Marketable Permits

Recommendation 2017-4 – Marketable Permits provides best practices for structuring, administering, and overseeing marketable permitting programs for any agency that has decided to implement such a program. 

Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2017-4, Marketable Permits, 82 Fed. Reg. 61730 (Dec. 29, 2017).

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Final Recommendation

  • Recommendation number: 2017-4
  • Adopted on: December 14, 2017
  • Committees: Regulation

Marketable permits are a type of government-created license that regulates the level of a particular activity.[1]  Often, they ration the use of a resource (for instance, clean air by limiting pollution, fisheries by limiting fish catch, or the electromagnetic spectrum by allocating it among various uses), but they may also be used to satisfy affirmative obligations to engage in an activity (such as requirements to produce renewable...

Project Documents

Name Committee Type Date
Agenda for October 25 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda October 19, 2017 Download
Agenda for July 26 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda July 26, 2017 Download
December 7 2017 Comment from Robert J. Girouard Member Comment December 7, 2017 Download
Council Statement on Marketable Permits Member Comment June 16, 2017 Download
Comments from National Marine Fisheries Service on the May 8, 2017 recommendations Regulation Public Comment July 25, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Regulation Recommendation December 22, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Recommendation - Redlined Recommendation December 12, 2017 Download
Draft Recommendation Approved by Committee of the Whole Recommendation November 9, 2017 Download
Draft Recommendation for October 25 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting Recommendation October 19, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Committee Recommendation Regulation Recommendation May 12, 2017 Download
Proposed Recommendation from Committee on Regulation Regulation Recommendation May 12, 2017 Download
Draft Recommendation for 4/13 Committee on Regulation Regulation Recommendation April 10, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits: Draft Recommendation for 3/28 Committee on Regulation Regulation Recommendation March 23, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Final Report Report December 20, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Condensed Draft Report Regulation Report March 15, 2017 Download
Marketable Permits Draft Report Regulation Report March 15, 2017 Download

Committee Meetings & Events

Special Ad Hoc Committee Meeting: Marketable Permits discussion

July 26, 2017 - 2:00 pm EDT
Location name: 
Administrative Conference of the United States