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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Jan. 26

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Phoenix, Arizona Ozone Nonattainment Area, 15 Percent Rate of Progress Plan and 1990 Base Year Emission Inventory.

More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 26

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Phoenix, Arizona Ozone Nonattainment Area, 15 Percent Rate of Progress Plan and 1990 Base Year Emission Inventory
Antimicrobial Rule Development; Stakeholder Meetings
Liquid Chemical Sterilant Products; Notice of Availability of PR Notice
Meeting of the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee of the Local Government Advisory Committee
Notice of Information Collection Activities; Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
EPA's National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Data Base