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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>Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Natural Resource Damages for Hazardous Substances</RULE_TITLE>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span class="contentpasted0">This proposal would update the existing Type A Rule of the CERCLA Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) regulations so it could be used in different environments and include methodologies which are not technology specific.</span><span class="xcontentpasted0">&nbsp;</span><span class="contentpasted0">&nbsp;Adjustments would also be made to the rebuttable presumption for Type A procedures which is currently limited to damages of $100,000 or less.</span></p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>40 CFR 300.600</CFR>
            <CFR>43 CFR 11</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. secs. 9601 et seq. 104, 107, 111 (i), 122</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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<p>This proposed rule would update the existing Type A Rule of the CERCLA Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) regulations so it could be used in different environments and include methodologies which are not technology specific.&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustments would also be made to the rebuttable presumption for Type A procedures which is currently limited to damages of $100,000 or less.</p>
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<p>42 U.S.C. secs. 9601 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 104, 42 U.S.C. 107, 42 U.S.C. 111 (i), and 42 U.S.C. 122.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/19/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 3373</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/20/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2024</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <RIN>1090-AB17</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Emily</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Joseph</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>1090</CODE>
                    <NAME>Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ASPMB</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 208-4438</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>emily_joseph@ios.doi.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1849 C Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20240</ZIP>
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