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Proposed rule published on March 17 by Environmental Protection Agency

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The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category.

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 March 17

Title
Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category
Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Removal of Control of Emissions From Solvent Cleanup Operations
Pesticides; Final Guidance for Waiving Acute Dermal Toxicity Tests for Pesticide Technical Chemicals and Supporting Retrospective Analysis; Notice of Availability
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Health Communities Subcommittee Meeting-March 2021