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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Aug. 27

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Aug. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Regional Haze Five-Year 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 Aug. 27

Title
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Texas; Regional Haze and Interstate Visibility Transport Federal Implementation Plan: Proposal of Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) and Interstate Transport Provisions
Air Plan Revisions; California; Technical Amendments
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Announcement of the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Heartland Community Engagement
Meetings of the Local Government Advisory Committee and the Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Exiting Collection (EPA ICR No. 1446.12); Comment Request