By Allison A. Torrence

The Trump Administration has released its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. This regulatory agenda “reports on the actions administrative agencies plan to issue in the near and long term [and] demonstrates this Administration’s ongoing commitment to fundamental regulatory reform and a reorientation toward reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens on the American people.”

According to the Trump Administration, the regulatory agenda reflects the following broad regulatory reform priorities:

• Advancing Regulatory Reform
• Public Notice of Regulatory Development
• Transparency
• Consistent Practice across the Federal Government

The EPA-specific regulatory agenda lists 148 regulatory actions in either the proposed rule stage or final rule stage, and provides information about the planned regulatory actions and the timing of those actions. Notable regulatory actions under consideration by EPA include:

• Revised Definition of “Waters of the United State”
  • Notice of proposed rulemaking planned for October 2019; final rule planned for September 2019
• Definition of “Waters of the United States”–Recodification of Preexisting Rule
  • Final rule planned for March 2019
• Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Regulatory Revision
  • Notice of proposed rulemaking planned for June 2019
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Regulatory Revisions
  • Notice of proposed rulemaking planned for February 2019
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Regulation of Perchlorate
  • Notice of proposed rulemaking planned for October 2019; final rule planned for December 2019
• Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guideline Implementing Regulations; Revisions to New Source Review Program (a/k/a The Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule to replace the Clean Power Plan)
  • Final rule planned for March 2019
• TSCA Chemical Data Reporting Revisions and Small Manufacturer Definition Update for Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under TSCA Section 8(a)
  • Notice of proposed rulemaking planned for December 2018; final rule planned for October 2019

More information, and EPA's Statement of Priorities, can be found here.