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Rule published on Jan. 12 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; the Metropolitan Washington Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the Fine Particle Standard.

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 Jan. 12

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; the Metropolitan Washington Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the Fine Particle Standard
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans: Oregon; Salem Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
Notice of Availability of the Final White Paper on Integrated Modeling for Integrated Environmental Decision Making