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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Feb. 9

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

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia; Metropolitan Washington DC 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plans.

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 Feb. 9

Title
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Proposed Exclusion
South Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia; Metropolitan Washington DC 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plans
South Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Ninth Meeting of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel To Continue Evaluation on Issues Relating to Impacts of the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers; Notice of Funds Availability
Investigator Initiated Grants: Request for Applications
Application for New and Amended Pesticide Registration; Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities and Request for Comments
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human Health or the Environment (TSCA section 8(c)); Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units