Monday, April 15, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on April 4

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update.

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 4

Title
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Illinois
Premanufacture Notification Rule Amendments; Notice of Seminar
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans Ohio; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Hazardous Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans Ohio; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods; Equivalent Method Designation
Opting Into the Acid Rain Program