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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on May 22

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Baltimore Nonattainment Area Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard.

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 22

Title
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont; Regional Haze
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Baltimore Nonattainment Area Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Idaho; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Program: Recent Posting to the Applicability Determination Index (ADI) Database System of Agency Applicability Determinations, Alternative Monitoring Decisions, and Regulatory Interpretations
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Renewal)
Final National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Carbaryl-2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; CAIR To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal)
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Withdrawal of Nine Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)