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Proposed rule published on March 26 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on March 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Withdrawal of Certain Federal Human Health and Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Vermont, the District of Columbia, Kansas and New Jersey.

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 26

Title
Proposed Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Non-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines; Accelerated Purchase of Tier2/Tier3 Non Road Compression-Ignition Equipment; Non-Road Construction Equipment Restriction; and Electrification of Airport Ground Support Equipment for the Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) Ozone Nonattainment Area
Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Facility in Big Island, Virginia
Withdrawal of Certain Federal Human Health and Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Vermont, the District of Columbia, Kansas and New Jersey
Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Facility in Big Island, VA
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; Proposed Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee under the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology; Notice of Meeting