Folks,
The latest draft is attached for your review. Unless we hear of any last minute edits, we will be submitting the comments by the end of today.
Regards,
Rich
To VI HSE Committee, and PVC MACT Working Group,
Thank you to those members that have provided input for the attached updated letter to EPA on regulatory reform and thank you to JC Walker and Greg Clark at Keller and Heckman for the quick aggregation and turnaround on these drafts. There are still a couple of information gaps which are highlighted in the track change version. Please review the document to make sure we have covered your comments and provide any additional information to me, Greg Clark, and JC Walker by noon on Monday, May 15. The submission deadline is the end of the day on Monday and I would like to review any last minute edits with the HSE Committee during our 2:00 pm call. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Rich
To VI HSE Committee, and PVC MACT Working Group,
Greg Clark of Keller and Heckman has prepared the attached draft of comments to submit with respect to EPA’s Office of Policy request for comments on regulatory improvement (FR notice attached). Greg has requested the members provide information to augment the comments, and his suggested information requests are highlighted in yellow in the draft letter. Please review the letter and provide your input on the requested information back to me by COB Thursday, May 11. We will need to aggregate the comments and provide a final draft for review by COB Friday or early Monday, May 15. The comments are due to EPA on Monday, May 15. We recently received additional issues to include, and those will be communicated in a follow up draft. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Rich
Rich,
Draft comments on EPA’s regulatory reform initiative are attached for your consideration. As previously discussed, we used the two sets of VI comments submitted to the Department of Commerce as a starting point. We also incorporated the new items Mary provided yesterday. Please note that there are several highlighted questions in the document requesting input or supporting information from the members. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Greg A. Clark
Greg,
Mary Bachynsky’s (thanks Mary!) notes are attached on additional impacts for including in VI’s comments to EPA with respect to regulatory reform. When you have your draft ready, please send it to me to circulate to the VI HSE committee for their review prior to the May 15 submission date. We discussed bolstering the March 31, 2017 letter to DOC. Thanks,
Rich
Rich: attached, please find my thoughts on the Subject, along with a recent EPA filing that I reference. Is the VI planning on submitted comments on the matter? Thank you,
Mary
To VI HSE Committee, VI Eco-Standards Council, and PVC MACT Working Group,
The email below announces EPA’s open forum call next Monday to listen to public comments on air regulation impacts. EPA is also accepting written comments on this topic as set forth in the attached Federal Register notice. Comments are due by May 15, 2017.
Our attached comments to the Department of Commerce are a good starting point and may not need significant edits. Please review the VI’s March 31 submissions and determine what other information may be beneficial to EPA. Your comments and questions are appreciated. Here is a link to Monday’s Washington Post article that discusses the range of comments submitted to the Department of Commerce on this subject.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/epa-emerges-as-major-target-after-trump-solicits-policy-advice-from-industry/2017/04/16/87a8a55a-205d-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html
Regards,
Rich
Consistent with Executive Order 13777, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) is hosting a public teleconference on April 24, 2017, from 11:00am to 2:00pm EDT to solicit input on specific air and radiation actions that could be repealed, replaced, or modified to make them less burdensome.
On February 24, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13777 on Enforcing the Regulatory Agenda. The Executive Order (EO) establishes the “policy of the United States to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens placed on the American people.” Among other things, it requires each agency to create a Regulatory Reform Task Force to evaluate existing regulations and to identify regulations that should be repealed, replaced, or modified.
OAR is holding a public meeting via teleconference on April 24, 2017 so that we can listen and learn from those directly impacted by our regulations. The focus of this teleconference will be on air and radiation actions only. We invite you to provide input on these actions during the public teleconference or by submitting comments to the EPA-wide docket using docket number: EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190. The docket, which is accessible through www.regulations.gov, will remain open through May 15, 2017. OAR will give equal consideration to input provided through either of these methods.
Additional information on joining the teleconference and submitting comments through the docket are below. For questions about this process, please contact oarinvitations@epa.gov. For more information about this effort, please visit https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/regulatory-reform.
Teleconference Details:
Date: April 24, 2017
Time: 11:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Participant Dial-in Number: (800) 305-3182
Conference ID#: 8535873
OAR’s public teleconference will be an operator assisted call. The call with start with brief remarks from EPA and the remainder of the call will be dedicated to listening to public input. Participants wishing to speak or listen do not need to register in advance for the teleconference. To hear the opening remarks, please dial in 10 minutes before the start time. You may call into the teleconference at any time during the three-hour period.
If you wish to speak, at any time, you may nominate yourself to speak by hitting *1 on your phone. Your name will be added to a queue. Speakers will be asked to deliver 3 minutes of remarks and will be called on a first come, first served basis. OAR will do our best to hear from everyone who wishes to speak. The teleconference will be transcribed and will be added to the docket. If you do not have the opportunity to speak on the call, please submit your input to the docket (docket number: EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190). OAR will give equal consideration to input provided through either of these methods.
Providing Input through the Docket:
Comments can be submitted to the public docket, EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190, which is available at www.regulations.gov. The docket will be open until May 15, 2017.
We also recommend that you clearly include the subject area on which you are providing input at the beginning of your comment. The subject area could include, but is not limited to, a reference to any of the following:
- Code of Federal Regulations regulatory cite or Part/Subpart cite (e.g., 40 CFR part 1900, 40 CFR 1900.10(b), etc.);
- Federal Register citation;
- Regulatory program or rulemaking title;
- Title of guidance document.
Detailed instructions on how to submit comments to the docket are available at: https://www.regulations.gov/help. Also, EPA’s Tips for Effective Comments can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#tips.