Frozen! Delayed! Biden Administration to Review Environmental Regulations

Consistent with former administrations, the Biden administration took early actions to halt or review administrative regulations. One of the earlies administrative actions taken by the Biden administration was to freeze pending regulations. On January 24, Ron Klain, President Biden's Chief of Staff, issued a memorandum withdrawing not-yet-published regulations and suspending published regulations that have not yet gone into effect. The memorandum delays the effective date of such regulations by 60 days to allow the new administration to determine if the regulation raises questions of fact, law or policy, and to identify future actions regarding such regulations. (See Regulatory Freeze Pending Review | The White House) The Trump administration issued a slew of regulations that are not yet final and that are good candidates for withdrawal or revision.