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Proposed rule published on Feb. 24 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After July 23, 1984.

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. 24

Title
Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After July 23, 1984
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown or Malfunction
Regulatory Innovations: Pilot-Specific Rule for Electronic Materials in EPA Region III Mid-Atlantic States; Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT); Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Excess Emissions During Startup, Shutdown or Malfunction
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Procedures for Detection and Quantitation; Public Meeting
Response To Petition To Withdraw Approval, Delegation, and Authorization To Administer Federal Environmental Programs; OH
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting
Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations
Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment