Monday, November 11, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency publishes proposed rule on Nov. 28

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Alkylpyrrolidones; Significant New Use Rule.

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 Nov. 28

Title
Determination of Full Program Adequacy of Washington's Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit Program
Internet Posting of and Confidentiality Determinations for Hazardous Waste Export and Import Documents
Alkylpyrrolidones; Significant New Use Rule
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Plans; State of Maryland; Control of Emissions From Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incineration Units
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; New Regulations for Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Coatings
Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category-Implementation Date Extension
Hazardous Waste Export-Import Revisions
Addition of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Category; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting
Determination of Full Program Adequacy of Washington's Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permitting Program
Air Quality Plans; Tennessee; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Revision of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Washington
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Annual Measures Reporting
Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method
Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit for Ocotillo Power Plant
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for October 2016
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings