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        <RIN>1010-AC21</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199710</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1010</CODE>
            <NAME>Minerals Management Service</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>MMS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1000</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOI</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Administrative Appeals Process</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Under this rule, the Director generally would be required to decide appeals within 16 months or the appeal would be automatically denied. The appellant could then continue its appeal before the Interior Board of Land Appeals. The rule also would impose a new appellant fee on appeals to the Director, unless the appellant was an Indian tribe or allottee. Indian tribes and allottees pay no filing fee.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>30 CFR 290</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>25 USC 2</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>25 USC 9</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 USC 189</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 USC 285</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 USC 359</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 USC 1023</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>30 USC 1702 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>31 USC 9701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>43 USC 1334</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>43 USC 1335</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/28/1996</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>61 FR 55607</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/27/1996</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/1997</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/1998</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>Revising Text to Reduce Burden or Duplication, or Streamline Requirements</REINVENT_GOVT>
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