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Rule published on Feb. 9 by Environmental Protection Agency

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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Second Maintenance Plan for the Altoona (Blair County) Area.

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 Feb. 9

Title
Illinois: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances
Benzovindiflupyr; Pesticide Tolerances
Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions; Multiple Chemicals
Ethaboxam; Pesticide Tolerances
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Second Maintenance Plan for the Altoona (Blair County) Area
Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; State of Maryland; Control of Emissions From Existing Sewage Sludge Incineration Units
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Area
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the Johnstown Area
Air Plan Approval; Massachusetts; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2015 Ozone Standard
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Determinations for Case-by-Case Sources Under the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Air Plan Approval; Maryland; Negative Declaration for the Oil and Gas Industry
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the York-Adams Area
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the Erie Area
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan for the Clearfield/Indiana Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; 2020 Amendments to West Virginia's Ambient Air Quality Standards
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Proposed Reissuance of NPDES General Permit for Tribal Enhancement and Federal Research Marine Net Pen Facilities Within Puget Sound (WAG132000)
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Uses (December 2020)
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients (December 2020)
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for November 2020
Battelle Memorial Institute; Transfer of Data (October 2020)
Benzene, 1-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-ethenyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene and 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, sulfonated (Referred to as BIAXAM Polymer); Receipt of Applications for Emergency Exemptions, Solicitation of Public Comment
Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations
Pesticide Product Registration; Receipt of Applications for New Active Ingredients (November 2020)