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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Aug. 24

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

The proposed rule is focused on Proposed Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: New Source Review Anti-Backsliding Provisions for Former 1-Hour Ozone Standard.

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. 24

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; North Carolina and South Carolina; Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North Carolina-South Carolina; Notice of Completeness Determination for the Purpose of Stopping Sanctions Clock
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for Massachusetts
Proposed Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: New Source Review Anti-Backsliding Provisions for Former 1-Hour Ozone Standard
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for Massachusetts
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Public Water System Compliance Report (Reinstatement); EPA ICR No. 1812.04 OMB Control No. 2020-0020
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Minority Business Enterprise/Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements (Reinstatement); EPA ICR No. 2212.03, OMB Control No. 2090-0025