Thursday, November 21, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Oct. 16?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Effluent Limitation Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Construction and Development Category; Proposed Rule.

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 Oct. 16

Title
Effluent Limitation Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Construction and Development Category; Proposed Rule
Approval of Modifications to Test Marketing Exemption for a Certain Chemical
Approval of Modifications to Test Marketing Exemption for a Certain Chemical
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Approval of Modifications to Test Marketing Exemption for a Certain Chemical
Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
1,1,2-Trichloroethane Tier I Program Review Testing; Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Comment
Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed After October 21, 1974, and On or Before August 17, 1983; and Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels Constructed After August 17, 1983