The Policy Resource Kits (PRKs) linked below were crafted to alert NTAA Member Tribes and other Tribal Air Offices about important U.S. EPA & Federal Agencies’ proposed rules, and provide tools for Tribes to use in submitting informed comments on U.S. EPA actions. PRKs include fact sheets, official NTAA comments, a Tribal template letter and other resources for Tribes to use in submitting their own comments.
NTAA Letter to EPA with Recommendations on Tribal DERA Program – On January 10, 2020, the NTAA EC and Mobile Sources Work Group submitted this letter to the EPA to provide recommendations on how to improve the Tribal Diesel Emissions Reductions Act (Tribal DERA) program so that it is more fully utilized, better meets the goals of the program, and better serves Indian Country.
EJ 2020 Fact Sheet – On July 29, 2016, NTAA submitted this comment letter to U.S. EPA regarding EPA’s proposed EJ 2020 Action Agenda. To learn more, you can click here for EPA’s EJ 2020 Fact Sheet. The fact sheet highlights the vision, goals, key areas, lead EPA offices and anticipated results of EJ 2020. It also includes general information about stakeholder outreach efforts, implementation and annual reporting for EJ 2020.
NTAA_CommentExtReq_SubpartWRule.pdf – This NTAA letter sent to EPA on June 13, 2014 requested a comment period extension for EPA’s Proposed Rule to Limit Radon Emissions from Uranium Mills. EPA did respond by extending the comment period till October 29, 2014.
NTAA_ECLettertoEPA1914.pdf – This NTAA letter was sent to EPA on January 9th, 2014 reminding EPA about the importance of funding Tribal Air Programs. EPA response was given at an in-person meeting between NTAA EC members and EPA leadership that same day.
NTAA_lettertoEPAonEJPrinciples6514.pdf – This NTAA letter was sent to EPA on June 5th, 2014 reflecting NTAA’s comments on U.S. EPA’s proposed Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples. The comment period for this proposed policy closed on June 9th, 2014.
AppendixA_NTAACommentsonEPAEJPrinciples6514.pdf – This is an appendix to NTAA’s June 5th letter on U.S. EPA’s proposed Policy on Environmental Justice for Working with Federally Recognized Tribes and Indigenous Peoples listed above.
NTAA Letter to U.S. EPA on the subject of EPA’s proposed requirement that all grant applications be submitted electronically to Grants.gov – This NTAA letter was sent on March 11, 2014 commenting on the Grants.gov issue mentioned above.
The Federal Register
Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
How to comment online via Regulations.gov
Regulations.gov is your source for information on the development of Federal regulations and other related documents issued by the U.S. government. Through this site, you can find, read, and comment on regulatory issues that are important to you.
You can search for a regulation such as a proposed rule, final rule, or Federal Register (FR) notice and submit a comment on a regulation. You can also quickly access regulations that are popular, newly posted or closing soon directly from the homepage.
Each federal action that you can comment on has a docket number that you can use in the search line of the Regulations.gov home page. You can find the docket number in the public notice published by the federal agency within the Federal Register or on the agency’s website. For example, EPA’s Docket number usually look like this: EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0000.
How to comment offline
Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law maintains an online tool for tracking government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2016 election. Read more about the tracker and related resources.
The Sabin Center also maintains a Climate Deregulation Tracker which identifies attempts to scale back federal climate mitigation and adaptation measures: climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Science-Tracker
