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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on April 17

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Primary Lead Smelters.

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 17

Title
Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Amendments
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Primary Lead Smelters
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, National Priorities List
Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Public Meetings of the Urban Wet Weather Flows Advisory Committee, the Storm Water Phase II Advisory Subcommittee, and the Sanitary Sewer Overflow Advisory Subcommittee
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's Natural Gas STAR Program
Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities; Application for New or Amended Pesticide Registration; Request for Comments
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Municipal Water Pollution Prevention Program Evaluation (Self-Audit)
Clarification of Treated Articles Exemption; Availability of Draft PR Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; OMB Responses