EPA relaunches online portal for thousands of environmental guidance documents

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reopened its guidance portal on Wednesday. This online portal is a searchable database of guidance documents from the EPA that was created during President Donald Trump’s first administration and then shuttered under the Biden administration. 

EPA’s Guidance Portal has access to thousands of documents covering the agency’s environmental programs across different topics of interest. This includes memos, policy statements, handbooks, and manuals. 

“This guidance portal will ensure that we reduce bureaucratic hurdles and increase transparency for everyone seeking information about EPA’s programs by providing centralized access to guidance documents,” said EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi in a press release Wednesday. “This will bring much-needed clarity to small business owners, farmers, and everyday Americans, and it reinforces our commitment to following the law and upholding fundamental fairness. The days of EPA relying on obscure and non-public guidance documents are over.”