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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Feb. 16?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Alaska; Regional Haze Progress Report.

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. 16

Title
Air Plan Approval; Douglas, Arizona; Second 10-Year Sulfur Dioxide Maintenance Plan
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Alaska; Regional Haze Progress Report
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Deletion of the Hatheway & Patterson Superfund Site
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Rules for Open Burning and Incinerators
Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances
Approval and Revision of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of New York; Regional Haze State and Federal Implementation Plans
Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Nonattainment New Source Review Permit Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Availability of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment Plan for Uranium; correction
Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for 2017 Control Periods