Volume 166, No. 136 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4211-H4212 on July 31, 2020.
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 COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
4874. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Education, transmitting the Department's interim final rule -- CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools [Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091] (RIN: 1810-AB59) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Education and Labor.
4875. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 2-propenoic acid, homopolymer, ester with a-methyl-u-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) and a-[2,4,6-tris(1-phenylethyl)phenyl]-w-hydroxy-polyoxy-1,2-ethanediyl), graft, sodium salt; Tolerance Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0610; FRL-10006-65] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4876. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Revision to the Minnesota State Implementation Plan [EPA-R05-OAR-2018-0839; FRL-10007-92-Region 5] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4877. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; Missouri and Kansas; Determination of Attainment for the Jackson County, Missouri 1-hour Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area and Redesignation of the Wyandotte County, Kansas Unclassifiable Area to Attainment/Unclassifiable [EPA-R07-OAR-2020-0155; FRL-10010-76-Region 7] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4878. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Wyoming; Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report State Implementation Plan [EPA-R08-OAR-2019-0623; FRL-10010-53-Region 8] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4879. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Cyflumetofen; Pesticide Tolerances
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0046; FRL-10009-25] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4880. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Formic Acid and Sodium Formate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0048; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0327; FRL-10009-36] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4881. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0747; FRL-10010-12] (RIN: 2060-AU16) received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4882. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Taconite Iron Ore Processing Residual Risk and Technology Review [EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0664; FRL-10010-15] (RIN: 2060-AT05) received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4883. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Air Plan Approval; West Virginia; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville Sulfur Dioxide Nonattainment Area
[EPA-R03-OAR-2019-0577; FRL-10010-63-Region 3] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4884. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Tetraethyl Orthosilicate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0098; FRL-10007-73] received July 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4885. A letter from the Deputy Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, transmitting the Commission's final rule -- Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction Scheduled for October 29, 2020; Notice and Filing Requirements and Other Procedures for Auction 904; [AU Docket No. 20-34] [WC Docket Nos. 19-126, 10-90; FCC 20-77] received June 25, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
4886. A letter from the Acting Director, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Prevailing Rate Systems: Definition of Pitt County, North Carolina, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area (RIN: 3206-AN94) received July 6, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
4887. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Safety Zone; San Juan Harbor, San Juan, PR [Docket No.: USCG-2019-0460] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4888. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Pier 45 Fire Cleanup and Potential Marine Debris, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2020-0283] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4889. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Upper Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket No.: USCG-2020-0143] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4890. A letter from the Legal Assistant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Safety Zone; Highway 99 Partial Bridge Replacement, Stanislaus River, Ripon, CA
[Docket No.: USCG-2019-0890] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4891. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's temporary final rule -- Special Local Regulation; Upper Potomac River, National Harbor, MD [Docket No.: USCG-2020-0143] (RIN: 1625-AA08) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4892. A letter from the Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pipeline & Hazardous Material Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail [Docket No.: PHMSA-2018-0025] (HM-264)]
(RIN: 2137-AF40) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4893. A letter from the Associate Administrator for Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program [Docket No.: FMCSA-2017-0370] (RIN: 2126-AC02) received July 7, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4894. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Deparment of Homeland Security, transmitting Department's final rule -- Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, VA [USCG-2015-1118] (RIN 1625-AA01) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4895. A letter from the Legal Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting Department's final rule -- Great Lakes Pilotage Rates -- 2020 Annual Review and Revisions to Methodology [USCG-2019-0736] (RIN 1625-AC56) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4896. A letter from the Acting Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting Department's final rule -- Person in Charge of Fuel Transfers [USCG-2018-0493] (RIN1625-AC50) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4897. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting Department's final rule -- Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, VA [USCG-2015-1118] (RIN 1625-AA01) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
4898. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting Department's final rule -- Security Zone; Potomac River, Montgomery County, MD [USCG-2017-0448] (RIN 1625-AA87) received July 16, 2020, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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