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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Forest Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>USDA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Prohibitions Governing Fire--Spark Arresters</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Forest Service is making purely technical, nonsubstantive changes to Forest Service regulations at 36 CFR 261.52(j).  These regulations authorize issuance of an order prohibiting operation or use of any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device that is properly installed, maintained, and in effective working order in accordance with the standard listed in paragraph (j)(1) or the standard listed in paragraph (j)(2).  The reference to the standard in paragraph (j)(1) is obsolete and needs to be updated.  The standard in paragraph (j)(2) does not apply and needs to be removed.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>36 CFR 261</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>7 USC 1011(f)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c) and (d)(1), 1246(i)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Direct Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/21/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 58492</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>LaRenda</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>King</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>C</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant Director, Directives and Regulations</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0596</CODE>
                    <NAME>Forest Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 205-6560</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>larendacking@fs.fed.us</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>ATTN:  ORMS, D&amp;R Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20250-0003</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Tinathan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lewis</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>A.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0500</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>USDA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 205-3773</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>talewis@fs.fed.us</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>201 14th Street SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20024</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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