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            <PUBLICATION_ID>201210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>2060</CODE>
            <NAME>Air and Radiation</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Revision to Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Monitoring Requirements</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) monitoring requirements were revised in February 2010 as part of the revision to the NO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The revised requirements included network design elements that required monitors for characterizing concentrations near major roads, across areawide extents, and in areas with vulnerable and susceptible populations. The required deadline for the establishment of the revised NO2 network was January 1, 2013. The Annual Monitoring Network Plans addressing these revisions are due July 1, 2012, for approval by the Administrator. The EPA is proposing revisions to the deadline for the near-road element of the network which establishes a phased approach that is more practical for States to implement and for EPA to fund. These changes will establish a series of deadlines that collectively implement the near-road network between January 1, 2014, and January 1, 2017, more closely matching the schedule for anticipated EPA grant funding as well as monitoring agency capacity for implementing the new sites. No changes are being proposed for the deadline affecting the areawide and vulnerable and susceptible network elements. Additionally, no changes are being proposed to the population thresholds for monitoring finalized in the 2010 rule. The EPA is also proposing to change the Annual Monitoring Network Plan approval authority from Administrator to Regional Administrator, as was originally intended, which is consistent with the approval authority for other networks characterizing ozone and fine particles, for example.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 58</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7403</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7410</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7601</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7611</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7619</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/19/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 64244</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/19/2012</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0486</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-19/pdf/2012-25423.pdf</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>924110</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
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        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Nealson</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Watkins</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>919 541-5522</PHONE>
                <FAX>919 541-1903</FAX>
                <EMAIL>watkins.nealson@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>C304-06,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Research Triangle Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27711</ZIP>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Lewis</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Weinstock</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>919 541-3661</PHONE>
                <FAX>919 541-1903</FAX>
                <EMAIL>weinstock.lewis@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>C304-06,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Research Triangle Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27711</ZIP>
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