10/7/19
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/general
information)
(Note: After a couple of weeks items are moved from
“Recent” and “Closing soon” into the Roman numeral sections. A note on
regulatory processes: there are three stages - Notice, Proposed Rule, and Rule.
There’s usually a time lag of a few months to a few years between them, and
they must be published in the Federal Register before appearing on
Regulations.gov. Comment time varies from 10 days to 2 months, sometimes with
extensions.)
Closing Soon
1.
Comments due October 7,
2019. From EPA reducing water quality standards to
allow mercury among other things (part of piecemeal undoing of Clean Water
Act.) Revision of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to
Washington. Read it and comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174-0442.
Read this comment from Engineering Superintendent, City of Everett, WA. https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174-0274
Read article on earlier history of EPA’s actions on this: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/epa-proposes-then-pulls-reversal-of-washington-water-rule
2.
Comments due October 11,
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.
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
4.
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
5.
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/
From Axios: “A proposal from the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would protect landlords,
lenders and insurers that want to use algorithms for important determinations,
shielding them from claims that the algorithms unintentionally have a more
negative impact on certain groups of people.” 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
6. 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/
7.
Comments due October 21,
2019. Hours of Service of Drivers (Trucks). https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FMCSA-2018-0248-5454. Federal regulators are poised to relax rules governing
the hours truck drivers can spend behind the wheel, raising concerns about
safety. https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/regulators-want-to-loosen-hours-of-service-rules-for-truckers
8.
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
1.
New Regulations.gov beta
site - is easier to read. https://beta.regulations.gov/
2.
10/2/2019. Trump admin to
broadly expand DNA collection of migrants in custody -The DNA would then be transferred to the FBI’s criminal
justice DNA database, an official said. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-admin-broadly-expand-dna-collection-migrants-custody-n1061471. Not posted as a proposed regulation yet.
3. Comments due Dec. 2, 2019. SNAP: Standardization of State
Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances. The proposed rule would revise Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations to standardize the methodology for
calculating standard utility allowances (SUAs or standards). Will result
in food stamp cuts to millions. Read more: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/03/2019-21287/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-standardization-of-state-heating-and-cooling-standard and
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2019/10/04/trump-administrations-controversial-cuts-in-food-stamps-program/#68064adb7eaf
From Stars and Stripes: https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/house-lawmakers-argue-proposed-change-to-food-stamps-would-harm-veterans-1.601615
4.
10/4/2019 Presidential
Proclamation. Denying entry to immigrants without health insurance. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-will-financially-burden-united-states-healthcare-system/. Read more here. If/when comment period becomes
available, it will be posted here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-will-deny-visas-to-immigrants-who-lack-health-care-coverage/2019/10/04/81e4f48a-e710-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html
5.
To be published 10/7/2019.
Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision for the Central Coast Field
Office Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for Oil and Gas Leasing and
Development, California. Allows fracking in
previously prohibited areas of California. Comments should become open in 30
days from publication. “This plan amendment identifies the Federal
mineral estate, located primarily in Fresno, Monterey and San Benito counties,
California, that is available for oil and gas leasing and development. It also
identifies leasing stipulations to protect resources.” https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/07/2019-21654/notice-of-availability-for-the-record-of-decision-for-the-central-coast-field-office-approved. Link to BLM site: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage¤tPageId=96878
6.
Presidential Executive
Order requiring Medicare to pay amount equal to what private insurers pay for
services (rather than negotiating lower prices for
Medicare recipients). Predicted to bankrupt Medicare. “(b) The Secretary,
in consultation with the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, shall
submit to the President, through the Assistants to the President for Domestic
and Economic Policy, a report within 180 days from the date of this order that
identifies approaches to modify Medicare FFS payments to more closely reflect
the prices paid for services in MA and the commercial insurance market, to
encourage more robust price competition, and otherwise to inject market pricing
into Medicare FFS reimbursement.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-protecting-improving-medicare-nations-seniors/ When it is a proposed rule, will be posted here. Read
more: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-04/hiltzik-trump-medicare; https://khn.org/news/trump-speech-offers-dizzying-preview-of-his-health-care-campaign-strategy/.
7.
Closing11/8/2019. USCIS Removal of 30- Day Processing Provision for
Asylum Applicant- Related Form I-765 Employment Authorization Applications. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCIS-2018-0001-0001 “This rule change would allow DHS to take much
longer to decide whether someone seeking asylum should be issued a work permit,
requiring asylum-seekers to essentially survive on others’ charity while our
government processes paperwork,” Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article235034052.html#storylink=cpy
8.
Comments due October 31,
2019. Reopening of comment period, Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final Determination on
the Proposed Threatened Status for the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of
Greater Sage-grouse. US Forest Service is allowing more time to comment on
endangered species. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/01/2019-21385/endangered-and-threatened-species-6-month-extension-of-final-determination-on-the-proposed. Read more here: https://lmtribune.com/northwest/wildlife-official-say-sage-grouse-numbers-are-down-significantly-across/article_87e110be-25c9-5f1a-9ecb-7a05d4d5c17f.html
9.
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
10.
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/
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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 Read more here: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2019/09/10/474256/vast-liquidation-public-lands-underway-alaska/ 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
14.
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. No comment
instructions. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/10/2019-19572/withdrawal-of-certain-proposed-rules
15.
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
16.
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/
17.
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
18.
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/
19.
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
20.
Comments due 10/29/2019
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: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FS_FRDOC_0001-3227
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/chugach/landmanagement/planning/?cid=stelprdb5408185 https://winterwildlands.org/comment-now-chugach-forest-plan/
21.
Comments due 10/31/2019.
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
22.
Comments due 11/25/2019.
Relaxing methane leaks proposed rule. Docket no. EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757. Read it and comment here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/24/2019-19876/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-emission-standards-for-new-reconstructed-and-modified-sources-review Link to 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/
23.
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 https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/details?eisId=277660 and Tongass development search
24.
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.
25.
Protect Utah and Hovenweep
National Monument from Oil and Gas Drilling! https://secure.npca.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2088
Section I - ICE, DHS, DOL, NLRB
1.
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
2.
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/
3.
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. 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_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
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/editorial-air-likely-to-be-more-polluted-under-new-epa/article_7ae47774-8238-11e9-befa-8b81c28c91d2.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.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
7. BLM’s own e-planningsite:
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.
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
3.
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/
4.
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
5.
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/
6.
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/
7.
Kaiser Health News take
here:https://khn.org/news/block-grants-medicaid-faq/
Federal Government Sites:
1.
https://www.fedcenter.gov/news/regs/
2.
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/
3.
Tracking regulations by Agency and Industry: https://quantgov.org/federal_regulation_tracker/
4.
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:
1.
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/
2. Overview of regulatory rollbacks: https://sensiblesafeguards.org/
3. General advice on comment on regulations, includes a
search tool: https://demcastusa.com/2019/10/03/how-to-public-comment-on-federal-regula tions/
4.
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/
5.
Department of
Transportation. Employment - hours of service - tracking trucking driver regulations:
6.
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/
7.
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
8.
Environmental overview: https://twitter.com/highcountrynews/status/1109161693181956098
9.
Tracking Alaska Oil and Gas
drilling: https://inletkeeper.org/our-work/energy-alaska/oil-gas/
10.
Environmental regulation
rollback tracking: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/problems 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/
11.
Brookings Institution
“Tracking Deregulation in the Trump Era.” https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/ and
12.
Rules at Risk: https://rulesatrisk.org/
13.
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/
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.
FCC pending and in-place
regulations – https://www.commlawblog.com/2019/02/articles/fcc/fcc-ponders-revising-severalnce-and-lpfm-procedures/
and https://urgentcomm.com/type/fcc/
20.
Regulations https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/default.htm
21.
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
22.
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
23.
HHS healthcare rollbacks, proposed regulations and proposed legislation from
Congress. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mcdermottplus-check-february-15-2019
24.
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/
25.
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/
26.
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
27.
Immigration law resources -
great resource: https://www.aila.org/infonet
28.
Medicare/ACA tracking
changes: https://blog.medicarerights.org/category/medicare-watch/
29.
Native American issues. https://turtletalk.blog/
30.
Public Lands Tracking legal battles over the future of America’s
public lands: https://www.lawofthelandproject.org/
31.
SEC Regulatory site: https://www.sec.gov/rules.shtml for information on proposed changes to financial rule
and markets.
32.
Department of
Transportation New and pending rules. https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/report-on-significant-rulemakings
33. USDA Regulatory actions: http://www.afdo.org/blog/7879271
34. 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
35.
Proposed “Regulatory Reform
Agenda”: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/index.jsp
36.
Search and track all Federal
regulations at https://regulations.justia.com/
37.
Special filings this week: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/current
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