Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Proposed rule published on March 13 by Environmental Protection Agency

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

The proposed rule is focused on Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Point Source Category; Proposed Rule.

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 March 13

Title
Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR): Routine Maintenance, Repair and Replacement
Endangered Species and Pesticide Regulation; Reopening of Comment Period
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Designated Facilities; NY
Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Applications
Office of Air and Radiation Environmental Internship Assistance Competition: Solicitation Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 1772.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0347 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities; New York
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Florida: Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Point Source Category
Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Point Source Category; Proposed Rule