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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Dec. 29?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards for Portable Fuel Containers and Spouts.

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. 29

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Approval of the Control of VOC Emissions From Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Northern Virginia
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards for Solvent Cleaning
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Excess Volatile Organic Compound and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Fee Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Approval of the Control of VOC Emissions From Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Northern Virginia
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards for Portable Fuel Containers and Spouts
Stakeholder Process for Detection and Quantitation Procedures; Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Nominations to a Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Procedures and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards for Portable Fuel Containers and Spouts
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; VOC Emission Standards for Solvent Cleaning
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Excess Volatile Organic Compound and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Fee Rule
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food
Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption-Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; Onyx Environmental Services, L.L.C. (Onyx)
Pesticide Products; Registration Approval