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Proposed rule published on Nov. 23 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Methods; Extension of Comment Period.

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 Nov. 23

Title
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Methods; Extension of Comment Period
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to General Rules and Regulations for Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Sources and Modifications; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
Office of Research and Development; Board of Scientific Counselors Subcommittee Review of the National Exposure Research Laboratory
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
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