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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 3

The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule-Proposed Amendments.

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 Aug. 3

Title
Determination of Attainment for PM10
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Tennessee: Knoxville; Determination of Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota
New York: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
Determination of Attainment for PM10
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Implementation Plan Revision; State of New Jersey
New York: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters; Supplemental Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment
Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule-Proposed Amendments
Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method