Now, we wait.

Yesterday, the preliminary comment period closed. As of this hour, 1,440 comments have been logged into the Regulations.gov database. More may be added as the late arrivals are prescreened.

Next, EPA will study the comments before deciding whether to issue a regulation banning the use of lead in fishing tackle. The vast majority of comments address the ammo ban which EPA withdrew on August 27. All of this group will be placed in File 13 because they are irrelevant. Whatever remains will be considered.

There's no way to guess how long EPA will take before announcing the next step. That could be-
a. denial of the remaining parts of the Petition relating only to fishing tackle,
b. approval of the Petition and issuance of a proposed regulation,
c. no action--allowing the issue to go dormant for now.

Whatever happens next will be listed on this page on EPA's web site.