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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on April 25?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of New York; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan and Federal 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 April 25

Title
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of New York; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan and Federal Implementation Plan
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; City of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, NM; InterState Transport Affecting Visibility and Regional Haze Rule Requirements for Mandatory Class I Areas
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Part 70 State Operating Permit Program (Renewal) and Part 71 Federal Operating Permit Program (Renewal)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Area Sources
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Microbial Rules (Renewal)
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Access to Confidential Business Information by CGI Federal Inc. and Its Identified Subcontractor, FedConcepts/Jorge