Thursday, May 23, 2024

Proposed rule published on April 28 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Operating Permits Program; Notice of Availability of Draft Rules; Extension of Comment Period.

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 28

Title
New Mexico: Final Authorization and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Hazardous Waste Management Program: Final Authorization and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program for New Mexico
Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Draft Tier 2 Study and Fuel Sulfur Paper Availability
Operating Permits Program; Notice of Availability of Draft Rules; Extension of Comment Period
State of Alaska Petition for Exemption From Diesel Fuel Sulfur Requirement
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Wisconsin
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, Title VI Implementation Advisory Committee
Notice of Proposed Revisions to Approved Programs To Administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Program in Illinois and Minnesota Resulting in Part From Adoption of the Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities; State of Louisiana's Authorization Application
Good Neighbor Environmental Board