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Federal Agencies Propose Rescission of “Harm” Definition Under Endangered Species Act

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On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to rescind their respective...more

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OMB Seeks Public Input on Deregulation Under New Executive Order

The deadline to submit comments in response to the OMB’s solicitation is May 12, 2025. On April 11 the Office of Management and Budget published a request that interested parties “identify rules to be rescinded and provide...more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

Fed up with Federal Rules?  OMB Implements a Federal Deregulation Idea Solicitation Process on White House Urging.

On April 9, 2025, the White House published a new Memorandumentitled “Directing The Repeal of Unlawful Regulations,” aimed at identifying and reviewing unlawful or potentially unlawful regulations for potential repeal. The...more

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FCC Launches Sweeping Deregulation Proceeding

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On March 12, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Brendan Carr, announced a “massive deregulation initiative” that puts all agency rules and guidance on the table for reconsideration. The agency is...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Proposed NEPA Regulation Overhaul: Next Steps and What Matters for Public Agencies

Public Comments Due March 10 - The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a proposal to significantly overhaul, for the first time in 40 years, the regulations for implementing the National Environmental...more

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USFWS proposes to codify Trump Administration position on MBTA

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Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released a pre-publication version of its long-awaited update to regulations governing Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) implementation (Proposed Regulations)....more

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FWS Proposes Removing Kanab Ambersnail from ESA Protection

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On January 6, 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register announcing the agency’s finding that the Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) is no longer warranted for...more

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FWS Proposes Removing Interior Least Tern from ESA Protection

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On October 24, 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register announcing the agency’s finding that the interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) is no longer warranted for...more

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EEOC Will Cease Collecting EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on September 11, 2019 that it will not be seeking renewal for collection of EEO-1 Component 2 pay data, which requires employers with 100 or more employees to...more

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Secretary of Education Seeks to Rescind Obama-Era Gainful Employment Regulations

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On August 14, 2018, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to rescind the Obama-era Gainful Employment (GE) regulations applicable to for-profit educational...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

EPA to Rethink Cost-Benefit Analyses During Rulemaking Process

This week, EPA announced that it is considering developing regulations to optimize the use of cost-benefit analyses when it is taking regulatory action. Many environmental statutes require the consideration of costs and...more

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FDA Takes First Steps to Cut Regulations, Solicits Public Feedback

Since our March 17th post about President Trump’s executive actions aiming to implement his deregulatory agenda, several important developments related to the so-called “2-for-1” Executive Order (E.O. 13,771) have occurred...more

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Trump Administration Rescinds WOTUS Rule

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Earlier this week, the Trump administration added another Obama-era regulation to its list of policy rollbacks. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a...more

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