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Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023-2025 and Other Changes (Final Rule)

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We are finalizing compliance provisions necessary to ensure that the production, distribution, and use of biogas, RNG, and RINs are consistent with Clean Air Act requirements under the RFS program. These compliance provisions include registration, reporting, product transfer documents (PTDs), and recordkeeping requirements. The information requirements are under 40 CFR part 80, subparts E and M, and 40 CFR part 1090. Interested parties may wish to review the following related ICRs: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining (Final Rule), OMB Control Number 2060-0731, expires January 31, 2024, and Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program (Renewal), OMB Control Number 2060-0725, expires November 30, 2025. Specifically related to this information collection request, we are proposing compliance provisions necessary to ensure that the production, distribution, and use of biogas, renewable electricity, and RINs are consistent with Clean Air Act requirements under the RFS program. These proposed compliance provisions include registration, reporting, product transfer documents (PTDs), and recordkeeping requirements.

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42 USC 7414	View Law

42 USC 7542	View Law

42 USC 7201	View Law

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Certification by Religious Group

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SSA is responsible for determining whether religious groups meet the qualifications exempting certain members and sects from payment of Self-Employment Contribution Act taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, Section 1402(g). SSA sends Form SSA-1458, Certification by Religious Group, to a group’s authorized spokesperson to complete and verify organizational members meet or continue to meet the criteria for exemption. The respondents are spokespersons for religious groups or sects. We are submitting this Non-Substantive Change Request to remove the signature requirement from this form.

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42 USC 1352	View Law

42 USC 411	View Law

42 USC 402(v)	View Law

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Notice Regarding Substitution of Party Upon Death of Claimant Reconsideration of Disability Cessation

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When a claimant dies before we make a determination on their request for reconsideration of a disability cessation, SSA conducts a search through the applicant’s records, on the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR), for a qualified substitute party to pursue the appeal. We search for a widow or widower of the deceased; a surviving divorced spouse; a child; a disabled child; a parent; the administrator or executor of the estate of the deceased; or any person whom we can consider qualified to pursue the appeal. The information we collect on Form SSA-770 is the basis of our decision to continue or discontinue the appeals process. Respondents are substitute applicants who are pursuing a reconsideration request for a deceased claimant.

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42 USC 405	View Law

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Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program

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Supports eligible entities including State agencies, Tribal entities, and nonprofits with tax exempt status that have experience in providing support or relief services to farmworkers, meatpacking workers, or grocery store workers.

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Pub.L. 116 - 260 751	View Law

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Notification of Nonfinancial Data Processing Activities

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Generally, a bank holding company (BHC) may, directly or through a subsidiary, engage in data processing activities if, among other requirements, the company or subsidiary earns not more than 49 percent of its data processing revenue from nonfinancial data processing activities. However, the Board has stated that a BHC may file with the Board a request for permission to administer this 49 percent revenue limit on a business-line or multiple-entity basis, rather than on a company-by-company basis. The FR 4021 information collection consists of this filing for prior approval.

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12 USC 1843(c)(8)	View Law

12 USC 1843(k)	View Law

12 USC 1844(c)	View Law

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Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections related to Gatherings

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This request is to establish a new umbrella generic clearance for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. This may include large scale conferences, meetings for grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.), among others. To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the Agency must often collect information from potential participants such as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special requests, etc.), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have additional information to have the means to select the most appropriate participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category or activity during an event. This may include information about poster presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional perspectives or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected for attendance. The planning for meetings is most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with a full request under the Paperwork Reduction Act would inhibit the ability to collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella generic is necessary to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar information collections related to these activities. As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on individual generic information collections within 5 business days. If no response is received and the request meets the purposes, uses and scope outlined in this document, ACF may move forward with the proposed information collection.

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42 USC 1310	View Law

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Demographic Information on Applicants for Federal Employment

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The Demographic Information on Applicants form is designed to enable federal agencies to evaluate their employment practices by collecting and analyzing data on the race, national origin, sex, and disability status of applicants for employment.

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42 USC 2000e	View Law

29 USC 791	View Law

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Operating Guidelines, Forms, Waivers, and Annual State Report on Verification of SNAP Participation

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The FNS-366A is used and maintained by State agencies to request Federal funding of State administrative costs to operate the SNAP. The FNS-366B is used to report Program activity. The data is used for monitoring.

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Pub.L. 108 - 269 11(e)	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 269 7(i)	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 269 16(a)	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 269 11(d)	View Law

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Default Investment Alternatives under Participant Directed Individual Account Plans

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The Department of Labor finalized a regulation under ERISA section 404(c)(5)(A). The regulation offers guidance on the types of investment vehicles that plans may choose as their ‘‘qualified default investment alternative’’ (QDIA). This information collection requires annual notices to participants and beneficiaries whose account assets could be invested in a ‘qualified default investment alternative’’ (QDIA) and requires plans to pass any pertinent materials they receive from a QDIA to those participants and beneficiaries with assets invested in the QDIA. This information collection is necessary to inform participants and beneficiaries, who do not make investment elections, of the consequences of their failure to elect investments, the ways in which their account assets will be invested through the QDIA, and of their continuing opportunity to make other investment elections, including options available under the plan.

