The Regulatory Improvement Council

For 30 years the Regulatory Improvement Council (RIC) has worked in a bipartisan fashion with every Administration and Congress to: help develop pragmatic, practical regulations, based on realistic consideration of risk, risk reduction opportunities, and cost. RIC advocates common sense environmental, health, and safety regulation opportunities to improve the environment and reduce health risks. We believe job creation and economic growth can be combined with environmental protection and worker health and safety.
If you or your association are interested in joining the RIC, please contact Valis Associates: wvalis@wvalisllc.com

Working with the Trump Administration

Key individuals, and senior staff on the Trump transition team, are already in the early stages of considering an Executive Order on regulation, plus many other related activities. The RIC is engaged in a project focused on this topic and is currently preparing an Executive Order. Chairman Ed Hamberger and President Wayne Valis had a very good meeting at the transition office, and were given a progress report on the deregulation platform that is playing an ever larger role in the Trump agenda in 2017. This EO will be a main focus of the RIC in early 2017.

Working with the Obama Administration

RIC has a more than 20 year track record of successfully helping to shape the federal regulatory system. Throughout the Obama Administration, the RIC continued to meet and collaborate with the White House Office of Management and Budget and its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Our coalitions continue to work closely with EPA and OSHA officials, keeping an open dialogue between the private sector and the Obama Administration.
For a list of our 2014-2016 meetings, please click here.

The Current State of Regulations

Environmental, health and safety regulations have led to dramatic improvements in the environment and have significantly reduced human health risk; however, many of the Federal regulations that have led to these improvements have been more costly and less effective than they could have been; too often regulatory priorities have not been based upon a realistic consideration of risk, risk reduction opportunities, and costs.
The public and private resources available to address health, safety, and environmental concerns are not unlimited; those resources need to be allocated to address the greatest needs in the most cost-effective manner so that the incremental costs of regulatory options are reasonably related to be incremental benefits.
To provide more cost-effective and cost-reasonable protection to human health and the environment, regulatory priorities should be based upon realistic consideration of risk; the priority-setting process must include scientifically sound, objective, and unbiased risk assessments, comparative risk analysis, and risk management choices that are grounded in cost-benefit principles. To be clear, the Regulatory Improvement Council is not opposed to regulation. We believe that appropriate governmental oversight has a justified and valid place in society, including of course and importantly, the financial marketplace. We strive to educate policymakers and regulators about the adverse socioeconomic consequences of rules that stifle capital formation, restrict job creation, slow economic growth, and diminish America’s leading place on the rostrum of nations in this world.

2017 Membership

American Cleaning Institute
American Coatings Association
American Forest and Paper Association
Association of American Railroads
Capital Alpha Partners, LLC
Color Pigments Manufacturers Association
Commodity Markets Council
Construction Industry Roundtable
Edison Electric Institute
International Fragrance Association-North America
Kimberly Consulting, representing Kimberly-Clark
Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association
National Asphalt Pavement Association
National Association of Manufacturers
National Cotton Council
National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
North American Millers Association
Personal Care Products Council
Phillips 66
Precision Metalforming Association
Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
Renewable Fuels Association
Textile Rental Services Association
Toyota - North America
US Apple Association
US Mortgage Insurers Association
Vinyl Institute

Articles of Interest

The Regulatory State by Christopher Demuth
Ten Thousand Commandments, An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State by Wayne Crews
Regulatory Dark Matter by Wayne Crews
Smarter Regulation for the American Manufacturing Economy by Paul Noe