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The site mostly give wide statistics for
tracking how much of various types of regulatory work the agency is doing, and
the timetables for regulations to reach publication. It's useful for guessing
how long a type of regulation will take to reach fruition, and for regarding
the frequency of agency actions in different sectors.
The EPA on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, announced the launch of a new website called Reg Stat that will enhance public understanding of its regulatory process and the number, type, and range of regulatory documents developed each year by the agency. The site mostly give wide statistics for tracking how much of various types of regulatory work the agency is doing, and the timetables for regulations to reach publication. It's useful for guessing how long a type of regulation will take to reach fruition, and for regarding the frequency of agency actions in different sectors. Example chart:
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Reg Stat provides information on EPA documents published in the Federal Register between 2005 and 2009. It also provides in-depth information on rulemakings likely to be of most interest to stakeholders -- those rules signed by the EPA administrator that substantively amend the Code of Federal Regulations. Users will be able to determine the number of rules signed by the administrator, how long it took to develop each rule, whether a rule underwent Executive Order 12866 regulatory review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the length of OMB review. Both summary graphics and searchable data tables are available.
An analysis of the data featured on Reg Stat shows that EPA publishes 1,700 to 1,900 documents in the Federal Register each year. Notices, which provide general information of public interest such as meeting announcements, make up the majority of these documents. Approximately 7 percent, or about 100, of those documents are rules that amend the Code of Federal Regulations and require the administrator's signature; the average time to publish these rules is 974 days.
Users will be able to download and sort the data based on categories of interest. Information on Reg Stat will be updated annually.
SOURCE: EPA press release
The EPA on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, announced the launch of a new website called Reg Stat that will enhance public understanding of its regulatory process and the number, type, and range of regulatory documents developed each year by the agency. The site mostly give wide statistics for tracking how much of various types of regulatory work the agency is doing, and the timetables for regulations to reach publication. It's useful for guessing how long a type of regulation will take to reach fruition, and for regarding the frequency of agency actions in different sectors. Example chart:
Click for image source
Reg Stat provides information on EPA documents published in the Federal Register between 2005 and 2009. It also provides in-depth information on rulemakings likely to be of most interest to stakeholders -- those rules signed by the EPA administrator that substantively amend the Code of Federal Regulations. Users will be able to determine the number of rules signed by the administrator, how long it took to develop each rule, whether a rule underwent Executive Order 12866 regulatory review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the length of OMB review. Both summary graphics and searchable data tables are available.
An analysis of the data featured on Reg Stat shows that EPA publishes 1,700 to 1,900 documents in the Federal Register each year. Notices, which provide general information of public interest such as meeting announcements, make up the majority of these documents. Approximately 7 percent, or about 100, of those documents are rules that amend the Code of Federal Regulations and require the administrator's signature; the average time to publish these rules is 974 days.
Users will be able to download and sort the data based on categories of interest. Information on Reg Stat will be updated annually.
SOURCE: EPA press release
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