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The Regulatory Flexibility Act directs Advocacy to monitor whether proposed federal regulations consider the effects on small businesses. Advocacy files comment letters with federal agencies to alert them to their rules’ small business impacts and to propose alternative approaches to achieving regulatory goals.

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Advocacy Requests EPA Extend the Comment Period on its Proposed Methane Rules for the Oil and…

Office of Advocacy Dec 15, 2021

On November 15, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule titled “Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector…

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Advocacy Submits Comments to Departments of Interior and Commerce on Two Rules Modifying Policies…

Office of Advocacy Nov 23, 2021

On October 27, 2021 the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) along with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service (jointly “Services”), published a proposed rule rescinding the 2020…

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Advocacy Submits Comment Letter to DOI on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved…

Office of Advocacy Nov 18, 2021

The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration respectfully submitted the following comments on the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)’s request for comments regarding implementation of Executive Order 13985…

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Advocacy comments on EPA’s Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyland…

Office of Advocacy Sep 28, 2021

On June 28, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the above-referenced proposed rulemaking on reporting and recordkeeping requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). This proposed rule would…

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Advocacy Submits Comment Letter on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Office of Advocacy Aug 30, 2021

On August 27, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) on its proposed rule, which increases the minimum wage for federal…

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Advocacy Submits Comments to DOL on Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA);…

Office of Advocacy Aug 20, 2021

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submits the following comments to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) on its proposed rule, which adds restrictions to the use of the tip credit…

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Advocacy Comments on EPA’s Request for Information on the Impacts of Listing 1-bromopropane as a…

Office of Advocacy Jul 26, 2021

On July 26, 2021, the Office of Advocacy submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on listing 1-bromopropane (1-BP) as Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP). In 2020, EPA…

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Advocacy Comments on EPA’s Proposed 2022 Construction General Permit

Office of Advocacy Jul 13, 2021

On May 12, 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of proposed 2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit Program of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This…

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Advocacy comments on EPA’s proposed phasedown of HFCs required by the American Innovation and…

Office of Advocacy Jul 6, 2021

On May 19, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule titled “Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act.”…

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Advocacy Submits Letter to NIST on Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and…

Office of Advocacy Jun 25, 2021

In April 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a draft revision to its publication Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations. The updates were designed to provide…

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