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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Sept. 3

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Sequences; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance.

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 Sept. 3

Title
National Priorities List
Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 2008 and 2015 Ozone Standards
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Second Maintenance Plan for the Altoona (Blair County) Area
National Priorities List
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Sequences; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Second Maintenance Plan for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Area
Air Plan Approval; WA; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide and 2015 Ozone Standards; Availability of Supplemental Information and Reopening of the Comment Period
Air Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS Second Maintenance Plan for the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Area
Withdrawal of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Maine