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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Response to December 9, 2013 CAA Section 176A Petition From Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This action is being conducted in order to respond to a CAA section 176A petition filed on December 9, 2013 by a number of northeastern states. The petition requests that EPA add Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia to the current Ozone Transport Region that was established under CAA section 184.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Prerule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>40 CFR 50</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 51</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Judicial</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>10/27/2017</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Consent decree commits the agency to finalize a response with respect to the state of North Carolina and the other states by October 27, 2017.</DLINE_DESC>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>Consent decree commits the agency to finalize a response with respect to the state of North Carolina and the other states by October 27, 2017.</LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/19/2017</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>82 FR 6509</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/15/2017</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>82 FR 10726</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Comment Period Extended End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/13/2017</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2017</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0596</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Gobeail</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>McKinley</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>919 541-5246</PHONE>
                <FAX>919 685-3700</FAX>
                <EMAIL>mckinley.gobeail@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-04,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Research Triangle Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27709</ZIP>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Rhea</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Jones</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>919 541-2940</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>jones.rhea@epa.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>MD-13, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code C539-04,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Research Triangle Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>NC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>27711</ZIP>
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