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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Dec. 22

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

The proposed rule is focused on Revisions to Final Response to Petition From New Jersey Regarding SO2.

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 Dec. 22

Title
Effective Date for the Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters
Approval, and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Redesignation of the Ohio Portion of the Huntington-Ashland Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standard for Fine Particulate Matter
Revisions to Final Response to Petition From New Jersey Regarding SO2
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois; Redesignation of the Illinois Portion of the St. Louis, MO-IL Area to Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; North Hollywood Operable Unit of the San Fernando Valley Area 1 Superfund Site
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Revised Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for the Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Weirton, and Wheeling 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Areas; Correction
Revisions to Final Response to Petition From New Jersey Regarding SO2
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Adhesives and Sealants Rule