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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Feb. 24

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Opacity Source Surveillance Methods.

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. 24

Title
Nicosulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Final Clarification for Chemical Identification Describing Activated Phosphors for TSCA Inventory Purposes
Laminarin; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Opacity Source Surveillance Methods
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Opacity Source Surveillance Methods
Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to Mecklenburg County, NC, Land Use and Environmental Services Agency
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Settlement; Anderson-Calhoun Mine and Mill Site, Leadpoint, WA
Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)
Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Old Town Water District in Old Town, ME
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Meeting of the Ecological Effects Subcommittee of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
Maneb; Product Cancellation Order of a Certain Pesticide Registration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program; EPA ICR No. 1663.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0376
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidentiality Rules (Renewal)
Access to Confidential Business Information by Eastern Research Group
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of Several Currently Approved Collections; Comment Request
Difenzoquat; Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Adequacy Status of the Cincinnati, Ohio/Indiana Submitted 8-Hour Ozone Redesignation and Maintenance Plans for Transportation Conformity Purposes