Sec. 304. Avoidance of duplicative or unnecessary analyses
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An agency may perform the analyses required by sections 301, 302, and 303 in conjunction with or as a part of any other agenda or analysis required by any other law if the other analysis satisfies the provisions of those sections, including the analyses required under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code. Sections 302 and 303 shall not apply to any proposed or final rule if— the head of the agency certifies that the rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant economic, environmental, or public health impact on a substantial number of members of 1 or more frontline communities; and the head of the Office, in consultation with the Board of Advisors, approves of the certification under subparagraph (A).
If the head of the agency makes a certification under paragraph (1)(A), the agency shall— publish the certification in the Federal Register at the time of publication of general notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule or at the time of publication of the final rule, along with a statement providing the factual basis for such certification; and provide the certification and statement described in subparagraph
(A)to the head of the Office. In order to avoid duplicative action, at the discretion of the Board of Advisors and in consultation with the applicable Director, an agency may consider a series of closely related rules as 1 rule for the purposes of sections 301, 302, 303, and 306.