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Letter dated 11/09/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Cooling Water Intake Structures for New Facilities Pursuant to 316(b).of the Clean Water Act; 65 Fed. Reg. 49,060 (August 10, 2000).

Memorandum dated 10/05/00 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Regarding Draft Final Rule - Toxic Release Inventory – Lowering of Lead Reporting Threshold – Lead Designation as a Highly Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT).
Letter dated 09/28/00 - Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Requirements for Regulatory Flexibility Act compliance in critical habitat designation.

Letter dated 09/20/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Control of Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources; 65 Fed. Reg. 48058, (August 4, 2000).

Letter dated 08/25/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Comments on EPA's proposed Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements.

Letter dated 07/17/00 - Department of Agriculture, Forest Service [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation. 65 Fed. Reg., 30288 (May 10, 2000)[PDF File].


Letter dated 06/23/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule ("Stage 2 DBPR") and the Long-term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule ("LT2ESWTR").


Letter dated 06/02/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for EPA's planned proposed rulemaking on the Reinforced Plastics Composites Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard.


Letter dated 05/25/00 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Nitrates Enforcement Initiative under the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements.


Memorandum dated 05/03/00 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Regarding Draft Arsenic Proposal Under the Safe Drinking Water Act Memorandum dated 05/03/00 - Advocacy Staff Document [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Draft Arsenic Proposal Under the Safe Drinking Water Act ; EPA Risk Analysis Underestimates Range of Uncertainty and Likely Exaggerates Risk.


Letter dated 04/25/00 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
[html], or [text] - Transmittal from the Chief Counsel for Advocacy providing Supplemental Comments of Small Refiners regarding EPA's Heavy-duty Engine and Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements.


Letter dated 04/12/00 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Reply to the notification letter regarding a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel regarding Control of Emissions of Hazardous Pollutants from Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Fuels.


Letter dated 04/11/00 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Reply to the notification letter regarding a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel regarding Stage 2 Disinfection By-Products and Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water; Small Entity Representative Recommendations.

Letter dated 04/07/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], or [text] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Effluent Limitation Guidelines Regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.

Letter dated 03/24/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicle Engines; Heavy-Duty Engine Standards and Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements proposed rule.
Memorandum dated 03/22/00 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
[PDF File]- Comments during the Executive Order 12866 Interagency Review of EPA's Draft Notice of Data Availability regarding the Regulation of Radionuclides

Letter dated 03/3/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], or [text] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Industry including the Executive Summary


Letter dated 03/03/00 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the planned proposed rulemaking on Lead-based Paint; Certification and Training; Renovation and Remodeling Requirements.

Letter dated 02/23/00 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Mining Claims Under General Mining Laws; Surface Management Supplemental Notice. addressing the National Academy of Science study on the overall structure of the federal and state laws and regulations on mining reclamation and environmental considerations. 64 Fed. Reg., 57613 (October 26, 1999)[PDF File].
Letter dated 01/24/00 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims and Sites. 64 Fed. Reg., 47023 (August 27, 1999)[PDF File].


Memorandum dated 12/13/99 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Secondary Aluminum Air Toxics Standard (MACT).Letter dated 12/09/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [PDF File} - Reply to the notification letter regarding a potential Small Business Advocacy Review Panel regarding the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Reinforced Plastic Composites Industry.

Memorandum dated 11/19/99 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) [html], or [text] - Comments on draft final Commercial Marine Engine Rule (Regulation of NOx Emissions) during Interagency Review.Letter dated 11/09/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html] or [text] - Transmittal from the Chief Counsel for Advocacy providing Public Comments on Pesticides; Tolerance Processing Fees [PDF File]; Fed. Reg., Vol. 64, p. 31040 (June 9, 1999) [PDF File]


