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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Oct. 18?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Incinerators, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste.

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. 18

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Open Market Emissions Trading Program
Agricultural Worker Risk Assessment Process; Notice of Public Meeting
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 37 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Incinerators, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Friction Materials Manufacturing Facilities