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        <RIN>2040-AE95</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201304</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Update to 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>Criteria and Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to ensure that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impacts. Under a consent decree with environmental organizations, EPA divided the section 316(b) rulemaking into three phases. All new facilities except offshore oil and gas exploration facilities were addressed in Phase I in December 2001; in July 2004, EPA promulgated Phase II, which covered large existing electric generating plant; and all new offshore oil and gas exploration facilities were later addressed in June 2006 as part of Phase III. In July 2007, EPA suspended the Phase II rule following the Second Circuit decision. Several parties petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review that decision, and the Supreme Court granted the petitions, limited to the issue of whether the Clean Water Act authorized EPA to consider the relationship of costs and benefits in establishing section 316(b) standards. On April 1, 2009, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case to the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit subsequently granted a request from EPA that the case be returned to the Agency for further consideration. In June 2006, EPA promulgated the Phase III regulation, covering existing electric generating plants using less than 50 MGD of cooling water, new offshore oil and gas facilities, and all existing manufacturing facilities. Petitions to review this rule were filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In July 2010, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision upholding EPA's rule for new offshore oil and gas extraction facilities. Further, the court granted the request of EPA and environmental petitioners in the case to remand the existing facility portion of the rule back to the Agency for further rulemaking. EPA entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in two lawsuits related to section 316(b) rulemakings. Under the settlement agreement, as twice modified, EPA agreed to sign a notice of a proposed rulemaking implementing section 316(b) of the CWA at existing facilities no later than March 28, 2011, and to sign a notice taking final action on the proposed rule no later than June 27, 2013. Plaintiffs agreed to seek dismissal of both their suits, subject to a request to reopen one of the lawsuits  in the event EPA failed to meet the agreed deadlines. EPA's proposed regulation includes uniform controls at all existing facilities to prevent fish from being trapped against screens (impingement), site-specific controls for existing facilities other than new units to prevent fish from being drawn through cooling systems (entrainment), and uniform controls equivalent to closed cycle cooling for new units at existing facilities (also entrainment). Other regulatory options analyzed included similar uniform impingement controls, and progressively more stringent requirements for entrainment controls. Another option considered would imposed the uniform impingement controls only for facilities withdrawing 50 million or more gallons per day of cooling water, with site-specific impingement controls for facilities withdrawing less than 50 million gallons per day. EPA issued two notices of data availability (NODA) in June 2012 that described flexibilities EPA is considering as part of the impingement mortality limitations and that described the preliminary results of surveys of households' willingness to pay for incremental reductions in fish mortality.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Private Sector</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 122</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 125</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 304</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 308</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 316</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 401</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 402</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 501</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CWA 510</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Judicial</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>07/27/2012</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Final Action: 7/27/2012 - Settlement Agreement - Riverkeeper v. EPA, 06-12987, SDNY (signed 11/22/2010)</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Judicial</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>NPRM</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>03/28/2011</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>NPRM: 3/28/2011 - Settlement Agreement - As per 14 day extension granted 3/10 (or 4 days if no CR). Riverkeeper v. EPA, 06-12987, SDNY (signed 11/22/2010)</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/20/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 22174</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/20/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 43230</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/11/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 34315</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/12/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 34927</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0667</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/316b/index.cfm</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
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                <NAICS_DESC>Sugarcane Farming</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_DESC>Sugar Beet Farming</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>211111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>211112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Natural Gas Liquid Extraction</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>212210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Iron Ore Mining</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>212391</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Hydroelectric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221113</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Nuclear Electric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221119</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Electric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221121</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221122</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Electric Power Distribution</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Natural Gas Distribution</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>221330</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>311221</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Wet Corn Milling</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>311222</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Soybean Processing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>311225</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fats and Oils Refining and Blending</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>311311</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Sugarcane Mills</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>311312</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Cane Sugar Refining</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_DESC>Beet Sugar Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>312140</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Distilleries</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>312210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Tobacco Stemming and Redrying</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>312229</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>313210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Broadwoven Fabric Mills</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>313320</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fabric Coating Mills</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321113</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Sawmills</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321212</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321219</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321912</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321918</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Millwork (including Flooring)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>321999</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>322130</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Paperboard Mills</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>322291</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>324110</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Petroleum Refineries</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>324199</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325992</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>326192</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Resilient Floor Covering Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>326211</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>326299</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>327310</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Cement Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Iron and Steel Mills</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Electrometallurgical Ferroalloy Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331221</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331222</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Steel Wire Drawing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331312</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Primary Aluminum Production</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331315</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331419</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331492</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331521</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Aluminum Die-Casting Foundries</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331524</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331525</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Copper Foundries (except Die-Casting)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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                <NAICS_CD>332117</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>332211</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Cutlery and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>332212</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>332323</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Ornamental and Architectural Metal Work Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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                <NAICS_CD>332439</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Metal Container Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>332510</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Hardware Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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                <NAICS_CD>332618</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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                <NAICS_CD>332919</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_DESC>All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>333111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>333120</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Construction Machinery Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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                <NAICS_CD>333315</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>333911</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>333922</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>333923</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>336412</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>336510</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>337215</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>339914</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Costume Jewelry and Novelty Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>611310</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Tom</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Born</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-1001</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 566-1053</FAX>
                <EMAIL>born.tom@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Mail Code 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Julie</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Hewitt</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-1031</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>hewitt.julie@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Mail Code 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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