Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Proposed rule published on Feb. 12 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Extension of Public Comment Period for Water Quality Standards; Establishment of a Numeric Criterion for Selenium for the State of California.

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 Feb. 12

Title
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Applications and Program Updates
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; South Coast Serious Area Plan for the 2006 PM2.5
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Leather Finishing Operations Residual Risk and Technology Review
Clean Air Plans; 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Requirements; San Joaquin Valley, California
Extension of Public Comment Period for Water Quality Standards; Establishment of a Numeric Criterion for Selenium for the State of California
Asbestos; TSCA Section 21 Petition; Reasons for Agency Response
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Commercial Fuel Oil Sulfur Limits for Combustion Units in Allegheny County
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wyoming; Interstate Transport for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Nonattainment New Source Review Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Revisions to the Regulatory Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Miscellaneous Rules
Clean Data Determination; Provo, Utah 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Standards Nonattainment Area
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Removal of Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Program Requirements
Air Plan Approval; GA; Miscellaneous Revisions
Air Plan Approval; GA: Non-Interference Demonstration and Maintenance Plan Revision for Federal Low-Reid Vapor Pressure Requirement in the Atlanta Area
Notice of Final Decision to Issue Federal Minor New Source Review Permits to Six Sources on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation Owned and Operated by Anadarko Uintah Midstream, LLC
Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for 2018 Control Periods
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2017
Notice of Issuance of Grand Casino Mille Lacs PSD and Part 71 Permits