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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 17

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program; Restructuring OTR Requirements.

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. 17

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Maine; Interim Final Determination That Maine has Avoided the Deficiencies of its I/M SIP Revision
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of New Hampshire; Interim Final Determination That New Hampshire has Avoided the Deficiencies of its I/M SIP Revision
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program; Restructuring OTR Requirements
Identification of Additional Ozone Areas Attaining the 1-Hour Standard and to Which the 1-Hour Standard is No Longer Applicable
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program; Restructuring OTR Requirements
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of Four New Reference Methods and Receipt of Three New Applications for Reference Method Determinations
Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board, Meeting Date and Agenda
Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation Manual
Registration and Agreement for Clean Water Act Section 301 Compliance Audit Program for the Pork Production Industry