Memorandum dated 11/05/99 - Office of Management and Budget
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Comments During Executive Order 12866 Interagency Review of Draft Final Rule Regarding Class V Underground Injection Control Wells (Safe Drinking Water Regulation).Letter dated 09/23/99 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Reply to EPA's notice regarding SBREFA Panel for Effluent Limitations Guidelines for Metals Products and Machinery Industry.Letter dated 09/23/99 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Reply to EPA's notification of the Initiation of a Panel for the Regulation of Lead Based-Paint Renovation and Repair ActivitiesLetter dated 09/21/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Regulations--National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Effluent Limitation Guidelines Regulations; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy PanelLetter dated 09/20/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Reply to the notification letter regarding a potential Small Business Advocacy Review Panel concerning the Regulation of Highway Diesel Fuel Letter dated 09/17/99 - Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS) [html], [text], or [PDF File]- Proposed rule to reduce the catch of spiny dogfish and make other changes that would significantly impact spiny dogfish harvesters and processors. Letter addressed NMFS's failure to consider creative viable alternatives to imposing a quota system on the spiny dogfish fishery. Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Management Plan; 64 Fed. Reg. 42,071 (August 3, 1999)[PDF File]Letter dated 08/27/99 - New England Fishery Management Council [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Proposals for the annual adjustment for the Atlantic sea scallop.

Letter dated 08/25/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html],  [text],or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on Emissions Standards for New Compression-ignition and Spark-ignition Recreational Marine Engines including the Executive Summary.

Letter dated 08/18/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html] or [text] - Proposed Gasoline Sulfur Rule; Definition of Small Refiner; 64 Fed. Reg. 26,003 (May 13, 1999)

Letter dated 06/04/99 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the EPA's rulemaking on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Arsenic in Drinking Water.

Letter dated 06/04/99 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management [html], [Text] or [PDF File] - Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Operations. 63 Fed. Reg. Page 66,840, (December 3, 1998).


Memorandum dated 06/02/99 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html] or [text file] - Environmental significance of new draft proposal for the reporting of lead under the Toxic Release Inventory Program as a Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemical.


Memorandum dated 05/28/99 - Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency [html] or [text] - Inventory Update Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (IUR) Draft Proposal - Second Comment


Memorandum dated 05/27/99 - Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency
[html], [text] or [PDF File] -
Inventory Update Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (IUR) Draft Proposal - First Comment


Memorandum dated 05/25/99 - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
[html] or [text file] - New draft proposal for the reporting of lead under the Toxic Release Inventory Program as a Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemical.


Letter dated 05/10/99 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (HTML) or [PDF File]- Mining claims under the general mining laws; surface management. 64 Fed. Reg. 6,422 (February 9, 1999) [PDF File]


Letter dated 5/4/99 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html] or [PDF File] - Response to the Notification Letter from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel for a rule regarding Control of Air Pollution From New Compression-ignition and Spark-ignition Recreational Marine Engines.


Letter dated 4/23/99 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Transmittal from the Chief Counsel for Advocacy providing Public Comments on the Radon Health Risk Reduction and Cost Analysis [PDF File];
Federal Register, Vol. 64, No. 38, p. 9560
[PDF File]


Letter dated 03/24/99 - Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management -
Proposed rule on Mining Claims Under General Mining Laws; Surface Management. Fed. Reg, Vol. 64, No. 26, p. 6422. [PDF File]
Letter dated 02/01/99 - Department of Interior, National Park Service
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Proposed rule published on April 16, 1997 for public comment on Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska; Commercial Fishing Regulations, 62 Fed. Reg., 18,547[PDF File]. To prohibit commercial fishing in nonwilderness waters of Glacier Bay proper.


Letter dated 01/28/99 - Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; proposed determination of critical l habitat for the Huachuca Water Umbel, a Plant, 63 Fed. Reg.. 71,838[PDF File]; and Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; proposed determination of critical habitat for the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, 63 Fed. Reg., 71,820[PDF File].

 

Letter dated 01/28/99 - Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service - Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan, 63 Fed. Reg., 70,093. (December 18, 1998) [PDF File].
Memorandum dated 12/8/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's Draft of the Proposed Rule on Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics that were filed pre-proposal with the Environmental Protection Agency on December 8, 1998.


Letter dated 12/03/98 – Environmental Protection Agency - National primary drinking water regulation for arsenic; SBREFA small business Advocacy panel.


Memorandum dated 12/01/98 - Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency [html] or [text] - Hazardous Waste Listing and the Management of Cement Kiln Dust; Response to EPA reply to the Office of Advocacy November 12, 1998 memorandum.