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29 USC 1104(c)(5)(A)	View Law

Pub.L. 109 - 280 624	View Law

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Bureau of Health Workforce Nurse Corps Supplemental Funding Evaluation

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is requesting OMB approval for a new information collection request to evaluate HRSA’s Nurse Corps Loan Repayment and Scholarship Programs. HRSA is obligated to collect performance information on its grants and cooperative agreements as mandated in the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) . The Nurse Corps Programs are governed by Section 846 of the Public Health Service Act as amended (42 U.S.C. 297n) and Section 846(d)-(i) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S C. 297n(d)-(i)), which define specific reporting requirements. HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce seeks to improve the health of underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the nation’s health workforce and connecting skilled professionals to communities in need. The Bureau administers the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Programs and Scholarship Program to improve the distribution of nursing graduates and professionals. The Nurse Corps Programs support nursing education and training by providing recruitment and retention incentives to nurses committed to a career in medically underserved communities. These incentives include either a loan repayment or a scholarship award in exchange for service in a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses that is located in a Health Professional Shortage Area. The Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program also extends loan repayments to nurse faculty serving in accredited schools of nursing. In Fiscal Year 2023, the Nurse Corps Programs had an annual budget of $92.6 million. Through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Nurse Corps Programs received supplemental funding to carry out section 846 of the Public Health Service Act. The supplemental funding was intended to increase the number of clinicians supported across all Nurse Corps Programs with a special focus on specialty areas including psychiatric nurse practitioners and women’s health. HRSA last conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the Nurse Corps Programs in 2006. This information collection request describes plans for conducting an updated program evaluation to understand more recent program successes and challenges, including how COVID-19 affected the programs. Additionally, HRSA seeks to understand the impact of additional funding for the Nurse Corps Programs from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The evaluation will seek information from participants and alumni of the Nurse Corps Programs from 2017-2023 and will assess program outcomes from before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of the American Rescue Plan funds. This mixed-methods evaluation will have three major components: analysis of existing information, a national survey of Nurse Corps participants and alumni, and in-depth interviews with participants and alumni.

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42 USC 297n	View Law

42 USC 297n(d)-(i))	View Law

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Emergency Management Response System (EMRS)

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This information collection is required to investigate and diagnose foreign animal disease outbreaks and ascertain the source of infection, as well as any potential spread of the disease.

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7 USC 8301	View Law

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REQUEST FOR A MEDICAL EXCEPTION TO THE COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

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Government-wide policy requires all Federal employees, as defined in 5 U.S.C. § 2105, to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with exceptions only as required by law. Employees may seek a legal exception to the vaccination requirement due to a disability, using the form.

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Application for An Amended Federal Firearms License

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The Gun Control Act requires that each person applying for a Federal Firearms License (FFL) change of address, must certify compliance with the provisions of the law for the new address. The Application for an Amended Federal Firearms License - ATF F 5300.38, is used by existing Federal Firearms licensees to change the business address of the license and certify compliance. Licensees are required to notify ATF about the intent to move any business premises no later than 30 days prior to the intended move.

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18 USC 923	View Law

18 USC 922	View Law

Pub.L. 103 - 322 40112	View Law

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Request for Social Security Earnings Information

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The Social Security Act permits wage earners, or their authorized representative, to request Social Security earnings information from SSA using Form SSA-7050-F4. SSA uses the information the respondent provides on Form SSA-7050-F4 to verify the wage earner has: (1) earnings; (2) the right to access the correct Social Security Record; and (3) the right to request the earnings statement. If we verify all three items, SSA produces an Itemized Statement of Earnings (Form SSA-1826) and sends it to the requestor. The respondents are wage earners and their authorized representatives who are requesting Itemized Statement of Earnings records.

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42 USC 405	View Law

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NESHAP for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart FFFFF) (Final Rule)

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This action finalizes the residual risk and technology review (RTR) conducted for the Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities source category regulated under national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP). The Agency found that risks due to emissions of air toxics from this source category are acceptable and that the current NESHAP provides an ample margin of safety to protect public health. Under the technology review, we found no developments in practices, processes, or control technologies that necessitate revision of the standards. In addition, we are taking final action to establish emission standards for mercury in response to a 2004 administrative petition for reconsideration which minimizes emissions by limiting the amount of mercury per ton of metal scrap used. We also are removing exemptions for periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) consistent with a 2008 court decision, and clarifying that the emissions standards apply at all times; adding electronic reporting of performance test results and compliance reports; and making minor corrections and clarifications for a few other rule provisions. These amendments require electronic reporting; remove the SSM exemptions; and impose other revisions that affect reporting and recordkeeping for integrated iron and steel facilities. We are also promulgating standards for mercury that require facilities to certify the type of steel scrap they use or conduct a performance test. This information is collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF.

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42 USC 7401 et seq	View Law

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Generic Clearance for NIH Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (OD)

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This extension will allow the continuation of projects for Agency researchers and program staff to test ideas more quickly, respond to the project’s needs as they evolve, and incorporate feedback from participants for flexible, innovative research methods. Any collection under this umbrella is expected to be low in burden. Call for Participants was added to section A.2 to give a clearer view to users of the type of collections that may fall under this generic and does not go beyond the scope of the original use and is shown as another means of gathering information about resources.

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Pub.L. 114 - 329 402	View Law

42 USC 285	View Law

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30 CFR 250, Subpart Q - Decommissioning Activities

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BSEE uses the information to (1) determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily abandoned and there is a definitive reason for not permanently plugging the well;(2) verify that respondents are diligently pursuing the final disposition of a well and have performed temporary plugging of the wellbore;(3) ensure platform or pipeline removal activities are properly performed; (4) ensure that decommissioning a platform in place will not be a hazard to navigation and commercial fishing operations or interfere with other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and (5) to help BSEE better estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases, rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements.

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31 USC 9701	View Law

30 USC 1751	View Law

43 USC 1334	View Law

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Physician Certificate for Child Annuitant

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DD Form 2828 is required and must be on file to support an incapacitation occurring prior to age 18. The form provides the authority for the Directorate of Retired and Annuitant Pay, Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Cleveland (DFAS-CL/PD) to establish and pay a Retired Service Member's Family Protection Plan (RSFPP) or Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity to the incapacitated individual. The form is completed by the child annuitant, and/or their guardian, custodian or legal representative and certified by the physician.

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10 USC 1435	View Law

10 USC 1447	View Law

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Function Report - Adult

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Individuals receiving or applying for SSDI or SSI must provide medical evidence and other proof SSA requires to prove their disability. SSA staff, and, on our behalf, State Disability Determination Services’ (DDS) employees, collect the information via paper Form SSA-3373, or through an in-person or telephone interview for cases where we need information about a claimant’s activities and abilities to evaluate the claimant’s disability. We use the information to document how claimants’ disabilities affect their ability to function, and to determine eligibility, or continued eligibility, for SSI and SSDI claims. The respondents are adult Title II and Title XVI claimants, or current recipients undergoing redeterminations of benefits.

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42 USC 1383	View Law

42 USC 405	View Law

42 USC 423	View Law

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NAHMS Sheep 2024 Study

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Information collected to assess the changes in animal health, nutrition, and management practices in the U.S. sheep industry, antimicrobial stewardship on sheep operations, and management and biosecurity practices associated with common economically important diseases in sheep.

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7 USC 8308	View Law

7 USC 391	View Law

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7 CFR Part 245 - Determining Eligibility for Free & Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools

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The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the Child Nutrition Programs as mandated by the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Local educational agencies must make free and reduced-price meals and free milk available to eligible children and directly certify children. This information is required to administer these Programs in accordance with the NSLA. This is a revision of a currently approved collection.

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42 USC 1751-1762, 1765-1766, 1769	View Law

42 USC 1779	View Law

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Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions

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The five year records retention requirement enables BIS to detect violations from records up to five years old to correspond with the five year statue of limitations and prove that a violation did or did not take place. All parties involved in the export, reexport, transshipment or diversion of items subject to the EAR and the U.S. party involved in the export transaction involving a reportable boycott request are required to maintain records of these activities for a period of five years. The frequency depends upon how often each entity is involved in an export transaction or one involving a reportable boycott request. This five-year retention period for export documents to be retained corresponds with the five year statute of limitations for criminal actions brought under the ECRA predecessor acts (18 U.S.C. 3282) and the five year statute for administrative compliance proceedings (28 U.S.C. 2462).

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Pub.L. 96 - 72 5, 6, 7	View Law

50 USC 1702	View Law

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Request for Reference

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Title 10 USC, Sections 504, 505, 508, and 12102 establish minimum standards for enlistment in the Armed Forces. This information collection is for reference information on individuals applying for enlistment in the Armed Forces of the United States who require a waiver. The form associated with this information collection, DD Form 370, "Request for Reference", is used by recruiters to obtain reference information on applicants who have admitted to committing a civil or criminal offense. The respondents may provide character information that would allow the appicant to be considered.

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10 USC 505	View Law

10 USC 508	View Law

10 USC 12102	View Law

10 USC 504	View Law

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Application for Parent's Insurance Benefits

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SSA uses the information gathered by each benefit application to determine eligibility for Social Security benefits and the amount of the benefits. This information collection is voluntary. However, the collection of this information is mandatory for SSA to award or deny monthly benefits as parents of a deceased worker. The public can apply for this benefit using one of two modalities: (1) a paper application (Form SSA-7-F6); or (2) a field office interview (in person or by telephone), during which SSA employees enter applicant data directly into the Modernized Claims System (MCS). The respondents are applicants filing for Parent’s Insurance Benefits.

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42 USC 402	View Law

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NESHAP for Semiconductor Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, Subpart BBBBB) (Renewal)

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The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Semiconductor Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart BBBBB) were proposed on May 8, 2002, and promulgated on May 22, 2003. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities that emits or has the potential to emit, considering controls, in the aggregate, any single hazardous air pollutants (HAP) at a rate of 10 tons per year (tpy) or more or any combination of HAP at a rate of 25 tpy or more. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart BBBBB. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.

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42 USC 7401 et seq	View Law

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