Monday, April 15, 2024

Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on April 4

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Nonattainment Major New Source Review Implementation Under 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Reconsideration.

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 April 4

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania; Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plans for Washington Metropolitan, Baltimore and Philadelphia Areas
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, State of Maryland, Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania; Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plans for Washington Metropolitan, Baltimore and Philadelphia Areas
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Kentucky: Inspection and Maintenance Program Removal for Northern Kentucky; Commercial Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Refinishing Operations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX
Nonattainment Major New Source Review Implementation Under 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Reconsideration