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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Dec. 21

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Elimination of Special Treatment for Category of Confidential Business Information: Extension of the Comment Period.

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. 21

Title
Revision to Promulgation of Federal Implementation Plan for ArizonaMaricopa Nonattainment Area; PM-10
Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment; Extension of Comment Period
Elimination of Special Treatment for Category of Confidential Business Information: Extension of the Comment Period
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radon-222
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Allergenicity Assessment of Cry9C BT Corn Plant Pesticide
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; the SunWise School Program
Interim Guidance on the CERCLA Section 101(10)(H) Federally Permitted Release Definition for Certain Air Emissions