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        <RIN>2040-AB53</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199710</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2040</CODE>
            <NAME>Water</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>WATER</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Category</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA is revising existing Best Practicable Technology (BPT), Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (BCT), Best Available Technology (BAT), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources (PSES), and Pretreatment Standards for New sources (PSNS). The Agency is developing these revised effluent limitations in conjunction with development of maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards, which limit air emissions under the Clean Air Act. See separate Regulatory Plan entry, Integrated NESHAP and Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper, RIN: 2060-AD03.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Private Sector</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 430</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 431</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1311</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1314</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 304</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1316</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 306</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1317</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 307</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1361</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 501</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/17/1993</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>58 FR 66078</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Merged Into RIN 2060-AD03</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/14/1997</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 2712. ^PRFA:  N</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <RELATED_RIN_LIST>
            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>2060-AD03</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Merged with</RIN_RELATION>
            </RELATED_RIN>
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        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Donald</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Anderson</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>F.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 260-7189</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>anderson.donaldf@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>4303T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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