The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is inviting the public to say what it thinks about the agency's policies and procedures.
As part of President Barack Obama's Jan. 18 executive order, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," the agency is seeking input on which rules need to be modified or nixed. Executive Order 13563 directs the EPA and other federal agencies to consider "how best to promote retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome," EPA said in a Feb. 18 news release.
Federal agencies must develop preliminary plans to periodically review existing significant regulations to determine whether such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded or repealed to make the agency's regulatory program more effective.
The EPA said it shares "President Obama's commitment to using common sense and transparency to review federal regulations."
The opportunity for feedback on the agency comes at a time when Congress is considering whether to block the EPA's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants and manufacturing facilities.
An explanation on why a regulation should be changed or eliminated is requested as well as data or other information that supports suggestions. The public may provide feedback regarding the design of the agency's plan on the EPA website,http://www.epa.gov/improvingregulations, through March 20. A public meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., on March 14 in addition to "listening sessions" across the country.
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