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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on July 20

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

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York Ozone State Implementation Plan Revision.

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 July 20

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York Ozone State Implementation Plan Revision
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Minor Amendments to the Regulations Implementing the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import and Export
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2029.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0520
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for the NPDES Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, EPA ICR No. 1989.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0250
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Benzene Waste Operations (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1541.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0183
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and Special Permits (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1573.11, OMB Control Number 2050-0009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Climate Leaders Partnership (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2100.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0532
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Minor Amendments to the Regulations Implementing the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import and Export
Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard-Notice of Determination
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)