Document ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190-0042
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Evaluation of Existing Regulations
Posted Date: 2017-04-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 70 (Thursday, April 13, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07500]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapters I, IV, V, VI, and VII

[EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190; FRL-9961-60-OP]

Evaluation of Existing Regulations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order 13777, ``Enforcing the 
Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' EPA is seeking input on regulations that 
may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2017-0190 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 
removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received 
to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you 
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia 
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this 
document, please contact Sarah Rees, Director, Office of Regulatory 
Policy and Management, Office of Policy, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Mail Code 1803A, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (202) 564-1986; Laws-Regs@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed 
Executive Order 13777, ``Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' 
which established a federal policy ``to alleviate unnecessary 
regulatory burdens'' on the American people. Section 3(a) of the EO 
directs federal agencies to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force 
(Task Force). One of the duties of the Task Force is to evaluate 
existing regulations and ``make recommendations to the agency head 
regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification.'' The EO further 
asks that each Task Force ``attempt to identify regulations that:
    (i) Eliminate jobs, or inhibit job creation;
    (ii) are outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective;
    (iii) impose costs that exceed benefits;
    (iv) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with 
regulatory reform initiatives and policies;
    (v) are inconsistent with the requirements of section 515 of the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriates Act, 2001 (44 U.S.C. 3516 
note), or the guidance issued pursuant to that provision in particular 
those regulations that rely in whole or in part on data, information, 
or methods that are not publicly available or that are insufficiently 
transparent to meet the standard of reproducibility; or
    (vi) derive from or implement Executive Orders or other 
Presidential directives that have been subsequently rescinded or 
substantially modified.''
    Section 3(e) of the E.O. calls on the Task Force to ``seek input 
and other assistance, as permitted by law, from entities significantly 
affected by Federal regulations, including State, local, and tribal 
governments, small businesses, consumers, non-governmental 
organizations, and trade associations'' on regulations that meet some 
or all of the criteria above. Through this notice, EPA is soliciting 
such input from the public to inform its Task Force's evaluation of 
existing regulations. EPA requests that commenters be as specific as 
possible, include any supporting data or other information such as cost 
information, provide a Federal Register (FR) or Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) citation when referencing a specific regulation, and 
provide specific suggestions regarding repeal, replacement or 
modification. Although the agency will not respond to individual 
comments, the EPA values public feedback and will give careful 
consideration to all input that it receives. EPA will also be 
conducting outreach on this same topic. Information about opportunities 
for engagement with the agency will be available on https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/regulatory-reform.

    Dated: April 10, 2017.
Samantha K. Dravis,
Regulatory Reform Officer and Associate Administrator, Office of 
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-07500 Filed 4-12-17; 8:45 am]
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