Sunday, November 10, 2024

Proposed rule published on Oct. 6 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2001.

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 Oct. 6

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Revised 15% Plan for Northern Virginia Portion of the Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Nonattainment Area
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2001
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; 15 Percent Plan for Northern Virginia Portion of the Metropolitan Washington, DC Ozone Nonattainment Area
Identification of Approved and Disapproved Elements of the Great Lakes Guidance Submission From the State of New York, and Final Rule
Community XL (XLC) Site-Specific Rulemaking for Steele County, MN
Pretreatment Program Reinvention Pilot Projects Under Project XL
Draft EPA Guidelines for Management of Onsite/Decentralized Wastewater Systems and Guidance Manual Outline
Policy on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Florida
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC): Inert Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup; Open Meeting
Open Meeting of the Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Stakeholders Focus Group
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Hazardous Air Pollutants: Amendments to the Approval of State Programs and Delegation of Federal Authorities
Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from 2004 and Later Model Year Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Vehicles; Revision of Light-Duty On-Board Diagnostics Requirements