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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Feb. 20

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Feb. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.

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. 20

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Early Progress Plan for the Atlanta 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Conformity of General Federal Actions
1-Propanesulfonic acid, 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]-, monosodium salt, polymer with ethenol and ethenyl acetate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Vitamin E, d-alpha tocopherol, dl-alpha tocopherol, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, and dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate; Inert Ingredients; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Carfentrazone-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; VOC Emissions From Fuel Grade Ethanol Production Operations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Conformity of General Federal Actions
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Georgia: Early Progress Plan for the Atlanta 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area
Formetanate Hydrochloride; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerance
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District
Exposure Modeling Public Meeting
Azinphos-methyl; Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement Under Sections 104, 107 and Section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act for the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund Site, Located in Fair Lawn, Bergen County, NJ
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Ammonium Thiosulfate; Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability