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        <RIN>2060-AQ39</RIN>
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            <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>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Extension of Global Laboratory and Analytical Use Exemption for Essential Class I Ozone Depleting Substances</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This rule would extend the global laboratory and analytical use exemption for the production and import of Class I ozone depleting substances through December 31, 2014. This exemption currently expires December 31, 2011. This action is consistent with recent actions by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.]]></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 82</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>CAA sec 604</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7414, 7601, 7671 to 7671(q)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/31/2011</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Date when current exemption expires</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/15/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 41747</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/15/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 77909</FR_CITATION>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0672-0001; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0672</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_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/exemptions/laboratory.html</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325120</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Industrial Gas Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325412</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>541380</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Testing Laboratories</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Jeremy</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Arling</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 343-9055</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 343-2338</FAX>
                <EMAIL>arling.jeremy@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
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