Memorandum dated 11/12/98 - Office of Management and Budget
[html] or [text] - Comments on the Draft Proposal to Include Management Standards on Cement Kiln Dust under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) ; Hazardous Waste Listing.


Letter dated 11/03/98 - Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification: Requirements for Notification, Evaluation, and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally owned residential property and housing receiving Federal assistance: Notice of additional information and analysis on determination of no significant impact on a substantial number of small entities - 63 Fed. Reg. 54,422; 20 CFR Parts 35, 36 and 37. [PDF File]


Letter dated 10/19/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
[PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Filter Backwash Recycling rule.


Letter dated 10/19/98 - Environmental Protection Agency [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment rule.


Letter dated 09/18/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html], [text] or [PDF File] - Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for EPA's rulemaking on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Radon (Radon in Drinking Water Rule).


Letter dated 8/21/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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The federal implementation plans for regional reductions of Nitrogen Oxides. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review panels.


Letter dated 8/21/98 - Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs -
Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's request for OMB paperwork approval for Form A ("Short Form") for toxic chemical release inventory reporting. [PDF File]


Letter dated 8/21/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Rulemaking responding to petitions under Section 126 of the Clean Air Act. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review panels.


Letter dated 8/19/98 – Environmental Protection Agency
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Control of Air pollution from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines: Tier 2 light-duty vehicle and truck emission standards and gasoline sulfur control; Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business panel.


Presentation dated 8/18/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Preliminary comments on EPA's proposed effluent guidelines for the transportation equipment cleaning industry.


Letter dated 6/24/98 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Crustacean Fisheries; Bank Area Specific Harvest Guidelines; 63 Fed. Reg. 31,406 (June 9, 1998).Letter dated 06/09/98 - Environmental Protection Agency [html], [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Ground Water Rule.


Letter dated 5/5/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Response to notification letter regarding long term 1 enhanced surface water treatment and filter backwash recycling; Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review pane..


Letter dated 5/5/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Response to notification letter regarding: National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Radon; Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review panels.


Letter dated 4/28/98 - Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Request for comments concerning the toxicity, exposure, bioavailability, and environmental effects of flame retardant chemicals that may be suitable for use in residential upholstered furniture. 63 Fed. Reg. 13,017(March 17, 1998).


Memorandum dated 4/27/98- Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments on draft proposed rule to exclude gasoline retail stations from the Community Right to Know reporting requirements.


Letter dated 4/24/98 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Draft Consideration of the Economic Effects and Potential Alternatives to the 1997 Quotas on the Atlantic Large Coastal Shark Fishery.


Letter dated 4/17/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel, regarding proposed rulemaking on the Underground Injection Control (UIC) regulations for Class V injection wells, under the Safe Drinking Water Act.


Letter dated 4/17/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal implementation plans to reduce the regional transport of ozone in the eastern United States; findings of significant contribution and rulemaking on Section 126 petitions from eight northeastern states for purposes of reducing interstate ozone transport: Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) small business advocacy review panels.


Letter dated 4/17/98 - Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service
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Proposed rule on postlease operations concerning questioning the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) certification and provides guidance on the type of threshold analysis that is necessary for determining whether a proposal will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 63 Fed. Reg. 7,335 (February 13, 1998).[PDF File]


Letter dated 4/15/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Proposed standards for hazardous air pollutants emissions for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry; 63 Fed.Reg. 14,182 (March 24, 1998) [PDF File]


Memorandum dated 3/4/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments on draft proposed rule to exclude gasoline retail stations from the Community Right to Know reporting requirements.


Letter dated 2/23/98 - Environmental Protection Agency (KB)
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Proposed renewal request for OMB No. 1070-0143 (EPA ICR No. 1704.05); 62 Fed. Reg. 67358 (December 24, 1997); Administrative Record No. 187; Docket Control No. OPPTS-0029; alternate threshold for low annual reportable amounts; toxic release inventory reporting.


Letter Dated 02/13/98 - Environmental Protection Agency - Ground Water Disinfection Rule; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel under Section 609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.


