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EPA is treating the other actions requested as petitions under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which this notice does not address. EPA shares the petitioners' concerns regarding the threat posed by climate change, and the Biden Administration will continue to combat the climate crisis with a whole of government approach. 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