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## April 201 4 Ac tion Initiation List (as of 5/ 21 /201 4 )

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The following actions were initiated by EPA this month. Explanations of which EPA actions are included on this list and of ea ch

element of the table can be found at the end of this document.

The two most recent Action Initiation Lists (AILs) can always be found at: http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/ail.html. But, they

will not provide updates on the actions listed herein. Updates on priority rulemakings are available from EPA's Regulatory

Development and Retrospective Review Tracker (RegDaRRT) on www.e pa.gov/rulemaking/.

If one of the rules on this AIL is in RegDaRRT, a link to the rule's profile i s included in the table below. For all rules

– those that

are in RegDaRRT and those that are not

– you may obtain updates twice a year in EPA’s Semiannual R egulatory Agenda, which

is accessible from these Web sites:

• EPA’s Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets (http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/regagenda.html)

• RegInfo.gov (http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain)

• Regulations.gov

(http://www.reg ulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=UnifiedAgenda&agency=EPA&pubperiod=200710)

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Action Title Stage Contact Abstract Projected

Publication

Date

2010 N itrogen Dioxide

(NO2) Finding of Failure

to Submit Infrastructure

State Implementation

Plan Final Mia South

919

- 541

- 5550

South.Mia@epa.gov This final rule under the good cause exemption would issue a finding of failure to

submit (FFS) for all 2010 N itrogen Dioxide N a tional Ambient Air Quality Standards

nonattainment areas that have failed to submit infrastructure state implementation

plans (SIPs) , which were due on Jan 30, 2013. The FFS would start an 18 month

sanctions clock, which can be turned off by a finding that a complete SIP was

submitted. A dditionally , the FFS would start a 2 year Federal Implementation Plan

(FIP) clock, which can be turned off by approval of the SIP. 12 months

or less

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# What EPA Actions Appear on the AILs?

Generally, AILs include those actions that 1) will appear in upcoming Semiannual Regulatory Agenda and 2) have been approved for

commencement by EPA’s Regulatory Policy Officer. In rare instances, an action will not appear on an AIL before it appears in the Agenda

. Also, keep in mind that AILs will not post immediately. You can access a given month's l ist roughly 20 days after the close of the month (e.g.,

the April 201 4 AIL will post sometime around May 20 th).



# What Does Each Column in the AIL Mean?

Title: Self

- explanatory.



## Stage: The stage of an action describes where we are in the rule writing process, from the very beginning when a rule (or other act ion) is

just an idea to the end when it is published as a final rule (or other action) in the Federal Register. For example, the Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NPRM) stage announces a proposed rule or proposed mod ification to an existing rule. In the AILs, the following acronyms are

used:

• ANPRM

- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• NPRM

- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• Supplemental

- Supplemental NPRM

• Direct Final

- Direct Final Action

• Interim Final

– Interim Final Action

• Final

– Final Action

• Section 610 Review

– Agency Review under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act



## Contact: Provides the name, phone, and email address for the EPA staff person assigned to this rule. Additionally, if a rule is in EPA's

RegDaRRT ( www.epa.gov/rulemaking/ ), then a link to the rule's profile will be provided in this column.



## Abstract: A brief summary of the action and its purpose.



## Projected Publication Date: Since many variables affect how long it takes to write a rule or other action, it is difficult to predict a firm

publication date when we have just started working on an action. Therefore, we insert one of two options in the "Pr ojected Publication Date"

column : 1) "12 months or less" and 2) "more than 12 months." These options give you some idea of how quickly we expect to complete an

action.