Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Proposed rule published on Dec. 19 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area Classifications and State Implementation Plan Requirements.

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. 19

Title
Promulgation of Certain Federal Water Quality Standards Applicable to Maine
Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances
Reclassification of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area To Moderate Nonattainment for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules
Credit Assistance for Water Infrastructure Projects
Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Part 9 Miscellaneous Rules
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan; Imperial County Air Pollution Control District; Stationary Sources Permits
Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment Area Classifications and State Implementation Plan Requirements
Fees for Water Infrastructure Project Applications Under WIFIA
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Designation of Ten Chemical Substances for Initial Risk Evaluations Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
Request for Scientific Views: Draft Human Health Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria and/or Swimming Advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin