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Proposed rule published on Sept. 29 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Completion of Electronic Reporting 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 Sept. 29

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington: General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources
Technical Correction to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
Air Plan Approval; TN: Revisions to Logs and Reports for Startups, Shutdowns and Malfunctions
Federal Baseline Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Completion of Electronic Reporting Requirements
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington: General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources
Notification of a Public Teleconference and Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of EPA's Draft Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) IRIS Assessment
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Effort for Oil and Gas Facilities