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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on May 9

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

The proposed rule is focused on Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Massachusetts; Reopening 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 May 9

Title
Interstate Transport Prongs 1 and 2 for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5
Air Plan Approval; California; Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District; Negative Declarations
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standard
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to Permitting and Public Participation for Air Quality Permit Applications
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations; Consistency Update for Massachusetts; Reopening of Comment Period
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; California; Chico Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5