Monday, November 11, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Jan. 31?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Emission Standards for Consumer Products in the Northern Virginia Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Control Area.

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 Jan. 31

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Emission Standards for Consumer Products in the Northern Virginia Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Control Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Amendments to the Control of Incinerators
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; The Patclin Chemical Superfund Site, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under EPA's Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) Program; Request for Comment on Renewal of Information Collection Activities
Notice of Two Open Meetings of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB)