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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Dec. 5

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District.

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 Dec. 5

Title
Fluorine Compounds; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerance
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Louisiana; Correction of the Designation for Lafourche Parish
Maleic hydrazide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Notice of Proposed NPDES General Permits for Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing of New and Existing Natural Gas Pipelines in Texas (TXG670000), Oklahoma (OKG670000) and New Mexico (NMG670000)
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Nominations to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Request for Comments
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Opportunity To Present Oral Testimony on EPA's Proposed Rule: ``40 CFR Part 194, Criteria for the Certification and Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's (WIPP) Compliance With the 40 CFR Part 191 Disposal Regulations: Certification Decision;'' Notice of Public Hearings
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District