Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Proposed rule published on April 20 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Revision of Existing Variance and Exemption Regulations to Comply With Requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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 20

Title
Revision of Existing Variance and Exemption Regulations to Comply With Requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Propiconazole; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Clear Lake Basin 2000 Project, Lake County, CA
Notice of Proposed Revisions to the Approved Program To Administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Program in New York Resulting in Part From Adoption of the Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's AgSTAR Program