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        <RIN>2040-AC96</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>199810</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>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Uniform National Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels - Phase I</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Section 312 of the CWA, as amended by the 1996 Defense Authorization Act, requires EPA and the Department of Defense, in consultation with other Federal agencies and affected States, to develop Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) for discharges from armed forces vessels. These regulations will enable the Navy to design vessels to one protective uniform standard, instead of attempting to conform to diverse State standards. Promulgation of uniform standards may result in innovative waste management technologies that can be transferred to the private sector. The first phase of the legislation requires promulgation of joint regulations that specify which discharges require regulation, which entail the use of marine pollution control devices, as well as those which will not require regulation. Marine pollution control devices may be a piece of equipment designed to control a particular waste stream, or a management practice that would reduce the impacts of a discharge. The Navy and EPA will determine the nature and environmental effects of vessel discharges, as well as the practicability of installing marine pollution control devices for those discharges that require regulation. This regulation applies only to vessels of the armed forces, and therefore will have no impact on small businesses. State governments will be involved in the rulemaking process as this rule may impact State standards, if any exist, by taking precedence over those standards for vessels of the armed forces. The uniform national standards proposed by this action will regulate those liquid vessel discharges that would have adverse impacts on the marine environment. If there is new information that suggests the standard should be changed, a State may submit a petition for review to EPA and DoD concerning any standard promulgated under this action.]]></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>40 CFR 139</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Clean Water Act sec 312(n) as amended</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>02/10/1998</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>  </DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/25/1998</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>63 FR 45297</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/1999</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 3925</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <PROCUREMENT>Not Procurement Related</PROCUREMENT>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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