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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Jan. 13

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List.

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 Jan. 13

Title
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Propanoic Acid, and its Calcium and Sodium Salts; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for California
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Water Quality Trading Policy; Issuance of Final Policy
Educational Outreach and Baseline Assessment of Existing Exposure and Risks of Exposure to Lead Poisoning of Tribal Children; Notice of Funds Availability
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the Allegheny County Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Area and Approval of Miscellaneous Revisions