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Rule published on Nov. 29 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Revised Format of 40 CFR Part 52 for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference.

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. 29

Title
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation: Washington; Yakima PM-10 Nonattainment Area Limited Maintenance Plan
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans and Designation: Washington; Yakima County Nonattainment Area Boundary Revision
List of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Petition Process, Lesser Quantity Designations, Source Category List; Petition To Delist of Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Revised Format of 40 CFR Part 52 for Materials Being Incorporated by Reference
Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of t-Butyl Acetate
Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of Four Compounds
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Continuous Release Reporting Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA 1980 (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1445.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0086