These three White Papers from the American Forestry and Paper Association (AF&PA) advocate a risk-based exemption for EPA Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules. EPA cited the papers in its proposed rule entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing; and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing," on which it is now accepting public comments. AF&PA White Paper on Concentration-based De Minimus Applicability on Exemptions in the Wood Products MACT

Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. testified before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act and Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis today. Statement of Gary D. Bass, Ph.D. Executive Director OMB Watch Before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs On The Regulatory Right-to-Know Act and Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis April 22, 1999 Thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding S. 59, the Regulatory Right-to-Know Act (Regulatory Accounting), and the establishment of a Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis (CORA).

John Graham, who was confirmed as head of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) amid a firestorm of protest, is beginning to use the immense power of his office -- which must give clearance to all agency rules and paperwork -- to shape policies and procedures across government, signaling a return to OIRA's activist past.

A coalition of non-profit environmental, health, and safety organizations wrote a letter to Senator Lieberman expressing concern over OIRA Administrator John Graham's apparent collaboration with industry lobbyists to develop a strategy to weaken dozens of environmental, health, labor and other regulatory protections.