Saturday, November 16, 2024

Proposed rule published on Oct. 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Alternate PCB Extraction Methods and Amendments to PCB Cleanup and Disposal Regulations.

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 Oct. 22

Title
Air Plan Approval; California; San Diego Air Pollution Control District
Air Plan Approval; Nevada, Las Vegas Valley; Second 10-Year Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Sacramento Metro Area; 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area Requirements
Air Plan Approval; Wisconsin; Attainment Plan for the Rhinelander SO2
Air Plan Approval; California; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Stationary Source Permits
Clean Air Plans; Base Year Emissions Inventories for the 2015 Ozone Standards; Arizona; Phoenix-Mesa and Yuma Nonattainment Areas
Air Plan Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; California; Air Resources Board; Volatile Organic Compounds
Pesticide Registration Review; Interim Decisions and Case Closures for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for September 2021
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; User Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (Renewal)
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Mercury Inventory Reporting (Renewal)
Alternate PCB Extraction Methods and Amendments to PCB Cleanup and Disposal Regulations
Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decisions for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability