Monday, November 11, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Oct. 16?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana.

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. 16

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; South Carolina; Clean Air Interstate Rule
Azoxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina: Redesignation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; South Carolina; Clean Air Interstate Rule
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice Of Availability
Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability Of EPA Comments
Notice of Peer-Review Teleconference for the External Peer Review Draft of Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for Human Health Risk Assessments of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds
Urea Sulfate Registration Review; Draft Ecological Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability