Monday, November 4, 2024

Rule published on Jan. 27 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Other Processes Subject to the Negotiated Regulation for Equipment Leaks; Extension of Compliance.

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. 27

Title
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Other Processes Subject to the Negotiated Regulation for Equipment Leaks; Extension of Compliance
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Ozone; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Montana; State Implementation Plan for East Helena SOINF2 Nonattainment Area
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
Enhanced Monitoring Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Montana; State Implementation Plan for East Helena SOINF2 Nonattainment Area
State Program Requirements; Application to Administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program; Florida
Designation of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) Offshore Port Everglades, FL; Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, Upgrade to Full Secondary Treatment; Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability