Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Proposed rule published on Dec. 9 by Environmental Protection Agency

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

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; General Conformity Rule.

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 Dec. 9

Title
Acquisition Regulation: Contractor Proposal Evaluations
Hazardous Waste Management Program: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program for Oklahoma
Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; Other Pesticide Regulatory Changes; Notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
Proposed Settlement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Malathion and Diazinon; Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption, Solicitation of Public Comment
Proposed Settlement; Polymers and Resins I and IV Emission Standard Litigation
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
Request for Great Lakes Preproposals Through ``FY1999-2000 Great Lakes Priorities and Funding Guidance''
Final Notification of Health Effects Testing Requirements for Baseline Gasoline and Oxygenated Nonbaseline Gasolines and Approval of an Alternative Emissions Generator
Proposed CERCLA Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the C&M Plating Company Site
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories: Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Other Processes Subject to the Negotiated Regulation for Equipment Leaks; Rule Clarifications; Correction
Oklahoma: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Zinc phosphide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision; South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, and Kern County Air Pollution Control District
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of MarylandGeneral Conformity Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Stage II Vapor Recovery Comparability Plan
Changes to Regulations Concerning Membership of EPA's Environmental Appeals Board
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Stage II Vapor Recovery Comparability Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; General Conformity Rule
Air Quality Index Reporting