Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Proposed rule published on Oct. 20 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring.

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. 20

Title
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Malathion; Revised Pesticide Risk Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting
Adequacy Status of Submitted State Implementation Plans (SIP) for Transportation Conformity Purposes: Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Beaumont-Port Arthur (BPA) Attainment Demonstration SIPs for Ozone
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; IAQ Practices in Schools Survey
Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan Rule; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities
Triphenyltin Hydroxide; Proposed Determination To Terminate Special Review