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        <RIN>2060-AP68</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>Implementing the 1997 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS: Section 185 Penalty Fee Provisions</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In December 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion determining that EPA improperly waived the application of the section 185 penalty provision for severe and extreme nonattainment areas that failed to attain the 1-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard) by their attainment date. South Coast Air Quality Management District v. EPA, 472 F.3d 882 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (SCAQMD). EPA issued on January 5, 2010, a memorandum to provide guidance on the section 185 state implementation plan (SIP) and the revisions required of severe and extreme 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas under EPAs anti-backsliding rules for the transition to the 8-hour ozone NAAQS and to provide guidance on alternative programs that may be acceptable consistent with section 172(e) of the CAA, which allows EPA through rulemaking to accept alternative programs that are no less stringent. Section 185 fee SIP revisions for 1-hour ozone nonattainment areas were due to be submitted to EPA by December 31, 2000 [see section 182(d)(3)]. This guidance has been challenged in court for a review and reconsideration. This action will establish a rulemaking that addresses how the Clean Air Act section 185 penalty fee provisions apply under the anti-backsliding provisions.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 51</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7410</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7511 to 7511f</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7601(a)(1)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
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        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Split from RIN 2060-AO96; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0956</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</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>Lynn</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Dail</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>919 541-2363</PHONE>
                <FAX>919 541-0824</FAX>
                <EMAIL>dail.lynn@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-01,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Research Triangle Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27711</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Kimber</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Scavo</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>919 541-3354</PHONE>
                <FAX>919 541-4028</FAX>
                <EMAIL>scavo.kimber@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>RTP</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27711</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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