Sunday, November 10, 2024

Proposed rule published on Sept. 28 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Post-1996 Rate-of-Progress Plan for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area.

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. 28

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Post-1996 Rate-of-Progress Plan for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area
Approving Implementation Plans; California State Implementation Plan Revision, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites
Announcement of Availability and Request for Feedback on Results-Based Approaches to Corrective Action Guidance
Stakeholder Comment on Preliminary National Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Priorities for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003