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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on March 23

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Alachlor, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Disulfoton, Pirimiphos-methyl, and Vinclozolin; Proposed Tolerance Revocations.

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 23

Title
Thiophanate-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerance
North Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerance
Revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan, Maricopa County
Alachlor, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Disulfoton, Pirimiphos-methyl, and Vinclozolin; Proposed Tolerance Revocations
North Carolina: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action; Notice of Public Meeting
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee on Pesticide Operations and Management (WC/POM); Notice of Public Meeting
TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities
Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities