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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on June 9

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Land Disposal Restrictions: Extension of Comment Period on Land Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV, Second Supplemental Proposal on Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Processing Wastes, Mineral Processing and Bevill Exclusion Issues, and the Use of Hazardous Waste as Fill.

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 June 9

Title
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants; Amendments
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Utah; Improved Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; 15 Percent Plan and 1990 VOC Emission Inventory for the Philadelphia Area
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations
Land Disposal Restrictions: Extension of Comment Period on Land Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV, Second Supplemental Proposal on Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Processing Wastes, Mineral Processing and Bevill Exclusion Issues, and the Use of Hazardous Waste as Fill
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Oregon
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Washington
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality State Implementation Plans (SIP); Louisiana: Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois