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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Dec. 30

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Revisions to Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements.

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. 30

Title
Hazardous Waste Management System; Exclusion for Identifying and Listing Hazardous Waste
Revisions to Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Utah; Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Salt Lake County; Utah County; Ogden City PM10
Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the North Conway, NH Water Precinct
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia-Freshwater
Notice of Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for the Eastern Portion of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (GEG460000); Availability of Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) and Environmental Assessment
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Chemical Preparations Industry