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Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact Concerning Investigational Use of Oxitec OX513A Mosquitoes

Description:: This comment on the Food and Drug Administration’s draft environmental assessment and preliminary finding of no significant impact concerning investigational use of Oxitec OX513A mosquitoes does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to...
Author:: Pérez, Daniel R.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

EPA’s Proposed Rule: Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Electric Utility Generating Units

Description:: The questions or whether to develop a “mass-based” or “rate-based” emissions trading program under that rule arise in the context of EPA’s EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan or Federal Implementation Plans, so we are re-filing the comment in the current docket for the Agency’s consideration. The...
Author:: Mannix, Brian F.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

Description:: This Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or “Bureau”) proposed rule would extend various consumer protections to prepaid account products. Protections for traditional bank account and credit products now exist through Regulation E, which governs electronic funds transfers, and Regulation...
Author:: Taylor, Blake
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Are future lives worth more, today, than our own – simply because of income growth?

Description:: The charge questions that EPA has presented to the EEAC for consideration this week relate to the analytical foundations of a procedure for estimating the value of statistical lives saved in the future – possibly the distant future – as a result of regulations imposed today. Reductions in...
Author:: Mannix, Brian
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Department of Energy’s Regulatory Burden Request for Information “Reducing Regulatory Burden”

Description:: This response to the Department of Energy’s request for information on reducing regulatory burdens does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to improve DOE rulemakings and enhance DOE’s retrospective review efforts. As DOE notes in its...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Proposed Rule: Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Description:: This Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposal would allow small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to operate in the National Airspace System (NAS) pursuant to specific limitations and standards, which address small UAS operation, operator certification, and registration. Small UAS currently...
Author:: Taylor, Blake
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Draft Regulatory Basis: Financial Qualifications for Reactor Licensing

Description:: This comment on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Draft Regulatory Basis regarding financial qualifications for reactor licensing does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of the NRC’s proposal on overall consumer...
Author:: Brock, Gerald W.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Section 2 of the Executive Order of January 30, 2017, Titled “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”

Description:: The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. As part of its mission, the Center conducts careful and independent analyses to assess rulemaking proposals from the perspective of the public interest. This comment...
Author:: Pérez. Daniel R., Dudley, Susan E., Miller, Sofie E., and Mannix, Brian F.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Department of Energy’s Proposed Rule Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing

Description:: This comment on the Department of Energy’s (DOE or the Department) proposed rule establishing new energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of DOE’s proposal on...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Proposed Rule: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2

Description:: In response to a directive from President Obama,3 and using their respective statutory authorities, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have jointly proposed a set of standards to regulate...
Author:: Mannix, Brian F.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule: Discrimination on the Basis of Sex

Description:: In the proposed rule, the DOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) asserts that since the Sex Discrimination Guidelines were first issued in 1970, there have been “historic changes to sex discrimination law, in both statutory and case law, and to contractor policies and...
Author:: White, Lynn
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Rule: National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone

Description:: The Clean Air Act directs the EPA Administrator to set “primary,” or health-based, NAAQS at levels that are “requisite to protect the public health … allowing an adequate margin of safety,” based on “air quality criteria [that] shall accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in...
Author:: Cox, Louis Anthony (Tony), Jr.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy

Description:: This comment in response to President Obama’s Executive Order 13725 provides recommendations to the National Economic Council on how agencies can reduce regulatory barriers to competition and improve outcomes for American consumers. Since the formation of the U.S. federal regulatory system,...
Author:: Dudley, Susan, Pérez, Daniel R., Miller, Sofie E. , and Mannix, Brian
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

Description:: The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. As part of its mission, the Center conducts careful and independent analyses to assess rulemaking from the perspective of the public interest. This comment on the...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units

Description:: This comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed “Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units” does not represent the views of any particular affected party...
Author:: Dudley, Susan E.
Keyword:: Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, Public Commnets, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Religion
Resource Type:: Report

Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018

Description:: This comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule establishing renewable fuel standards for 2017 and 2018 does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of EPA’s proposal on overall consumer welfare...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program

Description:: This comment on the Department of Education’s (ED) proposed rule to amend the regulations governing the Direct Loan Program does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of ED’s proposal on overall consumer welfare. As...
Author:: Pérez, Daniel R.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Public Comment on the CPSC’s Proposed Rule: Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws

Description:: The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center improves regulatory policy through research, education, and outreach. As part of its mission, the Center conducts careful and independent analyses to assess rulemaking proposals from the perspective of the public interest. This comment on...
Author:: Miller, Sofie E. and Yarborough, Jacob
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Studies , Regulatory Policy, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Description:: The Center provides these comments regarding question numbers 1, 10, and 15-19 presented in the Supplementary Information section of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking’s (the Commission’s) Federal Register notice issued on September 14, 2016. Regulation may have a larger impact on...
Author:: Perez, Daniel R., Peacock, Marcus C., and Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Public Comments, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Stuides, Regulatory Policy, and Regulation
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: Accelerating the Next Revolution In Roadway Safety

Description:: This comment on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s policy guidance on driverless car technology does not represent the views of any particular affected party or special interest, but is designed to evaluate the effect of NHTSA’s policy on overall societal welfare.The National...
Author:: Pérez, Daniel R., Beales, Howard, and Miller, Sofie E.
Keyword:: Reggulation, Public Interest, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Economic Analysis, Regulatory Policy, Regulatory Studies, and Public Comments
GW Unit:: Regulatory Studies Center
Resource Type:: Report

Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact Concerning Investigational Use of Oxitec OX513A Mosquitoes

EPA’s Proposed Rule: Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Electric Utility Generating Units

Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

Are future lives worth more, today, than our own – simply because of income growth?

The Department of Energy’s Regulatory Burden Request for Information “Reducing Regulatory Burden”

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Proposed Rule: Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Draft Regulatory Basis: Financial Qualifications for Reactor Licensing

Section 2 of the Executive Order of January 30, 2017, Titled “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs”

The Department of Energy’s Proposed Rule Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing

The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Proposed Rule: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule: Discrimination on the Basis of Sex

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Rule: National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone

Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units

Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018

Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program

Public Comment on the CPSC’s Proposed Rule: Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: Accelerating the Next Revolution In Roadway Safety

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