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Proposed rule published on Sept. 23 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania PowerNew Castle NOINFX/INF RACT Proposal; 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 Sept. 23

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; (General Conformity Rule)
Change of Address for Submission of Certain Reports; Technical Amendment
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List Update
West Virginia; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; 15% Rate of Progress Plan for the Maryland Portion of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen for Specific Sources in the State of New York
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine (General Conformity Rule)
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogenfor Specific Sources in the State of New York
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania PowerNew Castle NOINFX/INF RACT Proposal; Extension of Comment Period
Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines; Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles; Extension of Comment Period
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Fourth And Carey Site
San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement
Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Policy Dialogue Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Fourth And Carey Site