Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Notice published on May 4 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit Amendments for Georgia Power Company-Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Cartersville (Bartow County), GA; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Milledgeville (Putnam County), GA; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Coosa (Floyd County), GA; McDonough/Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Smyrna (Cobb County), GA; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Juliette (Monroe County), GA; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Roopville (Heard County), GA; and Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Newnan (Coweta County), GA.

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 May 4

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX
Extension of Public Comment Period for Proposed Rule on the Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events
Proposed Rule on the Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events; Correction
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Redesignation of the Charleston Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit Amendments for Georgia Power Company-Bowen Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Cartersville (Bartow County), GA; Branch Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Milledgeville (Putnam County), GA; Hammond Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Coosa (Floyd County), GA; McDonough/Atkinson Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Smyrna (Cobb County), GA; Scherer Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Juliette (Monroe County), GA; Wansley Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Roopville (Heard County), GA; and Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant, Newnan (Coweta County), GA
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2040.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0515
Considerations for Developing Alternative Health Risk Assessment Approaches for Addressing Multiple Chemicals, Exposures and Effects; External Review Draft
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic Composites Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1976.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0509
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2076.02, OMB Control Number 2050-0190
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Large Household and Commercial Appliances (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1954.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0457
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Printing, Coating and Dyeing of Fabrics and Other Textiles (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2071.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0522
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0940.18, OMB Control Number 2060-0084