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        <RIN>2070-AJ26</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <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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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2070</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OCSPP</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Prions; Amendment of EPA&apos;s Regulatory Definition of Pests to Include Prion</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In 2003, the Agency decided that a prion (proteinaceous infectious particles) is a "pest" under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and that a product intended to reduce the infectivity of prions on inanimate surfaces (i.e., "prion product") is considered to be a pesticide. Any company seeking to distribute or sell such a product is required to register the product with EPA unless the product is exempt from registration requirements before it can be distributed or sold in the United States. In 2011, EPA proposed to formally declare a prion to be a pest and to amend its regulations to add prion to the list of pests (40 CFR part 152). A supplemental notice also proposed to amend the product performance data requirements (i.e., efficacy data) to specifically list prion-related products and announced the availability of draft efficacy testing guidance for comment. EPA believes that regulating prion-related products protects human health and the environment against unreasonable adverse effects and ensures that such products are effective.]]></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 152.5(d)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>7 USC 136</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>7 USC 136(w)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/26/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 4602</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/17/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 71294</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0427</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <NAICS_LIST>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325320</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>541940</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Veterinary Services</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>621111</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>621210</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Offices of Dentists</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>621511</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Medical Laboratories</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Carlton</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Kempter</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2070</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OCSPP</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 305-5448</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 308-6467</FAX>
                <EMAIL>kempter.carlton@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>7510P,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Tajah</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Blackburn</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2070</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OCSPP</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-0372</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>Blackburn.Tajah@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>7510P,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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