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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Dec. 22

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2005.

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 Dec. 22

Title
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2005
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Appendix A-Test Methods; Method 301 for the Field Validation of Pollutant Measurement Methods From Various Waste Media
Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States
Bacillus pumilus
Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category for Operations Located in the Eastern Portion of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG460000) and Record of Decision
Guidelines on Awarding Section 319 Grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2005; Request for Grant Proposals for Watershed Projects
Revised Guidance on Procedures for Submission and Review of CERCLA Section 106(b) Reimbursement Petitions
Issuance of Experimental Use Permits
Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations
Pyriproxyfen: Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food
Buprofezin; Notice of Filing an Amended Pesticide Petition to Increase Tolerances for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food
Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval
Pesticide Product; Registration Applications
Final Modification of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges From Construction Activities; Notice