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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on June 11

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Regulation of Oil-Bearing Secondary Materials From the Petroleum Refining Industry and Other Hazardous Secondary Materials Processed in a Gasification Device To Produce Synthesis Gas.

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 June 11

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Visible Emissions and Open Fire Amendments
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Revisions to the Air Resource Regulations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Revisions to the Air Resource Regulations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Visible Emissions and Open Fire Amendments
Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Regulation of Oil-Bearing Secondary Materials From the Petroleum Refining Industry and Other Hazardous Secondary Materials Processed in a Gasification Device To Produce Synthesis Gas
Draft Action Plan for the Development of a Framework for Metals Assessment and Guidance for Characterizing and Ranking Metals (External Review Draft)
Demonstration Program To Recognize Local Governments Taking Extraordinary Efforts To Protect Watersheds-Clean Water Partners for the 21st Century-Extension of Application Deadline
Norflurazon and Fenbutatin-Oxide Tolerance Reassessment Decisions; Notice of Availability
Minor Changes to OPPTS Harmonized Test Guidelines, Series 830 Product Properties; Notice of Availability
Industrial Economics Inc.; Transfer of Data
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Cellulose Products Manufacturing