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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Aug. 31?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Modified Cry3A Protein (mCry3A) and the Genetic Material Necessary for its Production in Corn; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Temporary Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food.

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 Aug. 31

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland, VOC RACT for Kaydon Ring and Seal, Inc.
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; VOC RACT for Kaydon Ring and Seal, Inc.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Washington
Modified Cry3A Protein (mCry3A) and the Genetic Material Necessary for its Production in Corn; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Temporary Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food
Receipt of an Application From the State of Ohio to Declare Its Waters of Lake Erie a No Discharge Zone for Vessel Sewage
Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 Proteins and the Genetic Material Necessary for Their Production in Corn; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food
Metam-Sodium; Availability of Revised Risk Assessments