Public Comment Datasets

The following datasets are available for research use. At the request of the agencies that provided the data, some are freely available, and others are available only upon request. Contact Jamie Callan or Stuart Shulman for more information.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • USDA-TMD-94-00-2: National Organic Program (posted June 3, 2003)
  • USDA-02-032-2: Importation of solid wood packing material standards (posted August 13, 2003)
  • USDA-03-031-02: Genetically engineered crops (posted Mar 24, 2004)
  • USDA-03-080-1: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ("Mad Cow") (posted September 30, 2004)
• U.S. Department of Transportation
  • USDOT-2350: Revisions to hours-of-service regulations (posted June 12, 2003)
  • USDOT-2002-11419: Revisions to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards (posted June 12, 2003)
  • USDOT-11133: Light-sport aircraft (posted Dec 15, 2003)
  • USDOT-1436: Filing procedures for the OST (Office of Secretary) docket (posted Dec 15, 2003)
  • USDOT-4521: National safety standards for commercial air tours (posted Dec 15, 2003)
  • USDOT-2003-16128: Revisions to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards (posted Aug 14, 2004)
  • USDOT-2005-22223: Average Fuel Economy Standards for Light Trucks (posted Feb 2, 2006)
  • USDOT-PHMSA-2006-25589: Transportation Registratlon and Fee Assessment Program (posted Oct 27, 2006)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • USEPA-OW-2002-0050: Post-SWANCC Waters of the U.S. ANPR (posted October 6, 2003)
  • USEPA-OAR-2002-0056: National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants (posted Aug 13, 2004)
  • USEPA-TRI-2005-0073: Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction (posted Sep 21, 2006)
  • EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0318: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act (posted Jan 5, 2009)
• Deparment of Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service
  • USDOI-FWS-2006-0118: Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities ("Polar Bears") (posted December 02, 2006)
  • USDOI-FWS-1018-AU53: Remove Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf from List of Endangered Species (posted April 28, 2008)
  • USDOI-FWS-1018-AV39: Proposed Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains (posted May 5, 2008)
  • USDOI-FWS-2007-0008: List Polar Bears as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act (posted Jan 14, 2007)
  • USDOI-FWS-2007-YBLoon: List the Yellow-Billed Loon as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act (posted Apr 4, 2008)
  • ESA-cooperation: FWS/NOAA Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act (posted Jan 5, 2009)
  • USDOI-FWS-1018-AW37 (FWS-R6-ES-2008-0008): Remove the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species List (Re-open Comment Period) (posted Jan 5, 2009)