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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Nov. 9

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' ComplianceRevision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria.

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 Nov. 9

Title
Notice of Availability: Draft Guidance Manual and Example NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision and Definition of Indian Country for the State of South Dakota
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' ComplianceRevision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Criteria
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District; Extension of Comment Period
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Michigan