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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Sept. 12

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans: Alaska and Washington.

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 Sept. 12

Title
Clean Air Act Final Full Approval of Operating Permits Program; Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Tennessee; Basic Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Underground Storage Tank Program: Approved State Program for Vermont
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Wyoming; Revision to Section 3 Particulates
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for California
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Wyoming; Redesignation of Particulate Matter Attainment Areas
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Extension of the Date To Meet Conditions for the Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Title V, Section 507, Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Louisiana; Approval of the Maintenance Plan for St. James Parish; Redesignation of St. James Parish to Attainment
Clean Air Act Attainment Extensions for PM-10 Nonattainment Areas: Alaska and Washington
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Title V, Section 507, Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Extension of the Date To Meet Conditions for the Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Proposed Approval of Revised Confidentiality Provisions; Proposed Approval and Disapproval of Minor New Source Permit Provisions
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Wyoming; Redesignation of Particulate Matter Attainment Areas
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans: Alaska and Washington
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Louisiana; Approval of the Maintenance Plan for St. James Parish; Redesignation of St. James Parish to Attainment
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; El Dorado County Air Pollution District
A Public Meeting and Availability of Documents on Streamlining Approval of Analytical Methods at 40 CFR Part 136 and Flexibility in Existing Test Methods