Regulation & Regulatory Review
Retrospective Regulatory Review
On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563, which seeks to improve regulation and regulatory review. He stated that our "regulatory system must protect public health, welfare, safety, and our environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation" and it must "use the best, most innovative, and least burdensome tools to achieve regulatory ends."
DOI has completed its Final Plan for Retrospective Review of the Department's regulations.
Click here to see DOI's Final Plan for Retrospective Regulatory Review
DOI's Final Plan for Retrospective Regulatory Review encourages a culture of retrospective review that will ensure that DOI regulations:
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Take into account costs and benefits to society
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Are based on the best available science
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Are developed in a manner that allows public participation
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Are accessible, consistent, and written in plain language
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Use the least burdensome methods to achieve regulatory goals
We continue to encourage public input on how DOI can improve its plan and on regulations that can be improved or eliminated.
Interior's complete regulations can be found here.
Interior's information on Regulations.gov can be found here:
Becoming more flexible, reducing costs and all around improvement
On February 28, 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum that directs agencies to work with State, local, and tribal governments to identify opportunities to promote efficiency and reduce reporting and regulatory burdens.
To accomplish this, we invite comments on how well the Department's existing regulations and relationships with State, local and tribal governments are consistent with this memorandum and the principles of Executive Order 13563 and ways we can make our relationships with State, local, and tribal governments more efficient and effective.
Please send comments to RegsReview@ios.doi.gov. We will carefully review all comments, but we are not able to respond to them individually.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or otherpersonal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment– including your personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time.While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.