Tuesday, November 12, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Aug. 27?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Agency Information Collection Activities; OMB Responses.

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. 27

Title
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Montana; Billings/Laurel Sulfur Dioxide State Implementation Plan; Extension of Comment Period
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, NSPS Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Final NPDES Permit for Aquaculture Facilities and Associated, On- Site Fish Processing Facilities Operating in Idaho (ID-G13-0000)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Industry Detailed Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Agency Information Collection Activities; OMB Responses
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Assess Compliance with EPCRA Section 312 Reporting Requirements