Husch Blackwell’s Charlie Merrill authored an article, “It’s Up To EPA, Congress To Act On Commerce Reg Reforms” that appeared in Law360 this week. The article identifies recommendations for reform and actions needed for this reform to take place.

The U. S. Department of Commerce recently issued a report on the input it received from manufacturers on changes they would like to see in environmental permitting and regulations. The DOC report offered three overall recommendations for reducing regulatory burdens, as well as distilling recommendations from trade associations and individual manufacturing commenters into twelve “Priority Areas For Reform,” ten of them in the environmental area.

This article outlines environmental recommendations in the DOC report not previously analyzed in an earlier two-part Law360 article reporting on industry comments to the DOC, and discusses the processes by which the DOC’s priority recommendations for environmental regulations and permitting might be implemented.

Continue reading the article here.