Tuesday, May 14, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on March 23?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture of Two Draft Regulatory Documents Under FIFRA.

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 March 23

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures for Chicago and Metro-East St. Louis Ozone Nonattainment Areas
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Secondary Aluminum Production
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendment to HFO-1234yf SNAP Rule for Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector
Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture of Two Draft Regulatory Documents Under FIFRA
Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of a Group of Four Hydrofluoropolyethers (HFPEs)
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture; Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Genetically Engineered Plants; Clarification and Correction
Metaldehyde; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily Amend a Registration To Terminate Certain Uses