Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Proposed rule published on Sept. 12 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate Category; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Notice of Data Availability; Extension of Comment Period.

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 Sept. 12

Title
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements (EPCRA Sections 302, 303, and 304); EPA ICR Number 1395.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0092
1,3-Dichloropropene Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
Metam Sodium Risk Assessment; Notice of Avaiabilty; Extension of Comment Period
Dazomet Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability; Extension of Comment Period
Ocean Dumping; LA-3 Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Designation
Protections for Subjects in Human Research
Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate Category; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Notice of Data Availability; Extension of Comment Period
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; VA; Redesignation of the City of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, and Stafford County Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan