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EPA/OAR RIN: 2060-AS53 Publication ID: Fall 2016 
Title: Revisions to Regional Consistency Regulations to Allow Variances for Judicial Decisions 
Abstract: This final rule introduced a narrow procedural exception under which an EPA Regional office no longer needs to seek Headquarters concurrence to diverge from national policy in geographic areas covered by an adverse federal court decision that results from a challenge to a locally or regionally applicable action. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 56   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7601   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
None       
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/19/2015  80 FR 50250   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/19/2015 
Final Rule  08/03/2016  81 FR 51102   
Final Rule Effective  09/02/2016 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0616
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/nsr/nsr-regulatory-actions  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Greg Nizich
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
C504-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-3078
Email: nizich.greg@epa.gov

Raj Rao
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air and Radiation
C504-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5344
Fax:919 541-5509
Email: rao.raj@epa.gov