Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Proposed rule published on July 20 by Environmental Protection Agency

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

The proposed rule is focused on National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List.

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 July 20

Title
Notice of Availability of Proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) General Permit for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Production Operations off Southern California
Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting
Proposed Additions to the Final Guidelines for the Certification and Recertification of the Operators of Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water Systems; Proposed Allocation Methodology for Funding to States for the Operator Certification Expense Reimbursement Grants Program
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting
No-Migration Variance From Land Disposal Restrictions for Exxon Mobil Corporation, Billings, MT South Land Treatment Unit
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Approval of National Low Emission Vehicle Program
Rescinding Findings That the 1-Hour Ozone Standard No Longer Applies in Certain Areas
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Revision of the Visibility FIP for Nevada
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Approval of National Low Emission Vehicle Program
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List