To establish a regulatory review process for rules that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose, and for other purposes.

Administrator— The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Agricultural entity— The term “agricultural entity” means an entity that is involved in or relates to agricultural enterprise, including an enterprise that is engaged in the business of—

Secretary— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

any regulatory agenda published by the Administrator under section 602 of title 5, United States Code;

any regulation plan or agenda published by the Administrator or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and review); and

any other publication issued by the Administrator or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget that may reasonably be foreseen to contain a notice of a plan by the Administrator to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.

solicit from the Administrator any information the Administrator may provide to facilitate a review of the publication item;

acting through the Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture, produce an economic impact statement for the publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential costs to agricultural entities;

identify individuals representative of potentially affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining advice and recommendations from those individuals about the potential impacts of the publication item; and

convene a review panel for analysis of the publication item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget that accepts an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.

review any information or material obtained by the Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item, including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect;

collect advice and recommendations from agricultural entity representatives identified by the Administrator after consultation with the Secretary;

compile and analyze the advice and recommendations; and

make recommendations to the Secretary based on the information gathered by the review panel or provided by agricultural entity representatives.