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Regulations.gov API v4 (U.S. eRulemaking Program) — the public face of federal rulemaking: dockets (the regulatory file), documents (proposed/final rules, notices, supporting materials), and the public comments submitted on them. Track O&G / environment rules (methane Waste Emissions Charge, offshore leasing, GHG reporting) and harvest stakeholder comments, filtered by agency (EPA, BLM, BOEM, PHMSA, NOAA, FS), keyword, and posted date. The third leg of the compliance trio: pair with the Federal Register ("what just changed") and eCFR (current regulatory text). Works out of the box (public DEMO_KEY); set REGULATIONS_GOV_API_KEY for production volume.

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Provenance

PublisherRegulations.gov
API basehttps://api.regulations.gov/v4

Freshness & coverage

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Methods (6)

  • searchDocuments

    read

    Search rulemaking documents by keyword, agency, and posted date

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "searchTerm": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "methane waste emissions charge"
      ]
    },
    "agencyId": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "EPA"
      ]
    },
    "postedDateGe": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "2024-01-01"
      ]
    },
    "postedDateLe": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Filter term, agency, posted dates, or sort; size 5-250 and page 1-20.

  • searchDockets

    read

    Search dockets (the regulatory file) by keyword and agency

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "searchTerm": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "offshore leasing"
      ]
    },
    "agencyId": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "BOEM"
      ]
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Filter by term or agency; size 5-250 and page 1-20.

  • searchComments

    read

    Search public comments submitted on federal rulemakings

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "searchTerm": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "methane"
      ]
    },
    "agencyId": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "EPA"
      ]
    },
    "postedDateGe": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Filter by term, agency, or posted date; size 5-250 and page 1-20.

  • getDocument

    read

    Full detail for a single document by its documentId

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "documentId": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0434-0001"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Use documentId from search results; returns the JSON:API document.

  • getComment

    read

    Full detail for a single comment by its commentId (includes the full comment body text)

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "commentId": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0434-1234"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    Returns the parsed JSON:API comment, including the full comment body text.

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Describe auth, JSON:API paging and filters, agency IDs, and related federal sources.

    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}