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        <RIN>2025-AA02</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>2025</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of Environmental Information</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OEI</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Public Information and Confidentiality Regulations</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, provide procedures for handling and disclosing information claimed as confidential business information (CBI). Although the current regulations have succeeded in protecting CBI, changes in Agency workload, practice, and statutory authority have made it difficult to handle CBI activities as expeditiously as desired. EPA is examining its CBI regulations to determine whether changes are needed to make them more efficient and effective. Provision 40 CFR 2.205(c), which automatically protects CBI substantiations claimed as confidential, is being examined individually and as part of the CBI regulations as a whole.

EPA undertook this rulemaking in conjunction with a court action whereby the plaintiff challenged EPA's confidentiality regulations. Litigation was stayed while EPA proposed this rule. This rulemaking was entered into the system subject to possible withdrawal or amendment pending the Court's determination. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the Agencys determination that the substantiation was entitled to confidential treatment was based on Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act and not on 2.205. Pursuant to OGC's determination, this rule may be withdrawn in accordance with the Court's holding.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 2</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 57</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 122</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 123</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 145</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 233</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 260</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 270</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 271</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 281</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 350</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 403</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 85</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 86</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 2005</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 2601 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 346</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1251 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1414</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 11001 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 300(f) et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 4912</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6901 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7401 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 9601 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 USC 552</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>7 USC 136 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM 1</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/23/1994</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>59 FR 60446</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM 2</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/25/1999</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>64 FR 57421</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM 3</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/21/1999</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>64 FR 71366</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM 4</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/30/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 52684</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/21/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 80394</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Withdrawn</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/26/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 3240;</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Sara</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Hisel-McCoy</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2025</CODE>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-1649</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 566-1639</FAX>
                <EMAIL>Hisel-Mccoy.Sara@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2822-T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Joe</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sierra</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2025</CODE>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-1683</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 566-1639</FAX>
                <EMAIL>Sierra.Joe@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2822-T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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