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The Complete List of Regulations

Posted on 26 November 2008 by Denis Campbell

A Table showing the pertinent proposed rules changes…

CIVIL LIBERTIES

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Domestic surveillance,Department of Justice — The rule would expand the power of state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate potential criminal activities and report the information to federal agencies. The rule would broaden the scope of activities authorities could monitor to include organizations as well as individuals, along with non-criminal activities that are deemed “suspicious.”
+ Find out more from OMB Watch

July 31, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB.

TRAFFIC SAFETY

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Truck driver hours of service,Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Department of Transportation) — The rule would allow truck drivers to drive up to 11 consecutive hours. Because of the effects of fatigue, longer hours-of-service periods put both truck drivers and other motorists at risk.
+ Find out more from Public Citizen

Dec. 17, 2007
(Interim rule)

Final rule published by FMSCA Nov. 19.
Effective date: Jan. 19, 2009
(Final rule)

Hazmat rerouting for railroads,Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT) — The rule would require railcars carrying hazardous materials to reroute around densely populated areas; but it would give control of rerouting to the railroad industry without federal oversight or local input. 
+ Find out more from Friends of the Earth

April 16, 2008
(Interim rule)

Final rule announced by PHMSA Nov. 25.
(Final rule)

Vehicle roof strenght, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT) — The rule would improve the national safety standard for roof strength in passenger vehicles. However, NHTSA’s proposal is not as strict as auto safety advocates and some congressional members hoped and will make only minor safety improvements for passengers involved in rollover crashes. NHTSA also proposed preempting state law, including damages claims.
+ Find out more from OMB Watch

Aug. 23, 2005
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB, DOT is under court order to finish the rule by Dec. 15.

ENVIRONMENT

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Mountaintop mining, Office of Surface Mining (Interior) — The rule would allow mining companies to dump the waste (i.e. excess rock and dirt) from mountaintop mining into rivers and streams. 
+ Find out more from Earthjustice

Aug. 24, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Sept. 22.

Endangered species consultation, Department of the Interior — The rule would alter implementation of the Endangered Species Act by allowing federal land-use managers to approve projects like infrastructure creation, minerals extraction, or logging without consulting federal habitat managers and biological health experts responsible for species protection. Currently, consultation is required. 
+ Find out more from RegWatch,
OMB Watch’s regulatory policy blog

Aug. 15, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Nov. 13.

Air pollution near national parks,Environmental Protection Agency — The rule would ease current restrictions that make it difficult for power plants to operate near national parks and wilderness areas.
+ Find out more from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

June 6, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Oct. 30.

Runoff from factory farms,Environmental Protection Agency — Under the rule, concentrated animal feeding operations, i.e. factory farms, could allow farm runoff to pollute waterways without a permit. The rule circumvents the Clean Water Act, instead allowing for self-regulation. 
+ Find out more from the Natural Resources Defense Council

March 7, 2008
(Proposal)

Final rule published by EPA Nov. 20.
Effective date: Dec. 22, 2008
(Final rule)

New Source Review changes,Environmental Protection Agency — The rule would change EPA’s New Source Review program, which requires new facilities or renovating facilities to install better pollution control technology, by subjecting fewer facilities to its requirements.
+ Find out more from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

May 8, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB.

Air pollution reporting from farms, Environmental Protection Agency — The rule would exempt factory farms from reporting air pollution emissions from animal waste.
+ Find out more from OMB Watch

Dec. 28, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Oct. 24.

Environmental impacts of fishery decisions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce) — The rule would transfer the responsibility for examining the environmental impacts of federal ocean management decisions from federal employees to advisory groups that represent regional fishing interests. The rule would also make it more difficult for the public to participate in the environmental assessment process required by the National Environmental Policy Act. 
+ Find out more from Pew Charitable Trusts

May 14, 2008
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Nov. 4.

Burning of hazardous waste,Environmental Protection Agency — The rule would reclassify thousands of tons of hazardous waste as fuel, allowing it to be burned instead of sensitively disposed of. The emissions generated by burning the waste would be more toxic than emissions from burning fossil fuels. The chemical industry is advocating for more categories of waste to be reclassified.
+ Find out more from Earthjustice

June 15, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB June 26.

Oil shale development, Bureau of Land Management (Interior) — Capitalizing on a recent decision by Congress to let the ban on oil shale development to expire, the BLM rule would open 2 million acres of western land to leasing. Environmentalists say oil shale development, which involves extracting liquid oil from solid rock by heating it, increases greenhouse gas emissions and requires intensive water use.
+ Find out more from the Natural Resources Defense Council

July 23, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule published by BLM Nov. 18.
Effective date: Jan. 17, 2009
(Final rule)

WORKER RIGHTS AND SAFETY

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Risk assessments for occupational hazards,Department of Labor — The rule would change the way federal regulators calculate estimates for on-the-job risks. The rule would also add an extra comment period to new worker health standards, creating unnecessary delay.
+ Find out more from RegWatch

Aug. 29, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB.

Drug and alcohol testing for miners, Mine Safety and Health Administration — The rule would require mine operators to test employees in “safety-sensitive” positions for drug and alcohol use. 
+ Find out more from RegWatch

Sept. 8, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB; MSHA held a public hearing Oct. 28.

Family and medical leave, Employment Standards Administration (Labor) — The rule would limit employee access to family and medical leave. Among other things, the rule would make it more difficult for workers to use paid vacation or personal time to take leave and would allow employers to speak directly to an employee’s health care provider.
+ Find out more from OMB Watch

Feb. 11,2008
(Proposal)

Final rule published by ESA Nov. 17.
Effective date: Jan. 16, 2009
(Final rule)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Access to reproductive health services, Department of Health and Human Services — The rule could reduce women’s access to reproductive health services. The rule would require health care providers to certify they will allow their employees to withhold services on the basis of religious or moral grounds or risk losing federal funding.
+ Find out more from the National Partnership for Women and Families

Aug. 26, 2008*
(Proposal)

Final rule has not been sent to OMB.

Requirements for HIV/AIDS grantees, Department of Health and Human Services — The rule would require HIV/AIDS grantees to choose between adopting government policy (explicitly and unequivocally opposing prostitution and sex trafficking) for their entire organizations or setting up completely separate affiliated organizations. However, the degree of separation proposed is so severe that it is impractical to implement.
+ Find out more from OMB Watch

April 17, 2008
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Oct. 24.

Requirements for grantees aiding trafficking victims,Department of Health and Human Services — As required by Congress, the rule would require organizations providing aid to the victims of sex trafficking to certify they do not promote, support, or advocate prostitution or risk losing U.S. funding.

Feb. 26, 2008
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Oct. 24.

Medicaid outpatient services,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (HHS) — The rule would narrow the definition of outpatient hospital services to reduce Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to those services, such as dental and vision care.

Sep. 28, 2007
(Proposal)

Final rule published by CMS Nov. 7.
Effective date: Dec. 8, 2008
(Final rule)

GUN CONTROL

Rule Description

Proposal Date

Current Status

Gun safety in national parks,National Park Service (Interior) — The rule would end the 25-year-old ban on carrying loaded weapons in national parks.
+ Find out more from the National Coalition of Park Service Retirees

April 30, 2008
(Proposal)

Final rule sent to OMB Nov. 4.

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