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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on March 11

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; DelawareDefinitions of VOCs and Exempt Compounds.

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 11

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; DelawareDefinitions of VOCs and Exempt Compounds
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Definitions of VOCs and Exempt Compounds
Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Proposed Administrative Order on Consent; Reclaim Barrel Site, Salt Lake County, UT
Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of a New Reference Method