Monday, November 4, 2024

Rule published on March 7 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page rule on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Texas; Approval of the Maintenance Plan for Victoria County and Redesignation of the Victoria County Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment.

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 7

Title
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Texas; Approval of the Maintenance Plan for Victoria County and Redesignation of the Victoria County Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment
Proposed Requirements for Implementation Plans and Ambient Air Quality Surveillance for Sulfur Oxides (Sulfur Dioxide) National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Clean Air Act Proposed Approval Of Operating Permits Program; State of Nebraska and the City of Omaha
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas State Implementation Plan Revision; Corrections for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Rules; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) RACT Catch-Ups
Clean Air Act Final Interim Approval of Operating Permits Program; Illinois
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Texas; Approval of the Maintenance Plan for Victoria County and Redesignation of the Victoria County Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment
Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Title I, Section 182(d)(1)(B), Employee Commute Options/Employer Trip Reduction Program for Texas
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Michigan
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plan; Michigan Detroit-Ann Arbor NOINFX Exemption
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas State Implementation Plan Revision; Corrections for Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Rules; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) RACT Catch-Ups
Extension of Comment Period for the Proposed Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste/Dye and Pigment Industries
Postponement of Public Hearing on the Proposed Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste/Dye and Pigment Industries
Gulf of Mexico Program Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting
Common Sense Initiative Council, Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee Meeting
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Modification of General Administrative Compliance Order for Produced Water Discharges Covered by NPDES General Permits for Produced Water and Produced Sand Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Louisiana (LAG290000) and Texas (TXG290000)
Notice of Meetings, Open to the Public, of the Multi-Agency Radiation Site Investigation Manual Development Working Group
Underground Storage Tank Program: Approved State Program for Iowa