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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Feb. 24

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

The proposed 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 Feb. 24

Title
Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 2; Final Notice
State Innovation Grant Program, Notice of Availability of Solicitation for Proposals for 2005/2006 Awards
Clean Water Act; Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota; Revised Format of 40 CFR Part 52 for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Dyes and/or Pigments Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Designation of Five Chemicals as Appendix VIII Constituents; Addition of Four Chemicals to the Treatment Standards of F039 and the Universal Treatment Standards
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Proposed Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Low-Emission Diesel Fuel Compliance Date
Ocean Dumping; Proposed Site Designation