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Proposed rule published on Jan. 30 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Massachusetts; Change in National Policy Regarding Applicability of Conformity Requirements to Redesignation Requests.

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 Jan. 30

Title
Clean Air Act (CAA) Final Full Approval of Operating Permits Programs; State of Kansas, and Delegation of 112(l) Authority
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Redesignation of the Philadelphia County Carbon Monoxide Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and the Philadelphia County 1990 Base Year Carbon Monoxide Emission Inventory; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Air Quality Designations: Deletion of TSP Designations From New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Ocean Dumping; Final Site Designation
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Redesignation of the Metropolitan Washington Carbon Monoxide Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and Emission Inventory; Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia and the State of Maryland
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Massachusetts; Change in National Policy Regarding Applicability of Conformity Requirements to Redesignation Requests
Military Munitions Rule: Hazardous Waste Identification and Management; Explosives Emergencies; Redefinition of On-Site
Clean Air Act Proposed Interim Approval of Operating Permit Program; New Jersey
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Redesignation of the Philadelphia County Carbon Monoxide Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and the Philadelphia County 1990 Base Year Carbon Monoxide Emission Inventory; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Air Quality Designations: Deletion of TSP Designations From New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Redesignation of the Metropolitan Washington Carbon Monoxide Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and Emission Inventory; Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia and the State of Maryland
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Massachusetts; Change in National Policy Regarding Applicability of Conformity Requirements to Redesignation Requests
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects: XL Community Pilot Program
Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Draft Guidances
Underground Injection Control Program: Class I Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal Injection Restrictions
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, Supplemental Delegation of Authority to Alabama
Agency Information Collection Activities: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Bulk Gasoline Terminals