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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Feb. 16

The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page rule on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions.

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. 16

Title
Imidacloprid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings
Tolerances and Exemptions from Tolerances for Pesticide Chemicals in Food
Deferral of Phase IV Standards for PCB's as an Underlying Hazardous Constituent in Soil
Science Advisory Board; Meeting Cancellation Notice
Notice of Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations