Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on April 20

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia, Redesignation of Atlanta 1-Hour Severe Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone.

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 20

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia, Redesignation of Atlanta 1-Hour Severe Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone
Revisions to the Territory of Guam State Implementation Plan, Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference
Propiconazole; Re-Establishment of Tolerance for Emergency Exemption
Aluminum-magnesium Hydroxy Carbonate; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition for Exemption from Tolerance
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Consultation on Ozone Health Assessment Plan
Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered Pesticides; Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities and Request for Comments
Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC); Notice of Public Meeting; Correction
Notice of Request for Proposals for Projects To Be Funded from the Water Quality Cooperative Agreement Allocation (CFDA 66.463-Water Quality Cooperative Agreements); Correction
FIFRA Section 24(c) Special Local Need Registrations; Renewal of Pesticide Information Collection Activities and Request for Comments