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Proposed rule published on Oct. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

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

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia (Prevention of Significant Deterioration: NOINF2 and PM-10 Increments).

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 Oct. 22

Title
Proposed Revisions to the Polychlorinated Biphenyl Criteria for Human Health and Wildlife for the Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Louisiana; 15 Percent Rate-of-Progress Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia (Prevention of Significant Deterioration: NOINF2 and PM-10 Increments)
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Louisiana; 15 Percent Rate-of-Progress Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Revised Visible Emissions Rules for Allegheny County Pertaining to Blast Furnace Slips
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Prevention of Significant Deterioration: NOINF2 and PM-10 Increments
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting
Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses; Certification of Equipment