There were 14 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending Aug. 19, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (Renewal), was submitted on August 18, 2023.

The Environmental Protection Agency published four the week before, marking a 250 percent increase.

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 in week ending Aug. 19

Title	Publication Date
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (Renewal)	08/18/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal)	08/18/2023
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability	08/18/2023
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units (Renewal)	08/18/2023
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (Renewal)	08/18/2023
Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Removal Action and Payment of Response Costs by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser at 4350 Temple City Boulevard and 4303, 4313, 4315 and 4319 Rowland Avenue, El Monte, California	08/17/2023
Revision of Approved State Primacy Program for the State of Nevada	08/16/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidentiality Rules (Renewal)	08/16/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Implementation of the Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Renewal)	08/15/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of an Existing ICR Collection and Request for Comment; School Integrated Pest Management Awards Program	08/14/2023
Notice of Approval Status; Certifying Authorities' Amended Plans for Certification of Commercial and Private Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Batch Three	08/14/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; GGRF Accomplishment Reporting	08/14/2023
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program Compliance; Notification of Webinar	08/14/2023
Public Comment on the Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation; Extension of the Comment Period	08/14/2023