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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Feb. 19?

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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; United States Virgin Islands; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan; Correction.

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. 19

Title
Air Plan Approval; California; Placer County Air Pollution Control District; Open Burning Rules
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; United States Virgin Islands; Regional Haze Federal Implementation Plan; Correction
Air Plan Approval; OR; Smoke Management Revision
Complex Polymeric Polyhydroxy Acids (CPPA); Amendment to the Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 2021 Issuance of the Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated With Industrial Activity
Chemical Category for Octahydro-Tetramethyl-Naphthalenyl-Ethanone (OTNE); Manufacturer Request for Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Notice of Availability and Request for Comments
Ozone Transport Commission Recommendation That EPA Require Daily Limits for Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides From Certain Sources in Pennsylvania: Extension of Comment Period