Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Rule published on Dec. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

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

The rule is focused on National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Pulp and Paper Industry.

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
Clean Air Act Full Approval of Operating Permit Program; State of Montana
Arizona: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Nitrogen Oxides Budget Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Colorado Springs Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan, and Approval of a Related Revision
National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Pulp and Paper Industry
Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Colorado Springs Revised Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan and Approval of a Related Revision
Acquisition Regulation
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Public Water Supply Supervision Program; Program Revision for the State of Oregon
Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as Amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, Leavenworth Auto Parts Superfund Site, Leavenworth, KS
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; See List of ICRs Planned To Be Submitted in Section A
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Large Appliances