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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on July 28

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurements Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements.

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 28

Title
Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Attainment Plan for Oakridge, Oregon PM2.5
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurements Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements
Significant New Uses of Chemical Substances; Updates to the Hazard Communication Program and Regulatory Framework; Minor Amendments to Reporting Requirements for Premanufacture Notices
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurements Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board: Request for Nominations
Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Discharges From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in New Mexico
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Florida