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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Aug. 8?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Notification of Submission to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services; Declaration of Prion as a Pest Under FIFRA; Related Amendments; and Availability of Final Test Guidelines.

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 Aug. 8

Title
South Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions
Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances
Residues of Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Bacillus thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab Protein in Corn; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Regulation To Clarify Labeling of Pesticides for Export
Notification of Submission to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services; Declaration of Prion as a Pest Under FIFRA; Related Amendments; and Availability of Final Test Guidelines
Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000)
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit