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        <RIN>1018-AW64</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1018</CODE>
            <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1000</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOI</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Wildlife and Fisheries; Boating Infrastructure Grant Program; Financial Assistance </RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[We are revising our boating infrastructure grant (BIG) program regulations to make them easier to understand. We will also review them in light of issues that have arisen in the management of the program and were identified in the June 2005 report titled A Review of the BIG Program, 2000-03, by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, a group chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.  These regulations establish the national BIG program to provide funds for States to construct, renovate, and maintain tie-up facilities with features for transient boaters in vessels 26 feet or more in length, and to produce and distribute information and educational materials about the program. They also establish States' requirements under the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act of 1998 to participate in the national BIG Program, complete boat access surveys, and develop State plans to install tie-up facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>50 CFR 86</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 105-178, subtitle D, sec 7401</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/00/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Tom</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Barnes</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs, Policy Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 358-1815</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 358-1705</FAX>
                <EMAIL>thomas_barnes@fws.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: WSFR,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041-3808</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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