The EPA has officially kicked off its part of President Trump’s regulatory reform goals.

 

In February, Trump signed an executive order to require agencies to establish “Regulatory Reform Officers” (RROs) tasked with implementing regulatory reform initiatives and policies and “Regulatory Reform Task Forces” to evaluate existing regulations and make recommendations regarding their repeal, replacement or modification. 

 

EPA has now decided to seek public input “on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification” in the Federal Register. The Regulatory Reform Task Force will then decide which regulations they believe should be changed or eliminated. 

 

NAAA will use this opportunity to comment on the certification and training rule’s age requirement as well as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Pesticide General Permits (PGPs) and EPA’s guidance documents for consideration of spray drift in a pesticide risk assessment.

 

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement, “The previous administration abused the regulatory process to advance an ideological agenda that expanded the reach of the federal government, often dismissing the technological and economic concerns raised by the regulated community and duplicating long-standing regulations by states and localities. Moving forward, EPA will be listening to those directly impacted by regulations, and learning ways we can work together with our state and local partners, to ensure that we can provide clean air, land, and water to Americans.”