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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on March 12

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Delaware: Open Burning and Non-CTG RACT Regulations.

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 12

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Standards for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Virginia; Redesignation to Attainment of the Hampton Roads Ozone Nonattainment Area, Approval of the Maintenance Plan and Mobile Emissions Budget
Clopyralid; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Rule Pertaining to VOC RACT Requirements
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Delaware: Open Burning and Non-CTG RACT Regulations
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives; Standards for Reformulated Gasoline
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Virginia; Redesignation to Attainment of the Hampton Roads Ozone Nonattainment Area, Approval of the Maintenance Plan and Mobile Emissions Budget
Regulations of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Extension of the Reformulated Gasoline Program to the Phoenix, Arizona Moderate Ozone Nonattainment Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; 15 Percent Rate of Progress Plan for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Delaware: Open Burning and Non-CTG RACT Regulations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Standards for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions
Receipt of a Notification to Conduct Small-Scale Field Testing of a Genetically Engineered Microbial Pesticide
BASF Corporation; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing
Propamocarb Hydrochloride; Receipt of Applications for Emergency Exemptions, Solicitation of Public Comment
Zeneca Ag Products; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing
The Cryolite Task Force; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing
Mancozeb; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review Standards of Performance for Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels
Scientific Counselors Board Executive Committee Meeting
AgrEvo USA Company; Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing
National Guidance on Source Water Protection; Notice of Public Meetings