Friday, May 17, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on July 17

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes.

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 July 17

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan
Change of Address for Region 1 Reports; Technical Amendments
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Maryland
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Regulation Number 4, Sale and Installation of Wood-Burning Appliances and the Use of Certain Wood Burning Appliances During High Pollution Days
Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards, and Other Changes
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Montana; East Helena Lead Nonattainment Area Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Montana; Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for East Helena SO2