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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Sept. 27

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Rate-of-Progress Emission Reduction Plans.

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. 27

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts: Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Rate-of-Progress Emission Reduction Plans
Trifloxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerance
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Grain Elevators
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards for Petroleum Dry Cleaners
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of North Carolina
The Yellow Book: Guide to Environmental Enforcement and Compliance at Federal Facilities
Sole Source Aquifer Designation of the Islesboro Island Aquifer System, Waldo County, Maine