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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing.

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
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Revocation of Certain Obsolete Tolerance Exemptions
Methoxychlor; Proposed Revocation of Tolerances
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Notice of Availability of Regional Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Grants
Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Paint Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Final Determination
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing