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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>2060-AQ06</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201010</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <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>Amendments to the Protocol Gas Verification Program, and Minimum Competency Requirements for Air Emission Testing</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This rule amends two provisions in 40 CFR part 75 (emission monitoring for cap and trade programs): (1) a Protocol Gas Verification Program (PGVP) to better ensure the accuracy of calibration gases used by affected sources and regulatory agencies; and (2) minimum competency requirements for Air Emission Testing Bodies (AETB) also known as stack test companies, when performing stack testing under 40 CFR part 75. These two provisions were originally published in the FR as a final rule on January 24, 2008, but EPA was sued on both provisions. The amendments are described below.

The old PGVP provision was alleged to have violated the Miscellaneous Receipts Act by improperly augmenting EPA's appropriation in arranging for payment of a formerly Agency funded audit program with private funds and a key document was not in the docket. The amended PGVP provision remedies these averred deficiencies by providing for payment to the National Institute of Standards and Technology which has statutory authority to receive such funds, and by ensuring that all relevant material will be placed in the docket.

The old AETB provision allegedly placed enforceable competency requirements on affected sources which did not have total control in implementing those requirements and which further allegedly provided insufficient time for power plants with in-house stack test teams to comply. The amended AETB provision relies on certain documentation provided at the time of stack testing as sufficient proof of validity of test data that otherwise meets the requirements of part 75, and extends the compliance deadline.]]></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 72.2 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.4 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.6 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.21 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.22 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.47 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.53 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.57 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.58 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.59 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.62 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.63 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75.64 (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75 app A (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75 app B (Revision)</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 75 app E (Revision)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7601 and 7651, et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/11/2010</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>75 FR 33392</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b00200; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0837</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <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>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/pgvp.html</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <NAICS_LIST>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>221112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>John</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Schakenbach</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 343-9158</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>Schakenbach.John@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>6204J,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Ragan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Tate</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-7382</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>Tate.Ragan@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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