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GAO-13-312R 1 (2013-01-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpiq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-324323 January 28, 2013 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable David Vitter Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman The Honorable Henry Waxman Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (RIN: 2060-AO47). We received the rule on January 9, 2013. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on January 15, 2013, with an effective date of March 18, 2013. 78 Fed. Reg. 3086. The final rule makes revisions to the suite of standards for particulate matter (PM) to provide requisite protection of public health and welfare and to make corresponding revisions to the data handling conventions for PM and to the ambient air monitoring, reporting, and network design requirements. EPA is also making revisions to the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permitting program with respect to the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) revisions. Enclosed is our assessment of EPA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1 )(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that EPA complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-13-312R

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