Proposed rule published on Feb. 11 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Air Plan Approval; NC; Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Rocky Mount Areas Limited Maintenance Plans for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS.

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 Feb. 11

Title
Bacillus subtilis Strain CH3000; Exemption From The Requirement of a Tolerance
Bacillus paralicheniformis Strain CH2970; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Air Plan Approval; NC; Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Rocky Mount Areas Limited Maintenance Plans for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Redesignation of the Ohio Portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky Area to Attainment of the 2015 Ozone Standard
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, Maine Department of Health and Human Services-Drinking Water Program (ME DHHS-DWP)