Stakeholder Meeting on EPA Rules that can be Repealed, Replaced or Modified to Reduce Regulatory Burdens under Executive Order 13777 Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), in implementing EO 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Agenda, is hosting a meeting to consult with our external stakeholders, to hear which rules and regulations our stakeholders believe should be repealed, replaced, or modified, consistent with applicable law.   

The Executive Order, signed February 24, 2017, 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to create a Regulatory Reform Task Force to evaluate existing regulations and to identify regulations that should be repealed, replaced or modified. The meeting will afford the agency an opportunity to listen and learn directly from those impacted by our regulations. 

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, from 10:00am to 1:00pm Eastern DST at the U.S. EPA’s Headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20003.  To facilitate the building security process, and to request reasonable accommodation, those who wish to attend must contact Joan B. Rogers (202-564-6568 or rogers.joanb@epa.gov), not later than Monday, April 17, 2017. Requests made after April 17, 2017 might not be able to be accommodated. 

We request that commenters be as specific as possible, include any supporting data or other information. If you would like to provide a five minute “oral presentation” on a particular regulation, please let me know so I can schedule your slot.

Thank you in advance for your interest.  I look forward to your participation in this important effort.