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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>1018-AW64</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201410</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>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 published a proposed rule for the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program on March 28, 2012, with a 60-day comment period. We accepted comments and determined to make significant changes based on those comments and our further review. We published a second proposed rule on April 25, 2014, with a 90-day comment period. We are reviewing the 13 comments we received, and will move toward a final rule. The purpose of the proposed rule was to clarify program requirements, update approaches based on legal and technical changes since 2001, apply lessons learned, and address issues in program management that were identified in a June 2005 report, "A Review of the BIG Program, 2000-2003," by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, which is chartered by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.]]></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>50 CFR 86</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 777(c)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 777(g) and 777g-1</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 USC 4161(a) and 4162</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 USC 9503(c) and 9504</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18 USC 701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>48 USC 1469(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>EO 12372</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/28/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 18767</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/29/2012</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/25/2014</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>79 FR 23210</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/24/2014</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2014</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/BIG/BIG.htm</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Nicholas</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Popoff</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Manager, Policy and Programs Branch</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>413 362-9067</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>nicholas_popoff@fws.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Conservation Investment, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: OCI,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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