Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Proposed rule published on Sept. 18 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners From Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088) and Regulatory Classification of K088 Vitrification Units.

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 Sept. 18

Title
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Florida: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
Hexythiazox; Extension of Tolerance for Emergency Exemptions
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Stay of the Eight-Hour Portion of the Findings of Significant Contribution and Rulemaking for Purposes of Reducing Interstate Ozone Transport
Florida: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
National Oil and Hazardous Substances; Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; (Amendment to Massachusetts' SIP [For Ozone and for Carbon Monoxide] for City of Cambridge Vehicle Trip Reduction Program-in the Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District)
Land Disposal Restrictions; Treatment Standards for Spent Potliners From Primary Aluminum Reduction (K088) and Regulatory Classification of K088 Vitrification Units
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Nonroad Compression Ignition (CI) and Small Spark Ignition (SI) Engines
Pesticides; Chlorine Gas
Availability of Reports on Progress Made Toward the National Visibility Goal in Montana and South Dakota
Notice of Availability of Recommendations From the Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Regarding Agricultural Burning and Voluntary Measures; Solicitation of Comments
Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects