Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on April 15

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on April 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Request for Comment on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air Act Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring; Notice of Public Comment Period Extension.

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 April 15

Title
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Environmental Data Standards Council Revised Data Standards
Water Pollution Control; Approval of Modification to Ohio's Approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Program To Administer a State Sewage Sludge Management Program
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Science Advisory Board Meeting
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal; Notice of Public Meeting
Request for Comment on Potentially Inadequate Monitoring in Clean Air Act Applicable Requirements and on Methods To Improve Such Monitoring; Notice of Public Comment Period Extension
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Redesignation of Cincinnati to Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone Standard; Removal of Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs for the Cincinnati and Dayton Areas
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Petition To Revoke All Tolerances for Lindane; Notice of Availability
Lindane; Proposed Tolerance Actions
National Emission Standards for Coke Oven Batteries