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EPA Looks to Regulate Guidance Documents

By William C. Schillaci May 28, 2020 Regulatory Developments

Updated: May 28, 2020

Responding to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 13891, as well as instructions from the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on how to comply with the EO, the EPA has proposed regulations specifying how the Agency will manage the issuance and administration of guidance documents.

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What’s a Major Rule? White House OMB Seeks to Clarify

By William C. Schillaci Jun 10, 2019 Regulatory Developments

Updated: Jun 10, 2019

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which is part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), recently issued a memo clarifying how it determines if a proposed federal rule is a major rule and the level of cooperation the OIRA expects from federal agencies to assist in that determination. The […]