9/23/19
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
URGENT. 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
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 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
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 Oct. 16, 2019. Extended
comment period. Two proposals to weaken energy conservation standards. 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” - and https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2018-BT-STD-0005-2316
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/climate/trump-dishwasher-regulatory-rollback.html
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.
Recent
New Regulations.gov beta site - is
easier to read. https://beta.regulations.gov/
Sept. 17, 2019. Rule: “New Swine
Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS)” - Harms animals and reduces food safety. https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/09/17/usda-modernizes-swine-slaughter-inspection-first-time-over-50-years
“A new rule, finalized today, would reduce the number of government food safety
inspectors in pork plants by 40 percent, and remove most of the remaining
inspectors from production lines. In their place, a smaller number of company
employees — who are not required to receive any training — would conduct the
“sorting” tasks that USDA previously referred to as “inspection.” The rule
would also allow companies to design their own microbiological testing programs
to measure food safety, rather than requiring companies to meet the same
standard.” Link to pdf.: https://go.usa.gov/xVPVK
Read more here: https://www.foodandwine.com/news/usda-pork-processing-inspection-rules-change-2019
and https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/461774-risking-food-safety-usda-plans-to-let-slaughterhouses-self-police
Comments due Dec. 18, 2019.
Extending habitat for threatened orca. “Endangered and Threatened Species:
Critical Habitat for the Southern Resident Killer Whale Distinct Population
Segment.” https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NOAA-NMFS-2014-0041-0278
Supported by Center for Biological Diversity: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/federal-rule-protects-endangered-orcas-west-coast-habitat-2019-09-18/
Multiple dates posted in September,
undoing the Clean Air Act piecemeal. “NESHAP” is “National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants” https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bpublication_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=08%2F23%2F2019&conditions%5Bterm%5D=NESHAP#
- read more here, including a good explanation of how this works: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/miscellaneous-coating-manufacturing-20449/
and https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/municipal-solid-waste-landfills-neshap-65928/
One proposed change here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0833-0001
September 23, 2019. Student workers
are not employees, from NLRB. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/23/2019-20510/jurisdiction-nonemployee-status-of-university-and-college-students-working-in-connection-with-their
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.” Read more here: https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/09/20190919-onerule.html
. Other federal announcements pertaining to CA auto emissions standards: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/trump-administration-announces-one-national-program-rule-federal-preemption-state-fuel
and https://www.nhtsa.gov/corporate-average-fuel-economy/safe
and
https://www.nhtsa.gov/document/safe-vehicles-rule-part-1-fr-notice-09192019
Comment email addresses for EPA officials by area: Email addresses for EPA https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets#regional
see graphic below
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/
Comments due Nov. 18, 2019. Changes
to how HUD calculates means-testing for public housing. Proposed rule.
“FR-6057-P-01 Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation
of Sections 102, 103, and 104.” https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=HUD-2019-0078-0001.
Not much comment yet. Read more here: https://nahroblog.org/2019/09/16/new-hotma-provisions-to-be-implemented/#more-14008
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
Comments due 10/18/2019. 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
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/proposal-replace-duration-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/
Kaiser Health News take here: https://khn.org/news/block-grants-medicaid-faq/
Federal Government Sites:
https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/
Overview of Trump Regulatory actions:
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/
USCIS Federal Register
Announcements: https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/uscis-federal-register-announcements
Non-governmental sites providing
up-to-date overviews and discussions of regulatory rollbacks:
Trump’s regulatory agenda - status,
challenges, enforcement or lack of, etc. https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/02/many-ways-gauge-results-trumps-deregulator y-push/155195/
Overview of regulatory rollbacks: https://sensiblesafeguards.org/
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/
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
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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