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EPA Proposes Water Pollution General Permits for Beaufort and Chukchi
EPA has proposed to reissue its Arctic National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits or Oil and Gas Exploration as two General Permits:

  • Beaufort General Permit No. AKG-28-2100 - Outer Continental Shelf and Contiguous State Waters in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska; and


  • Chukchi General Permit No. AKG-28-8100 - Outer Continental Shelf in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska.
EPA is preparing the Beaufort and Chukchi General Permits at the same time, combining the statements of basis in one fact sheet, and combining public comment periods and public hearings for both permits. Comments on the proposed general permits are due to EPA by March 30, 2012.
  • Click here for EPA's website for the proposed permits

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  • A New Website Dedicated to the White House Review of Regulations
    The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, the host of the CyberActivist.US website has begun the publication of a new website dedicated to the OMB review of regulations.
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  • Federal Regulators Compromise on Cod Crackdown
    Federal fish regulators found a middle ground Wednesday that they hoped would avert a complete shutdown of fishing in the Gulf of Maine and keep as many fishermen in business as possible this year.
  • Landowners Fight Eminent Domain in Pa. Gas Field
    A pipeline operator assured federal regulators it would minimize using eminent domain against private landowners if given approval to lay a 39-mile natural gas pipeline in northern Pennsylvania's pristine Endless Mountains.
  • Federal Regulators Expected to Approve New Reactors in Georgia Within Weeks
    A newspaper is reporting that regulators are expected to approve a $14 billion nuclear power project near Augusta within weeks.
  • Federal Regulators Have Failed to Act on Toxic Chemical
    Despite growing fears over the health effects of a chemical found in many baby bottles and a host of other products, federal regulators have done little to protect the public, according to a new report from a nonprofit research group.
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  • Six EPA Offers Air Quality Apps
    If you wanted to know the air quality Monday morning in Tulsa, Okla. (good), Baton Rouge, La. (moderate), or Modesto, Calif. (unhealthy for sensitive groups), a new smart phone app from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's could have helped.
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    • OMB POLICY STATEMENTS
    OMB Officials Detail Reorganization Plan and Headway Against Waste
    President Obama’s recent proposal to consolidate business and trade agencies in a single department would be the first government reorganization to require that changes either eliminate an agency or save money, according to Lisa Brown, executive director of the Office of Management and Budget’s Government Reform for Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative.

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