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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 5

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Connecticut; Approval of Maintenance Plan, Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Plan and Emissions Inventory for the New Haven-Meriden- Waterbury Area.

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. 5

Title
Pyridaben; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Alder Bark; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Reconsideration of Petition Criteria and Incorporation of Montreal Protocol Decisions
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)Applicability of Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation Plants to Coal Unloading Operations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Connecticut; Approval of Maintenance Plan, Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Plan and Emissions Inventory for the New Haven-Meriden- Waterbury area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Connecticut; Approval of Maintenance Plan, Carbon Monoxide Redesignation Plan and Emissions Inventory for the New Haven-Meriden- Waterbury Area
Proposed Category for Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemical Substances
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Energy Star Homes Program
Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities; Authorization of the Ohio Department of Health's Lead-Based Paint Activities Program