OIRA Prompt Letters

The purpose of the prompt letter is to suggest an issue that OMB believes is worthy of agency priority. Rather than being sent in response to the agency's submission of a draft rule for OIRA review, a "prompt" letter is sent on OMB's initiative and contains a suggestion for how the agency could improve its regulations.

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM) (April 13, 2006) (254k) Letter to the National Institutes of Health regarding the National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens (November 16, 2004) (32k) Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding BEACH Act of 2000 (April 16, 2004) (152k) Letter to the Department of the Interior regarding the critical habitat mapping data (August 21, 2003) (40k) Response from the Department of the Interior regarding the critical habitat mapping data (August 21, 2003) (51k) Letter to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding dietary guidelines (May 27, 2003) (103k) Letter to the Department of Energy regarding EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) (February 24, 2003) (40k) Response from the Department of Energy regarding EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) (March 17, 2003) (243k) OMB Memorandum for the Heads of Selected Independent Agencies: Independent Agency Response to Public Regulatory Reform Nominations (January 22, 2003) (119k) Letter to the Department of Agriculture regarding the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (November 18, 2002) (91k) Response from the Department of Agriculture regarding the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (December 13, 2002) (84k) EPA and OMB Working to Speed the Reduction of Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines (June 7, 2002) (94k) Letter to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) regarding corporate governance and disclosure by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (May 29, 2002) Response from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight on corporate governance and disclosure by Fannie May and Freddie Mac (June 28, 2002) (92k) Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on Toxic Release Inventory Data (March 4, 2002) Response from the Environmental Protection Agency on toxic release inventory data (March 28, 2002) (105k) Letter to the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding frontal offset crash test (December 7, 2001) Response from the Department of Transportation on frontal offset crash test (January 14, 2002) (40k) Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding particulate matter (December 4, 2001) Response from the Environmental Protection Agency on particulate matter (March 12, 2002) (103k) Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding trans fatty acid (September 18, 2001) Response from the Department of Health and Human Services on the trans fatty acid content of foods prompt letter (November 26, 2001) (42k) Letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding automated external defibrillators (September 18, 2001) Response from the Department of Labor on the automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) (December 3, 2001) (164k) Response from the Department of Labor on the automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) (May 4, 2004) (225k) Press Release announcing Prompt Letters to HHS and DOL (September 18, 2001) (Download Adobe Acrobat Reader)