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Rule published on Feb. 3 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Nitrogen Oxides Exemption Request for Northern Maine.

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 Feb. 3

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Nitrogen Oxides Exemption Request for Northern Maine
Federal Plan for Certification of Restricted Use Pesticide Applicators in Navajo Indian Country
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Environmental Impact Statements And Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Valuing Reduced Asthma Episodes for Adults and Children-Focus Groups; EPA ICR Number 2215.01