3/23/20
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.)
This week's list - a number of COVID-19 measures, also Strengthening
Transparency in Reg. Science is back and now a proposal for hunting
migratory birds - related to prior measures. And a federal anti-union bill for
federal workers. This is kind of a moving target as lots of things are
changed/suspended because of the pandemic.
