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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Aug. 22

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

The proposed rule is focused on Land Disposal RestrictionsPhase IV: Issues Associated With Clean Water Act Treatment Equivalency, and Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes and Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes.

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. 22

Title
Public Meetings of the Storm Water Phase II Advisory Subcommittee and the Urban Wet Weather Flows Advisory Committee
Toxics Release Inventory Phase 3; Chemical Use; Notice of Public Meeting
Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
Land Disposal RestrictionsPhase IV: Issues Associated With Clean Water Act Treatment Equivalency, and Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes and Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes