Volume 164, No. 162 covering the 2nd Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S6412-S6413 on Oct. 1, 2018.
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.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated:
EC-6710. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; California; San Diego County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 9982-44-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6711. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; Plan Submittals for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard''
(FRL No. 9984-17-Region 1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6712. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Iowa; Approval of the State Implementation Plan and the Operating Permits Program'' (FRL No. 9983-66-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6713. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Maine; Infrastructure State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS''
(FRL No. 9984-61-Region 1) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6714. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; MS; Section 128 Board Requirements for Infrastructure SIPs'' (FRL No. 9984-53-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6715. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Air Plan Approval; TN; Revisions to Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9984-89-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6716. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 9983-49-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6717. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 9983-57-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6718. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Determination of Attainment of the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Jamestown, New York Marginal Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9984-81-Region 2) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6719. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Elements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9984-58-Region 2) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6720. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Missouri Air Quality Implementation Plans; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard Interstate Transport'' (FRL No. 9983-77-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6721. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances'' (FRL No. 9983-82) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-6722. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Effective Date Provision of Rev. Proc. 2018-29'' (Rev. Proc. 2018-49) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-6723. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of the Phase-in Period for the Enforcement and Administration of Section 871(m)'' (Notice 2018-72) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 27, 2018; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-6724. A communication from the Executive Director of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2017 annual report of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
____________________
Alerts Sign-up