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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on May 20

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions.

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 May 20

Title
Request for Nominations of Experts to the Science and Information Subcommittee of the Great Lakes Advisory Board
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; NAAQS Update
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Redesignation Request and Associated Maintenance Plan for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Nonattainment Area for the 1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Standard
Partial Approval and Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Nevada; Infrastructure Requirements for Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Sulfur Dioxide
Trinexapac-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Revisions to the New Source Review (NSR) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Albuquerque-Bernalillo County; Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permitting
Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; NAAQS Update
Fragrance Components; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance