Monday, April 15, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on April 2

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on April 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' ComplianceRevision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria.

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 April 2

Title
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' ComplianceRevision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria
Conditional Exemptions from TSCA Section 4 Test Rules
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology: Full Council Meeting
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act