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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Jan. 12

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

The proposed rule is focused on Phase 2 of the Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard-Notice of Reconsideration-Extension of Public Comment Period.

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; West Virginia; Redesignation of the Parkersburg, WV Portion of the Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Maintenance Plan
Phase 2 of the Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard-Notice of Reconsideration-Extension of Public Comment Period
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for a Time-Extension of the Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for Residues of Bacillus thuringiensis VIP3A913 Protein and the Genetic Material Necessary for Its Production on Cotton Commodities
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Focus Groups as Used by EPA for Economics Projects; EPA ICR No. 2205.01
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA Section 8(a); EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067