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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on June 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions.

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 8

Title
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana
Clean Air Act Proposed Full Approval of Operating Permit Program; Georgia
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Indiana
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Site-Specific Revision for Uniroyal Engineered Products
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Indiana
Clean Air Act Final Approval of Operating Permit Program Revisions; Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County, TN
Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Organobromines Production Wastes; Petroleum Refining Wastes; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Land Disposal Restrictions; Final Rule and Correcting Amendments
Clean Air Act Full Approval of Operating Permit Program; Georgia
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Site-Specific Revision for Uniroyal Engineered Products
Approval and Promulgation of Maintenance Plan and Designation of Area for Air Quality Planning Purposes for Carbon Monoxide; State of Arizona
Clean Air Act Proposed Approval of Operating Permit Program Revisions; Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted State Implementation Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Pennsylvania; Revised Attainment and ROP Plans for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Budgets in Submitted State Implementation Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes; District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia; Revised Phase II Plans for the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Ozone Nonattainment Area
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted State Implementation Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Delaware; Revised Phase II SIP for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area
Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Budgets in Submitted State Implementation Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Maryland; Revised Phase II Plan for the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County)
Pesticides; List of Pests of Significant Public Health Importance; Extension of Comment Period
Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting