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Drawing up the Compact, which embodies the requirements described in Sections A-F, including a time line for milestones. Completing and signing by all parties of the Early Action Compact no later than December 31, 2002. By June 16, 2003, the local area will identifY and describe the local control measures that will be considered during the local planning process. By March 31, 2004, the local area will submit their early action plan to the State/EP A to permit adequate time for adoption as part of the SIP no later than December 31,2004. NotifYing parties as soon as possible of issues and developments, which may impact performance and progress toward milestones. NotifYing parties as soon as possible if Compact milestones will be missed or have been missed. NotifYing parties as soon as possible if Compact modification/termination is to be requested. State The state will assist in the drafting of the Early Action Compact and will provide support to areas throughout the planning and implementation process, including: Technical assistance in the development of emission inventories, modeling process, trend analysis and quantification and comparison of control measures; Necessary information on all Federal and State adopted emission reduction measures which affect the area; Critical third party review of emissions inventory, modeling, and self-evaluation work; Technical and strategic assistance, as appropriate, in the selection and implementation of control strategies; Technical and planning assistance in developing and implementing processes to address the impact of emissions growth beyond the attainment date; Maintenance of monitors and reporting and analysis of monitoring data; Support for public education efforts; Coordinate communication between local areas and the EP A to facilitate continuing the EP A review of local work; Expeditious review of the locally developed plan, and if deemed adequate, propose modification of the SIP to adopt the early action plan; Adoption of control measures into the SIP as expeditiously as possible. The fmal complete SIP revision must be completed, adopted, and submitted by the state to the EP A by 2004. EPA The EP A will recognize the local area's and State's commitment to voluntarily adopt an early, substantive, enforceable and scientifically-based attainment plan with early implementation of control measures by becoming a party to the Early Action Compact developed in conformance with this protocol. 111e EPA will provide technical assistance to the state and local area in the development ofthe early action plan. The EP A will move quickly to review and approve completed plans by no later than nine months after submission of the SIP revision by the state. When the EPA' s 8- hour implementation guidelines call for designations, the EPA will defer the effective date of nonattainment designation and related requirements for participating areas that fail to meet the 8-hour ozone standard as long as all terms and milestones of the compact are being met, includLl1g submission of the early action SIP revision by 2004.