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        <RIN>2070-AL12</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>202310</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2070</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OCSPP</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Reconsideration of the Soil-Lead Hazard Standards</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA is reviewing the existing regulatory soil-lead hazard standards (SLHS) for target housing and child-occupied facilities (COFs). According to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title IV, section 401, lead-contaminated soil means bare soil on residential real property that contains lead at or in excess of the levels determined to be hazardous to human health by the Administrator. A lead-based paint hazard is defined as conditions that cause exposure to lead from lead-contaminated dust, soil or paint that would result in adverse human health effects. On January 5, 2001, the EPA issued a final regulation which established that a soil-lead hazard is bare soil on residential real property or on the property of a COF that contains lead equal to or exceeding 400 parts per million in a play area or average of 1,200 parts per million of bare soil in the rest of the yard based on soil samples. On May 14, 2021, in a decision reviewing a 2019 rule, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that EPA should have reconsidered the SLHS, among other actions. In this action, EPA is reconsidering the SLHS and intends to solicit public comment through a notice of proposed rulemaking.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 745</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 U.S.C. 2681 et seq. Toxic Substances Control Act Title IV</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>To Be Determined</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>Undetermined</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>https://www.epa.gov/lead</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Claire</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Brisse</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2000</CODE>
                    <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-9004</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>brisse.claire@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460-0001</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Victoria</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Ellenbogen</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2070</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OCSPP</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-2053</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>ellenbogen.victoria@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Mail Code 7404M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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