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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Aug. 6?

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

The rule is focused on Clean Air Act Redesignation and Reclassification, Searles Valley Nonattainment Area; Designation of Coso Junction, Indian Wells Valley, and Trona Nonattainment Areas; California; Determination of Attainment of the PM-10 Standards for the Coso Junction Area; Particulate Matter of 10 microns or less (PM-10).

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 Aug. 6

Title
Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Minor Revision of 18-Month Requirement for Initial SIP Submissions and Addition of Grace Period for Newly Designated Nonattainment Areas
Clean Air Act Redesignation and Reclassification, Searles Valley Nonattainment Area; Designation of Coso Junction, Indian Wells Valley, and Trona Nonattainment Areas; California; Determination of Attainment of the PM-10 Standards for the Coso Junction Area; Particulate Matter of 10 microns or less (PM-10)
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District
Joint USEPA/State Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Agreement to Pursue Regulatory Innovation: Alternative Treatment Technique for National Primary Drinking Water Lead and Copper Regulations for Certain Non-transient Non-community Water Systems
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permits for the Rochdale Village Power Plant; Tanagraphics, Inc.; and the North Shore Towers Apartments Total Energy Plant