Summary of the BEACH Act
Quick Links PDF of the BEACH Act, from U.S. Congress (9 pp, 209K, About PDF) 33 U.S.C. §1313 et seq. (2000) The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act amended the Clean Water...
View ArticleRegulatory Reform
Summary of EPA's Outreach Per the Administrator’s March 24, 2017 memo, EPA offices conducted public outreach listed below. The Office of Air and Radiation held a public meeting via teleconference on...
View ArticleMemorandum: Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda
March 24, 2017 memorandum from Administrator E. Scott Pruitt to EPA staff describing Executive Order 13777, EPA's Regulatory Reform Task Force, and related activities. Executive Order 13777:...
View ArticleExecutive Order 13771 - Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Quick Links E.O. 13771, from the Federal Register. 82 FR 9339; February 3, 2017 Executive Order (E.O.) 13771 was issued by President Donald J. Trump in 2017. It directs all agencies to repeal at...
View ArticleEPA Implementation of Executive Order 13783: Promoting Energy Independence...
Executive Order 13783 (82 FR 16093, March 31, 2017), "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth," directed federal agencies to review actions that may burden the development or use of...
View ArticleFinal Report on Review of Agency Actions that Potentially Burden the Safe,...
Attachment Final Report on Review of Agency Actions that Potentially Burden the Safe, Efficient Development of Domestic Energy Resources Under Executive Order 13783 (PDF)(16 pp, 210 K, October 25, 2017)
View ArticleEPA Deregulatory Actions
Executive Order (EO) 13771, (82 FR 9339, February 3, 2017), “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” directs agencies to repeal at least two existing regulations for each new regulation...
View ArticleMemorandum: Regulatory Reform Task Force
August 17, 2018 memorandum from Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler updating EPA's Regulatory Reform Task Force membership and process to ensure continued effective implementation of regulatory reform...
View ArticleEPA Implementation of Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform...
In Executive Order 13777 (82 FR 12285, March 1, 2017), "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," the Regulatory Reform Task Force was charged with evaluating existing regulations and making...
View ArticleEPA Regulatory Actions
Executive Order (EO) 13771, (82 FR 9339, February 3, 2017), “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” directs agencies to repeal at least two existing regulations for each new regulation...
View ArticleFinal Rulemaking: EPA Guidance; Administrative Procedures for Issuance and...
EPA Guidance; Administrative Procedures for Issuance and Public PetitionsEPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the final rule on September 14, 2020, and EPA is submitting it for publication in the...
View ArticleMemorandum: Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda
March 24, 2017 memorandum from Administrator E. Scott Pruitt to EPA staff describing Executive Order 13777, EPA's Regulatory Reform Task Force, and related activities. Executive Order 13777: Enforcing...
View ArticleHistory of the Clean Water Act
Quick LinksPDF of CWA, from U.S. Senate(234 pp, 571K, About PDF)Summary of the CWAThe EPA Watershed Academy's courses related to the Clean Water Act.The official text of the CWA is available in the...
View ArticleSummary of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...
Quick LinksThe official text of the CERCLA is available in the United States Code, from the US Government Printing Office42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. (1980)The Comprehensive Environmental Response,...
View ArticleSummary of the Privacy Act
Quick LinksOnline version of the Privacy Act, from the Department of JusticeThe official text of the Privacy Act is available in the United States Code, from the U.S. Government Printing Office5 U.S.C....
View ArticleRegulatory Agendas and Regulatory Plans
Twice a year, a number of federal agencies combine efforts to publish a comprehensive report describing regulations currently under development or recently completed. These reports are bundled together...
View ArticleSummary of the Freedom of Information Act
Quick LinksOnline version of FOIA, from U.S. Department of JusticeThe official text of the FOIA is available in the United States Code from the U.S. Government Printing Office5 USC §552 et seq....
View ArticleSummary of the Food Quality Protection Act
Quick LinksPDF of the Food Quality Protection Act, from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)(50 pp, 344K, About PDF)Public Law 104-170 (1996)The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was passed...
View ArticleSummary of the BEACH Act
Quick LinksPDF of the BEACH Act, from U.S. Congress(9 pp, 209K, About PDF)33 U.S.C. §1313 et seq. (2000)The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act amended the Clean Water Act...
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