9/9/19
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.
Comments and actions week ending
Organization
Recent
Closing
Soon
Section I -
ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB
Section II
- everything environmental - EPA, BLM, DOE
Section III
- Civil rights, housing, education, healthcare
Other
Recent
1. Comments due 9/9/2019. USCIS Tip Form on immigrants who are possibly using benefits/services. "The USCIS Tip Form will facilitate the
collection of information from the public regarding credible and relevant
claims of immigration benefit fraud impacting both open adjudications as well
as previously approved benefit requests where the benefit remains valid." Basically asking Americans to become informers
for ICE. Read it and comment here; https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/08/2019-17022/agency-information-collection-activities-new-collection-uscis-tip-form\
2.
Comments due September 9, 2019.
Request for Information: Concerning Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver
Detention Times During Loading and Unloading https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FMCSA-2019-0054-0001
Truckers are weighing in - the comments are interesting. Read more about it
here: https://www.truckingtruth.com/news/Article-81/fmcsa-detention-time.
“The request for information comes after a 2018 report found that detention
time is costing individual truck
drivers thousands of dollars each year-- and increasing crashes.” https://cdllife.com/2019/fmcsa-asks-truckers-how-much-of-their-time-is-wasted-loading-and-unloading/
3.
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
4.
Comments due September 9, 2019.
2019-07-11 “Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy
Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces and Commercial Water Heaters.” Will reduce or
eliminate energy-efficiency standards. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EERE-2018-BT-STD-0018-0065
Read more here: https://aceee.org/blog/2019/06/doe-refuses-public-hearing-proposal
5.
Comments due Sept. 21, 2o19. Port
Access Route Study: Alaskan Arctic Coast https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0001 Read this comment from Audubon Society and
Ocean Conservancy, among other organizations: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCG-2018-1058-0002
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Comments
due Sept. 15, 2019. Proposed Rule. Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding
the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption. Allows Federal contractors to discriminator on
religious grounds. Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=OFCCP-2019-0003-0002
Read about it here: https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/rights-group-condemns-new-proposed-rule-allowing-federal
9.
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
10.
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/
11.
Comments due Sept. 23, 2019
“Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal” Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DHS-2019-0036-0001
ICE has picked up and deported US citizens using this rule. 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
12.
Comments due Sept 16, 2019.
Massive changes to Long-term care facilities proposed. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CMS-2019-0105-0001.
Not much comment yet, just this: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/government/cms-prohibits-forced-arbitration-nursing-home-patients
13.
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 Soon
1.
New
Regulations.gov beta site - is easier to read. https://beta.regulations.gov/
2.
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.”
3. To be published 9/9/2019.
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/
4.
To
be published 9/10/2019. 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/
5.
Comments
due 11/4/2019. Relaxing energy-efficiency standards. Energy Conservation
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Incandescent
Lamps Read it and 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
6.
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 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FS_FRDOC_0001-3227 or https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/chugach/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprdb5408185
or https://winterwildlands.org/comment-now-chugach-forest-plan/
7.
8/30/2019
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
8.
Posted
8/26/2019. 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/
9.
To
be published 9/3/2019, with 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 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
10.
8/29/2019
Relaxing methane leaks rule. Not yet published, docket no.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757. A
link to the pdf of the proposed regulation 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/
11.
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
12. 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
and https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/details?eisId=277660
and
13. 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/
14. 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.
15. Protect Utah and Hovenweep
National Monument from Oil and Gas Drilling!
Section I - ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB
1.
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. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/22/2019-15371/submission-to-the-secretary-of-agriculture-pesticides-agricultural-worker-protection-standard
2.
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 rulemaking (no comment period yet). https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=1653-AA78
and 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_Students_and_Scholars/Proposal_to_Replace_Duration_of_Status/
Section II - EPA, BUREAU
OF RECLAMATION - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
1. 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/
2. 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/
3. 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
4. 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. 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
6. 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.pdfWebsite
listing upcoming sales: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/nepa/nepa_register.do
7. 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
1.
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/
2.
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.
3.
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
4. 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/
5. 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
6.
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/
7. 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/
9.
Kaiser Health News take here:https://khn.org/news/block-grants-medicaid-faq/
Other (more on
regulations, tracking the trackers, and general information)
2.
https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/
3.
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/
4.
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/
5.
Tracking regulations by Agency and Industry: https://quantgov.org/federal_regulation_tracker/
6.
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/
7.
Department of Transportation. Employment - hours
of service - tracking trucking driver regulations: https://www.truckingoffice.com/blog/federal-dot-regulations-recent-changes-hours-service/
8.
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/
9.
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
10.Environmental overview: https://twitter.com/highcountrynews/status/1109161693181956098
11.
Tracking Alaska Oil and Gas drilling: https://inletkeeper.org/our-work/energy-alaska/oil-gas/
12. 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/
13.
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
14.EPA regulation
rollbacks: https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/trump-watch-epa/regulatory-rollbacks/
15.
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/ https://www.edf.org/blog/2019/06/17/7-ways-trumps-epa-breaking-our-bipartisan-chemical-safety-law
16.Upcoming
Public Federal Meetings and Comment opportunities on the environment/ecology: https://www.esa.org/esablog/federal-register-opportunities/
17. Law
of the Land Project from Center for American Progress. Tracks regulations and
litigation with status updates. https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/
18.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
19.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
20.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/
21. FDA
Regulations https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/default.htm
22.Federal Facilities Environmental Stewardship
Center - where the Feds deal seriously with climate change: https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/
23.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
24.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
25. HHS healthcare rollbacks, proposed regulations
and proposed legislation from Congress. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mcdermottplus-check-february-15-2019
26. 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/
27. 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/
28. 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
29.Immigration law resources - great resource: https://www.aila.org/infonet
30.Medicare/ACA tracking changes: https://blog.medicarerights.org/category/medicare-watch/
31.
Native American issues. https://turtletalk.blog/
32.Public Lands Tracking legal battles over the future
of America’s public lands: https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/
33. SEC Regulatory site: https://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml for
information on proposed changes to financial rule and markets.
34.Department of Transportation New and pending
rules. https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/report-on-significant-rulemakings
35.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
36.Proposed “Regulatory Reform Agenda”: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/index.jsp
37. Search and track all Federal regulations at https://regulations.justia.com/
38. Special filings this week: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current
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