Saturday, November 16, 2024

Proposed rule published on Aug. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Aug. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Lead; Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Activities in Public Buildings, Commercial Buildings, and Steel Structures.

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 Aug. 22

Title
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions
Printed Wiring Board Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment, Making Holes Conductive; Notice of Availability
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Subcommittee Review of the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines: State Commitments to National Low Emission Vehicle Program
Extension of Interim Revised Durability Procedures for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks
Solicitation Notice; Environmental Education Grants Program; Fiscal Year 1998
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, National Priorities List
Lead; Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Activities in Public Buildings, Commercial Buildings, and Steel Structures
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Other Processes Subject to the Negotiated Regulation for Equipment Leaks; Proposed Rule Clarifications; Correction