Sunday, November 10, 2024

Proposed rule published on Oct. 19 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Nitrogen Oxides Reduction and Trading Program.

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. 19

Title
Zinc phosphide; Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Norflurazon; Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Post-1996 Rate of Progress Plans
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Changes to Various VOC Regulations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Approval of Removal of TSP Ambient Air Quality Standards
Tebuconazole; Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Approval of Approval of Removal of TSP Ambient Standards
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; New Source Review Regulations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Nitrogen Oxides Reduction and Trading Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Source-Specific Permits To Reduce NOX
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland and Virginia; Post-1996 Rate-of-Progress Plan for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Changes to Various VOC Regulations
Gulf of Mexico Program Policy Review Board; Notice of Charter Renewal
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Consent Agreement and Opportunity to Comment Regarding the City of San Buenaventura Proceeding Under Clean Water Act Section 309(g)(1), (2)(B) and 40 CFR 22.13(b)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants