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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 1

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines: Regulations Requiring On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) SystemsAcceptance of Revised California OBD II Requirements.

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 Nov. 1

Title
Clean Air Act Final Interim Approval of the Operating Permits Programs; San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, California
Notice of Policy Change: Partial Deletion of Sites Listed on the National Priorities List
Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States
Clean Air Act Proposed Approval of the Federal Operating Permits Program; California State Implementation Plan Revision; San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines: Regulations Requiring On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) SystemsAcceptance of Revised California OBD II Requirements
Proposed Administrative Agreement
Certain Companies; Approval of Pesticide Product Registrations
Certain Companies; Applications to Register Pesticide Products
Science Advisory Board; Drinking Water Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting
Meetings of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission
Open Forum on Whole Effluent Toxicity Workshop
Notice of Disclosure of Confidential Business Information Obtained Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to EPA Authorized Representative Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Environmental Protection Agency
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects: XL Community Pilot Program
National Drinking Water Advisory Council; Request for Nominations