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“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Dec. 7

Volume 167, No. 211 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) 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 in the Senate section section on page S8961 on Dec. 7.

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-2762. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the remaining obstacles to the efficient and timely circulation of $1 coins; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

EC-2763. A communication from the Sanctions Regulations Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Syrian Sanctions Regulations'' (31 CFR Part 542) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

EC-2764. A communication from the Director of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations and Their Bank Service Providers'' (RIN3064-AF59) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

EC-2765. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Additional Revised Air Quality Designations for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards: El Paso County, Texas and Weld County, Colorado'' (FRL No. 8260.1-02-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-2766. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Louisiana: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program'' (FRL No. 9240-02-R6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-2767. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley Serious Area and Section 189(d) Plan for Attainment of the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS'' (FRL No. 8644-01-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-2768. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Clean Air Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley Moderate Area Plan and Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS; Contingency Measures for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS'' (FRL No. 8846-02-R9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-2769. A communication from the Associate Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Addition of Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory'' (FRL No. 5879-02-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

EC-2770. A communication from the Regulations Writer, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Expiration Dates for Three Body System Listings'' (RIN0960-AI56) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Finance.

EC-2771. A communication from the Branch Chief of the Legal Processing Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Homeowner Assistance Fund safe harbor'' (Rev. Proc. 2021-47) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 30, 2021; to the Committee on Finance.

EC-2772. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Fiscal Year 2020 Review of Medicare's Program for Oversight of Accrediting Organizations and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Validation Program''; to the Committee on Finance.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 211