Monday, April 15, 2024

Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 1

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of Compounds.

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 Oct. 1

Title
Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of Compounds
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York: Clean Air Interstate Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Oxides of Nitrogen Regulations, Phase II
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey: Clean Air Interstate Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; Clean Air Interstate Rule
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and CAIR Federal Implementation Plans; Corrections
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 14 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 52 Arkansas Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Meeting of the Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee-Notice of Public Meeting
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit