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Regulations.gov

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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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What you can ask

  • “What does Regulations.gov have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
  • “Pull the most recent Regulations.gov records and put them in a table.”
  • “What does Regulations.gov cover, and how fresh is the data?”

About this source

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.

Connector ID regulations-gov

Provenance

PublisherRegulations.gov API v4
Sourcehttps://api.regulations.gov/v4
API basehttps://api.regulations.gov/v4
Docshttps://open.gsa.gov/api/regulationsgov/

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
GeographicNot declared
TemporalNot declared
AuthenticationNo credentials required

Caveats

  • ⚠ The upstream requires X-Api-Key. PatchOps can use the provider-published shared DEMO_KEY, so user setup is optional but heavily rate-limited.

› Methods (6)

Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.

  • searchDocuments

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    Search rulemaking documents by keyword, agency, and posted date

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

  • searchDockets

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    Search dockets (the regulatory file) by keyword and agency

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

  • searchComments

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    Search public comments submitted on federal rulemakings

    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

    Required paramsdocumentId

    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)

    Required paramscommentId

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

  • getServiceInfo

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