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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on March 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List.

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 23

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Commonwealth of VirginiaPrevention of Significant Deterioration Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania Conditional Limited Approval of the Pennsylvania VOC and NOINFX/INF RACT Regulation
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Ohio
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; New Source Review in Nonattainment Areas
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Illinois
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Ohio
Antimicrobial Stakeholder Meeting; Change of Location
Proposed Settlement Agreement; Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 15% VOC FIP for Washington, D.C.
Notice of Second Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force