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        <RIN>2060-AI97</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201010</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2060</CODE>
            <NAME>Air and Radiation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>AR</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements for Federal Facilities; Amendment to the Final Rule</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA has had an oversight and policy development authority for Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) programs since the passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1970.  The 1977 amendments to the CAA mandated I/M for certain areas with long-term air quality problems and the 1990 amendments set for standards for the implementation of I/M programs.  EPA used the statutory requirements of the Act, including I/M requirements for Federal facilities to promulgate regulations with States would use in the development of their IM State Implementation Plans (SIPs).  The Department of Justice ruled that Federal sovereign immunity was not fully waived under the CAA for those requirements and recommended that EPA either issue guidance or amend its rule to address I/M requirements for Federal Facilities.  Originally, EPA intended to: (1) Amend the Federal facilities I/M requirements by removing that section; (2) correct existing I/M SIP approval actions with included these elements; (3) establish new Federal facilities I/M program requirements which Federal facilities in I/M program areas must meet in order to comply with the Act; and (4) designate for each State which section of the Act Federal agencies must comply with based on how that State promulgated it's I/M regulations. These changes were predicted to have minimal to no impact on the States, as no new requirements were being created.  The States would have been under no obligation, legal or otherwise, to modify existing SIPs meeting the previously applicable requirement as a result of the EPA's intended action, and emissions reduction credits would not have been affected.  The intention of the originally planned rule change was to clarify for affected Federal facilities what they must do to meet the CAA requirements.  Subsequent to placing this intended action on EPA's regulatory agenda, the decision was made to issue guidance to the facilities instead, clarifying the CAA's requirements with regard to Federal facilities.  Guidance was deemed the more timely way of getting this information to the entities in question.  This guidance, which was issued in December 1999, has proven sufficient.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</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 51 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 93 (New)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>23 USC 101</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7401 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Direct Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2011</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <NAICS_LIST>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>92</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Public Administration</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Kathryn</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Sargeant</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>734 214-4441</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>Sargeant.Kathryn@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>NVFEL S77,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Ann Arbor</CITY>
                    <STATE>MI</STATE>
                    <ZIP>48105</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Sara</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Schneeberg</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-5592</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>schneeberg.sara@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2344A,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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