Public Comments
(Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0654) July 2026
The Rachel Carson Council (RCC), a national nonprofit organization founded as the legacy of Rachel Carson and with membership across the United States, respectfully submits this comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) proposed rescission of the regulatory determinations and enforceable drinking water limits for perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (“HFPO-DA,” commonly known as GenX), and Hazard Index mixtures of these compounds with perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS).1 Rescinding these protections, even on procedural grounds, would strip enforceable safeguards from millions of Americans who depend on them, without addressing the underlying danger these chemicals pose.
RCC Comment Re: 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
(Docket ID: BOEM-2025-0483-0001) January 2026
The Rachel Carson Council (RCC), a national nonprofit organization founded as the legacy of Rachel Carson and with membership across the United States, respectfully submits the following comment regarding BOEM’s Draft Proposed Program.
The RCC firmly opposes any expansion of offshore oil and gas leasing in U.S. federal waters, and we urge BOEM to release a program with no expanded lease sales. Congress has already required numerous lease sales through recent legislation. BOEM should not compound that damage by expanding lease sales, especially when market momentum has been tepid and public opposition remains widespread.
RCC Comment Re: Proposed Rules to Revise Endangered Species Act Regulations
(Docket Nos.: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0029, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0044, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0048, FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0039)
December 2025
The Rachel Carson Council (RCC) submits the following comments in strong opposition to the four proposed rulemakings described below. RCC is a national nonprofit environmental organization with longstanding expertise in wildlife conservation, forestry, climate policy, and environmental justice. We are deeply concerned that these proposals collectively weaken core functions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)—a statute designed by Congress to be precautionary, science-based, and protective of both species and ecosystems.
Rachel Carson Council Comment: USDA Proposed Rescission of the Roadless Rule
09-09-25
(Docket No: FS-2025-0001)
The Rachel Carson Council (RCC), a national environmental organization founded in 1965 to continue Rachel Carson’s legacy, submits this comment in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”).
Rachel Carson Council Comment: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards
09-22-25
(Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194)
The Rachel Carson Council (RCC), a national environmental organization dedicated to protecting human health and the natural world, submits this comment in strong opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding under Åò202(a) of the Clean Air Act and its efforts to weaken greenhouse gas (GHG) vehicle standards. Rescinding or weakening these determinations would defy the scientific consensus on climate change, endanger the American public, and contradict EPA’s statutory duty.