Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Proposed rule published on Aug. 8 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Correction of Designation of Nonclassified Ozone Nonattainment Areas; State of Michigan.

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. 8

Title
Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard by Nashville, Tennessee, and Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Reasonable Further Progress and Attainment Demonstration Requirements
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Correction of Designation of Nonclassified Ozone Nonattainment Areas; State of Michigan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Approval of Source-Specific VOC and NOINFX RACT and Synthetic Minor Permit Conditions
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
Transportation Conformity; Approval of Petition for Exemption From Nitrogen Oxides Provisions, Transitional Ozone Nonattainment Area, Colorado
Acid Rain Program: Continuous Emission Monitoring
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Approval of Source-Specific VOC and NOINFX RACT and Synthetic Minor Permit Conditions
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Correction of Designation of Nonclassified Ozone Nonattainment Areas; State of Michigan
Disclosure of Confidential Business Information Obtained Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to EPA Contractor Black and Veatch Waste Science (BVWS)
Availability of Draft Department of Energy Petition to Grant the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) a Variance From the Land Disposal Restrictions
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule to Amend Leak Repair Provisions Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act