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Proposed rule published on Feb. 28 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Alabama; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan.

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 Feb. 28

Title
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR Contaminated Media)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production Area Sources (Renewal)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Monthly Project Reports (Renewal)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide and Spandex (Renewal)
Idaho: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: Prevention of Significant Deterioration; Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Revision
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; New Source Review Rules-Notice of Action Denying Petition for Reconsideration and Request for Administrative Stay
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Washington, DC-MD-VA 8-Hour Ozone Moderate Nonattainment Area
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of North Carolina; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; South Carolina; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Maryland; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Mississippi; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Iowa Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Missouri; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Alabama; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan