On August 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the return of its Guidance Portal website. The Portal houses all EPA guidance documents across all programs managed at EPA headquarters. Guidance documents include memorandums, policy letters and statements, handbooks, manuals, and other materials labeled guidance.
Guidance documents are best practices for compliance recommended by an agency. They are not legally binding, but they often provide the best path to compliance with agency regulations. AGC is concerned that agencies sometimes use guidance as an indirect form of regulation and has long supported steps to increase transparency to prevent this.
EPA established the Guidance Portal in the first Trump Administration and was removed during the Biden-Harris Administration. AGC supports these measures as they can only help contractors find, understand, and comply with agency regulations.
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