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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 Recommends FWS and NMFS Extend the Comment Period for Three Rules Revising Endangered…

Office of Advocacy Jul 14, 2023

On June 23, 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published three proposed rules titled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of Regulations for Interagency…

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Advocacy Recommends Updates to TTB’s Alcohol Trade Practice Regulations

Office of Advocacy Jul 6, 2023

On November 9, 2022, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) titled “Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations.” On July 5, 2023, the Office of Advocacy filed…

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Advocacy Provides Public Comment on EPA’s Proposed Risk Management for Methylene Chloride under the…

Office of Advocacy Jul 3, 2023

On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule to restrict the use of methylene chloride under the Toxic Substance Control Act. The Office of Advocacy has filed public comments on this proposed rule. …

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Advocacy Comments on EPA Continuous Emissions Monitoring for Particulate Matter on Coal- and…

Office of Advocacy Jun 26, 2023

On April 24, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EGU) Review of the…

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Advocacy Comments on EPA’s Proposals to Limit Ethylene Oxide Emissions from Commercial Sterilizers

Office of Advocacy Jun 23, 2023

On April 13, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published two proposed actions that would restrict use of Ethylene Oxide (EtO) for sterilization: a proposed rule entitled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air…

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Advocacy Requests Public Comment Extension on CPSC’s Safety Standards for Portable Generators

Office of Advocacy Jun 21, 2023

On April 20, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a supplemental proposed rule entitled Safety Standard for Portable Generators. On June 17, 2023, the Office of Advocacy requested CPSC extend the public comment…

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Advocacy Comments on BLM Proposed Public Lands Conservation Rule

Office of Advocacy Jun 13, 2023

On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule entitled “Conservation and Landscape Health.” The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (Advocacy)…

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Advocacy Comments on OIRA’s Implementation of EO 14094, Modernizing Regulatory Review

Office of Advocacy Jun 7, 2023

On April 6, 2023, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14094 entitled, “Modernizing Regulatory Review.” Advocacy seeks to ensure that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs remains aware of the impacts of regulations…

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Advocacy Provides Public Comment on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation…

Office of Advocacy May 31, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency published its proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation rulemaking. The proposed rule requires public water systems to monitor for these PFAS, notify the public of the levels…

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Advocacy Comments on EPA’s Proposed Tightening of Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Coal-Fired…

Office of Advocacy May 31, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency published proposed Effluent Limitation Guidelines for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. This rule would require significant new wastewater treatment…

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