Wednesday, November 13, 2024

What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Dec. 16?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Determinations of Attainment by the Attainment Date, Determinations of Failure To Attain by the Attainment Date and Reclassification for Certain Nonattainment Areas for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

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 Dec. 16

Title
Air Plan Approval; TN; Revisions to the Knox County Portion of the TN SIP
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Redesignation of the Ohio Portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard
Determinations of Attainment by the Attainment Date, Determinations of Failure To Attain by the Attainment Date and Reclassification for Certain Nonattainment Areas for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Trichloroethylene; Regulation of Certain Uses Under TSCA § 6(a)
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for November 2016
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application; Comment Request