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required by subparagraph (A) {including the promulgation 
of amendments to such regulations other than amendments 
to make clerical or technical changes) , and any notice of 
proposed rulemaking issued by the Secretary respecting such 
regulations shall contain any comments submitted to the 
Secretary by the Advisory Committee respecting such 
regulations. 
“ (D) The Secretary shall provide for an annual review 
of the regulations required by subparagraph (A) to deter- 
mine if their requirements continue to protect the public 
health and safety and the environment. 
“(E) If the Secretary receives a petition for the promul- 
gation of a regulation to prescribe an additional requirement 
under subparagraph (A) or to revise or repeal a requirement 
contained in a regulation promulgated under that subpara- 
graph, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the Advi- 
sory Committee, either approve or deny the petition within 
one hundred and twenty days after the date the petition is 
received by the Secretary. If the Secretary approves such a 
petition, ihe Secretaiy shall, as soon as practicable after the 
date the petition is approved, commence a proceeding as 
requested by the petition. If the Secretary denies such a peti- 
tion, he shall notify the petitioner of the denial and the rea- 
sons therefor and. shall publish such reasons in the Federal 
Register. 
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