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Rule published on Aug. 13 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Exclusion from the Definition of Solid Waste; Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.

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 Aug. 13

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Revisions to Regulations Requiring Availability of Information for Use of On-Board Diagnostic Systems and Emission-Related Repairs on 1994 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks and 2005 and Later Model Year Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines Weighing 14,000 Pounds Gross Vehicle Weight or Less; Notice of Document Availability
National Environmental Performance Track Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Idaho Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Idaho
Exclusion from the Definition of Solid Waste; Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Indiana
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records, Creation of a New Privacy Act System of Records
Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; 2003 Hazardous Waste (Biennial) Report
Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; National Health Protection Survey of Beaches
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products