Letter dated 01/23/98 - Environmental Protection Agency
[html]. [text] or [PDF File] - Transmittal of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Report for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source CategoryAmicus Curiae Memorandum dated 01/7/98 - United States District Court - Of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiff's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Northwest Mining Association v. Babbitt, et al., case.


Letter dated 12/22/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Reply to Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act notification letter requesting small entity representatives for proposed rulemaking regarding Class V Underground Injection Wells under the Safe Water Drinking, 40 CFR Parts 144 and 146.


Letter dated 12/17/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Thank you for superior implementation of Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act panel process in recent proposal regarding effluent limitations (water pollution rule) affecting the industrial laundries industry; 40 CFR Part 441


Letter dated 11/13/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Reply to the Environmental Protection Agency's notification of the initiation of a Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Panel for rulemaking to revise the Form 2C, Application Form for Facilities that Discharge Wastewater to U.S. Waters.
Letter dated 10/21/97 - Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Commending NOAA for the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis performed for implementing the final management plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and the supplement to the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. Letter also suggests that NOAA use the FRFA and its supplement as a teaching tool for other regulators in its agency.


Letter dated 10/14/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Revisions to New Source Review (NSR) Regulations to Implement the New National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone and Particulate Matter; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.


Letter dated 10/02/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Non-road Diesel Engines notice of proposed rulemaking. This rule was the first rule proposed by EPA subject to the provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Flexibility Act of 1996. (SBREFA).


Memo dated 9/25/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments filed with the National Advisory Committee on Environmental Protection and Technology (NACEPT) Toxic Data Release Committee of EPA, regarding recommendations to update the Form A, which is the streamlined reporting form for the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory reporting requirements (Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986.


Letter dated 9/23/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened on "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Industry.


Memorandum dated 09/16/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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On federally imposed reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions by state regulations.


Letter dated 8/8/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) Panel report concerning the first phase of a two-phase implementation effort for proposed air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter.


Letter Dated 08/07/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened on July 19, 1997, for EPA's proposed rulemakng to revise the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations under Clean Water Act Section 402(p)(6).


Memorandum dated 06/20/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments regarding Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Section 6(a)(2) draft final rule.


Letter dated 05/30/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category, 40 CFR Part 437; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.


Letter Dated 05/28/97 - Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service
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Proposed rule on oil and gas production measurement, surface commingling and security. 62 Fed. Reg., 8,665, February 26, 1997[PDF File]


Letter Dated 05/23/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) Panel report concerning emission standards for certain non-road diesel engines.


Letter dated 04/29/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Agency's plans to expand two ocean dredged material disposal sites, designated as sites B and E, at the mouth of the Columbia River.


Letter Dated 04/25/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Regarding effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the transportation equipment cleaning point source category, 40 CFR Part 442; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.
Letter Dated 04/25/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Regarding comprehensive NPDES phase II stormwater regulations; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.


Letter Dated 3/31/97 - Department of Commerce
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule on the Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries; tuna fishery regulatory adjustments; 62 Fed Reg. 9,726, March 4, 1997[PDF File]


Letter Dated 3/18/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Regarding implementation of ozone and particulate matter national ambient air quality standards and regional haze regulations; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.


Letter Dated 3/18/97 - Environmental Protection Agency) - Regarding effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the industrial laundries point source category, 40 CFR Part 441; SBREFA Small Business Advocacy Panel.
Letter Dated 2/13/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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To Honorable Fred Hansen regarding emergency planning and community right-to-know reporting requirements for gasoline stations.


Letter dated 02/07/97 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Letter to Susan B. Hazen regarding SIC 5169 (Chemical Wholesalers) and its potential selection for reporting under the expanded Toxic Release Inventory reporting requirements.


Letter Dated 02/06/97 - Department of Commerce
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(National Marine Fisheries Service), (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Office of Advocacy submitted a letter regarding the proposed rulemaking on reducing the quota for the directed shark fishery. 61 Fed. Reg., 67,295, December 20, 1996.[PDF File]


Letter Dated 12/24/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Letter to Fred Hansen on new data on toxic release inventory report requirements - industry expansion; chemical wholesalers Docket No. OPPTS-400104.


Letter Dated 11/26/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Letter dated November 13 from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed rulemaking regarding Control of Air Pollution from Nonroad Diesel Engines, notifying SBA of the possibility of convening a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel under Section 609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act as amended by the new Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996.


Letter Dated 11/18/96 - Environmental Protection Agency - SBREFA and EPA review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone.


Letter Dated 11/05/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Letter from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding proposed rulemaking on the amendments to the definition of solid waste, 40 CFR parts 260.261, 266 and 267 (regulation of recycling under RCRA); SBREFA small business advisory panel.


Letter Dated 10/28/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Comments submitted by the Office of Advocacy on the TRI Form R, the form used to provide information about chemical releases and transfers under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, renewal request for OMB No. 2070-0143 (EPAICR No. 1363.05); 61 Fed. Reg. 45,964, August 30, 1996 [PDF File]


Letter dated 09/27/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Renewal request for OMB No. 2070-0143, TRI Form A, the alternated threshold form, (EPAICR No. 1704.03); 61 Fed. Reg., 41,407, August 8, 1996.[PDF File]


Letter dated 09/25/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Proposed rule on Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Report Requirements - Industry expansion; Docket No. OPPTS-400104, 61 Fed. Reg. 33,588, June 27, 1996.[PDF File]


Memorandum dated 09/09/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Pre-proposed comment on regulatory alternatives for consideration by EPA in the CAM rulemaking.


Letter dated 9/3/96 -- Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs - Twelve proposed rules concerning noncompliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act; 61 Fed. Reg. [30,560-June 17, 1996]; [31,470-June 20, 1996]; [31,875-June 21, 1996]; [33,876-July 1, 1996]; [34,400-July 2, 1996]; [35,167-July 5, 1996]; [35,158-July 5, 1996]; [35,163-July 5, 1996]; [36,671-July 12, 1996]; [36,829-July 15, 1996]; [37,417-July 18, 1996]; [41,365-Aug. 8, 1996].


Letter dated 7/19/96 -- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Proposed rule concerning Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries; Amendment 8. 61 Fed. Reg., 27,851, June 3, 1996.[PDF File]


Letter Dated 6/25/96 - Environmental Protection Agency
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Inquiry about the proposal regarding the architectural coatings rule which places limits on the amount of volatile organic compound emissions from architectural and industrial maintenance coatings. 61 Fed. Reg. 32,729, June 25, 1996.[PDF File]

Memorandum dated 5/29/96 -- Environmental Protection Agency - Draft final rule on accidental release prevention requirements, risk management programs under the Clean Air Act, Sections 112 (r) (7).


Letter dated 5/20/96 -- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (FS) - Proposed rule on disposal of national forest system timber; modification of timber sale contracts in extraordinary conditions. 61 Fed. Reg. 14,618, April 3, 1996 [PDF File]


Letter dated 4/24/96 -- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Proposed rule on limited access management of federal fisheries in and off of Alaska; allow processing of non-individual fishing quota species, 61 Fed. Reg. 14,547, April, 2, 1996.[PDF File]


Letter dated 4/24/96 -- Department of Commerce, NOAA
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Proposed rule on North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan: Fee Refund. 61 Fed. Reg. 13,782, March 28, 1996 [PDF File]


Letter dated 4/22/96 -- Environmental Protection Agency
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Proposed rule regarding hazardous Waste Identification Rule. 60 Fed. Reg. 66,344, December 21, 1995.


Letter dated 4/22/96 -- Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS)
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Proposed rule regarding the interim rule for deepwater royalty relief for new leases. 61 Fed. Reg. 12,022, March 25, 1996.


Letter dated 4/15/96 -- Department of Commerce, NOAA
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Advanced proposed rule on western pacific crustacean fisheries; amendment 9. 61 Fed. Reg. 15,452, April 8, 1996.[PDF File]


Memorandum dated 4/12/96 -- Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS)
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Advanced revised Economic Analysis of Impacted Industries Affected by Proposed Rule Change at 30 CFR Part 250, 250.13.

Letter dated 4/11/96 -- Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service- Advanced proposed rule on flexibility in keeping leases in force beyond their primary term. 61 Fed. Reg. 18,309, April 25, 1996.[PDF File]

 



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