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Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Aug. 24

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances.

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. 24

Title
Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State Implementation Plan Requirements
Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances
Revisions to the Petition Provisions of the Title V Permitting Program
Issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit (GP) for Idaho Drinking Water Treatment Facilities
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for July 2016
Public Meeting; Data That Support the Registration of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)