Sunday, November 10, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Oct. 9

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Revisions to Test Methods, Performance Specifications, and Testing Regulations for Air Emission Sources; Extension of Comment Period.

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 Oct. 9

Title
Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Cellulose Carboxymethyl Ether, Potassium Salt; Tolerance Exemption
Air Plan Approval; Maine; General Permit Regulations for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants and Concrete Batch Plants
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Kentucky Infrastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead NAAQS
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Approval of Regulations Limiting Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides
Governmentwide Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
Trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Air Plan Approval; Maine; General Permit Regulations for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants and Concrete Batch Plants
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Regulations Limiting Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides
Revisions to California State Implementation Plan; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Stationary Source Permits; Reopening of Comment Period
Revisions to Test Methods, Performance Specifications, and Testing Regulations for Air Emission Sources; Extension of Comment Period
Acid Rain Program: Notice of Annual Adjustment Factors for Excess Emissions Penalty
Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies
Notice of Issuance of Part 71 Federal Operating Permit to Great Lakes Transmission Limited Partnership
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Landfill Methane Outreach Program (Renewal)
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability