-for-june-2019.
Read more here: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2019/08/08/trump-epa-caves-again-to-industry-demands-on-new-chemicals-and-workers-pay-the-price/
July 14, 2019 Multiple BLM Notices
and Proposed Rules with links to comment pages. Constantly updated. https://www.esa.org/public-policy/stay-informed/federal-register-opportunities
July 14, 2019 Multiple Ozone
Standards - EPA is doing this state-by-state. https://www.regulations.gov/searchResults?rpp=25&po=0&s=ozone&fp=true&ns=true Comments must be received on or before
midnight EDT September 25, 2020. Exposure of Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust Request
for Information; reopening
of the rulemaking record for public comments. Because of comments, comment period extended to Sept. 25 2020. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0185
Federal Register version comment period ends 09/25/2020 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/25/2019-05443/exposure-of-underground-miners-to-diesel-exhaust Update - “The comment period for the request
for information, published on June 8, 2016 (81 FR 36826),
which was scheduled to close on March 26, 2019 (58 FR 12904) is
extended. An important comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0180 "This reopened RFI takes into account information originally
gathered and shared from NIOSH, NCI, and the International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) which shows a correlation to exposure to diesel exhaust, a
classified human carcinogen, and negative impact on miners health (Exposure of
Underground Miners to Diesel Exhaust, 81 Fed. Reg. 110, 36826-36827 (June 8,
2016). On page 36827, stakeholders, MSHA, and the Diesel Exhaust Health Effects
Partnership (Partnership) decided that more research and complex questions
needed to be gathered and answered before allowing miners to continue working
in DPM in the air. Potential for new technology and stricter standards that are
in compliance with EPA DPM standards. "https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MSHA-2014-0031-0182 And
this study: https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/DieselMinersPressRelease
5/20/2019. EPA Plan to change method of reporting
pollution deaths. "E.P.A. Plans to Get
Thousands of Pollution Deaths Off the Books by Changing Its Math". Not posted yet as a proposal. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/climate/epa-air-pollution-deaths.html: Several
people with knowledge
of the EPA plan told the New York Times that using a new analytical model to
calculate air pollution deaths could make it easier for the federal government
to move forward with eliminating the Clean Power Plan, a key climate change
rule put into place under the Obama administration. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/politics/trump-climate-science.html
2019 BLM oil and gas lease sales -
still for sale. Document listing all projects : https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/116438/162409/198093/2018.11.15_DNA_doc_March_2019_OGLsSa.pdf
Website listing upcoming sales: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do
And the site doing the selling where you can buy
leases starting at $2 and acre: https://www.energynet.com/govt_listing.plSee
the calendar of government leases sales here: https://www.energynet.com/calendar.pl
BLM’s own e-planningsite: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/comments/commentSubmission.do?commentPeriodId=74027
Section III - CIVIL
RIGHTS, TITLE IX, HEALTH, EDUCATION, FOOD, BANKING, HOUSING and FCC
August 12, 2019. Medicaid work requirements. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/12/2019-17161/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request
One in a string of proposals, analyzed here: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-intersection-of-medicaid-and-work-what-does-the-data-say/
and https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-waiver-tracker-approved-and-pending-section-1115-waivers-by-state/
Posted August 12, 2019: On violence against native
women. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/12/2019-16597/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-new-information-collection-activity-comment.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed New Information
Collection Activity; Comment Request, Proposed Study Entitled “The National
Baseline Study on Public Health, Wellness, & Safety” Study of violence
against women in tribal communities. Affected public who will be asked or
required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Title IX, Section 904(a) of
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of
2005 (VAWA 2005), Public Law 109-162 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3796gg-10 note), as
amended by Section 907 of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, Public
Law 113-4, mandates that the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in
consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Start Printed Page
39881Violence Against Women (OVW), conduct a National Baseline Study (NBS) on
violence against American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) women living in
tribal communities. NIJ's NBS will examine violence against AI and AN women
(including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking)
and identify factors that place AI and AN women at risk for victimization and
propose recommendations to improve effectiveness of these responses.
Coming as a proposed regulation. From June: Proposal to
recalculate how the Federal government calculates poverty rates so as to
reduce benefits to poor people. This was a notice - proposed rule will follow
sometime. I'm putting this here as a place-holder because it’s coming. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=OMB-2019-0002-0001 Article about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/politics/trump-poverty-level-proposal.html
May-June 2019 Concerted Attack on Civil Rights. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WH2B132JsR2fSqylMATCHmU-9BCq4bMs
Learn more about the proposed regulation and how
to fight it here (you can submit a comment).:
https://protecttranshealth.org/
Extending Medicaid provisions: Some
include work-requirements. These are by state. Some
have comments open - usual time period is one month. Those with open
comments are at the top of the list. https://public.medicaid.gov/connect.ti/public.comments/whatsNew Update from Kaiser Family Foundations
3/13/2019: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/partial-medicaid-expansion-with-aca-enhanced-matching-funds-implications-for-financing-and-coverage/
Not posted as a regulation but followed as policy. State Medicaid block grants. Many
view this as a way to cut Medicaid to individuals. Also see link to state
updates above. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-what-to-watch-in-2019-from-the-administration-congress-and-the-states/
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/tracking-section-1332-state-innovation-waivers/bKaiser
Health News take here:https://khn.org/news/block-grants-medicaid-faq/
Other: More on
regulations – tracking the trackers and general information
--- Overview of Trump
Regulatory actions - Federal sites:
See White House Complete Government “Reform” plan
- it is sweeping and alarming: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf and their regulations office: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/
Tracking regulations by Agency and Industry: https://quantgov.org/federal_regulation_tracker/
--- Non-Federal Sites
providing up-to-date overviews and discussions of regulatory rollbacks and
proposals:
Overview of proposed regulatory
changes: https://sensiblesafeguards.org/
Trump’s regulatory agenda - status, challenges,
enforcement or lack of, etc. https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/02/many-ways-gauge-results-trumps-deregulatory-push/155195/
Discussion of regulations.gov ongoing and
upcoming issues from Yale Law and ABA - http://yalejreg.com/nc/ and for
discussion of banking, commerce, and energy regulation - http://yalejreg.com/
Department of Transportation. Employment - hours
of service - tracking trucking driver regulations: https://www.truckingoffice.com/blog/federal-dot-regulations-recent-changes-hours-service/
Employment law tracker: https://www.nelp.org/tracker/
Weekly updates on Trump effects on labor.
See also https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/dols-regulatory-to-do-list-tackles-flsa-fmla-and-work-visa-issues/
Environmental regulation roundup: https://www.hcn.org/articles/department-of-interior-zinke-leaves-unfinished-business-at-the-interior-department/legal-status-of-interior-department-during-the-trump-administration
Environmental overview: https://twitter.com/highcountrynews/status/1109161693181956098
Tracking Alaska Oil and Gas drilling: https://inletkeeper.org/our-work/energy-alaska/oil-gas/
Environmental regulation rollback tracking:
http://saveepaalums.info/
Also see their comments on specific regulatory rollbacks: http://saveepaalums.info/submittedcomments
https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/regulatory-rollback-tracker/ Other trackers here: https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2018/07/tracking-the-trackers/
Brookings Institution “Tracking Deregulation in
the Trump Era.” https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/
and Rules at Risk: https://rulesatrisk.org/
For state impact - listed by state: https://www.trinityconsultants.com/news/states
EPA regulation rollbacks: https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/trump-watch-epa/regulatory-rollbacks/
EPA Dozens of proposals for significant new uses
of chemicals. Too many to list here but this link will take you to the current
proposals. https://www.regulations.gov/searchResults?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&np=7&dct=N%2BPR%2BFR&cp=O&a=EPA This is an article on the EPA rush to
reclassify chemicals and toxic substances from the Environmental Defense Fund: http://blogs.edf.org/health/2018/09/19/the-tsca-new-chemicals-mess-a-problem-of-the-chemical-industrys-own-making/
Upcoming Public Federal Meetings and Comment
opportunities on the environment/ecology: https://www.esa.org/esablog/federal-register-opportunities/
https://www.esa.org/esablog/federal-register-opportunities/
Law of the Land Project from Center for American
Progress. Tracks regulations and litigation with status updates. https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/
EPA’s own Inspector General report critical of
EPA biosludge policy and public health risks: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-11/documents/_epaoig_20181115-19-p-0002.pdf
BLM’s own e-planningsite: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/comments/commentSubmission.do?commentPeriodId=74027
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do
FCC pending and in-place regulations - https://www.commlawblog.com/2019/02/articles/fcc/fcc-ponders-revising-several-nce-and-lpfm-procedures/
and https://urgentcomm.com/type/fcc/
FDA Regulations https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/default.htm
Federal Facilities Environmental Stewardship
Center - where the Feds deal seriously with climate change: https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/
See American Institute of Physics Report on Trump
admin. plan for research and development - https://www.aip.org/fyi/2018/trump-administration-identifies-rd-priorities-its-next-budget-request
and DOE 2019 plan - https://www.aip.org/fyi/2018/fy19-budget-request-doe-applied-rd-slashed-again
Healthcare: Overview of Medicare financial plans
for hospitals for 2019-2020. https://www.advisory.com/research/revenue-cycle-advancement-center/at-the-margins/2019/04/ipps-rule
HHS healthcare rollbacks, proposed regulations
and proposed legislation from Congress. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mcdermottplus-check-february-15-2019
Immigration regulation tracking: Government
Public Comment Opportunities On Immigration Rules And Policies https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Government_Public_Comment_Opportunities_On_Immigration_Rules_And_Policies/
Immigration: list of regulatory changes open for
comment: https://www.nafsa.org/Professional_Resources/Browse_by_Interest/International_Students_and_Scholars/Government_Public_Comment_Opportunities_On_Immigration_Rules_And_Policies/
Immigration - good summary of all public charge
rules at several government agencies - USCIS, DOJ, DOS: https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/public-charge-changes-at-uscis-doj-and-dos
Immigration law resources - great resource: https://www.aila.org/infonet
Medicare/ACA tracking changes: https://blog.medicarerights.org/category/medicare-watch/
Native American issues. https://turtletalk.blog/
Public Lands Tracking legal battles over the
future of America’s public lands: https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/
SEC Regulatory site: https://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml
for information on proposed changes to financial rule and markets.
Department of Transportation New and pending
rules. https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/report-on-significant-rulemakings
USDA Regulatory actions: http://www.afdo.org/blog/7879271
For effective Commenting on Regulations, please
read https://www.regulations.gov/docs/Tips_For_Submitting_Effective_Comments.pdf
and “How to Comment on EPA dockets”: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets
Proposed “Regulatory Reform Agenda”: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/index.jsp
Search and track all Federal regulations at https://regulations.justia.com/
Special filings this week: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current
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