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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Trice, Office of Federal 

Activities, Mail Code 2252A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–6646; fax number: (202) 564–0072; 

email address: trice.jessica@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347 establishes a national policy 

for the environment. The Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) oversees 

the NEPA implementation. CEQ’s 

Regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508 set the standard for NEPA 

compliance. They also require agencies 

to establish their own NEPA 

implementing procedures. EPA’s 

procedures for implementing NEPA are 

found in 40 CFR Part 6. Through this 

part, EPA adopted the CEQ Regulations 

and supplemented those regulations for 

actions by EPA that are subject to NEPA 

requirements. EPA actions subject to 

NEPA include the award of wastewater 

treatment construction grants under 

Title II of the Clean Water Act, EPA’s 

issuance of new source National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permits under section 402 of 

the Clean Water Act, certain research 

and development projects, development 

and issuance of regulations, EPA actions 

involving renovations or new 

construction of facilities, and certain 

grants awarded for projects authorized 

by Congress through the Agency’s 

annual Appropriations Act. EPA is 

collecting information from certain 

applicants as part of the process of 

complying with either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114 (‘‘Environmental 

Effects Abroad of Major Federal 

Actions’’). EPA’s NEPA regulations 

apply to the actions of EPA that are 

subject to NEPA in order to ensure that 

environmental information is available 

to the Agency’s decision-makers and the 

public before decisions are made and 

before actions are taken. When EPA 

conducts an environmental assessment 

pursuant to its Executive Order 12114 

procedures, the Agency generally 

follows its NEPA procedures. 

Compliance with the procedures is the 

responsibility of EPA’s Responsible 

Officials, and for applicant proposed 

actions applicants may be required to 

provide environmental information to 

EPA as part of the environmental review 

process. For this Information Collection 

Request (ICR), applicant-proposed 

projects subject to either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114 (and that are not 

addressed in other EPA programs’ ICRs) 

are addressed through the NEPA 

process. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

certain grant or permit applicants who 

must submit environmental information 

documentation to EPA for their projects 

to comply with NEPA or Executive 

Order 12114, including Wastewater 

Treatment Construction Grants Program 

facilities, State and Tribal Assistance 

Grant recipients and new source 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System permittees. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

312. 

Frequency of response: On occasion 

Total estimated burden: 38,472 hours 

Total estimated cost: $3,503,245, 

includes $7,638 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The above 

estimates are based on information and 

data available through the current ICR 

supporting documentation. However, it 

is anticipated that there will be slight 

decrease in hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. This 

slight decrease is due to changes in the 

number of respondents and their 

associated EPA actions eligible for 

categorical exclusions which results in 

a reduction in total hours and burden. 

Dated: February 15, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 02/11/2013 Through 02/15/2013 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20130034, Final EIS, BLM, WY, 

Lander Field Office Planning Area 

Project, Proposed Resource 

Management Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 03/25/2013, Contact: Kristen 

Yannone 307–332–8400. 

EIS No. 20130035, Draft Supplement, 

FHWA, WA, SR–167 Puyallup to SR 

509, SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge 

Replacement, Comment Period Ends: 

04/08/2013, Contact: Dean Moberg 

360–534–9344. 

EIS No. 20130036, Final EIS, NNSA, 

NV, Site-Wide EIS—Continued 

Operation of the Department of 

Energy/National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Nevada National 

Security Site and Off-Site Location in 

Nevada, Review Period Ends: 03/25/ 

2013, Contact: Linda Cohn 702–295– 

0077. 

EIS No. 20130037, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

VA, Tier 1—Interstate 66 Corridor, 


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from US Route 15 in Prince William 

County to Interstate 495 in Fairfax 

County, Comment Period Ends: 04/ 

08/2013, Contact: John Simkins 202– 

366–5866. 

EIS No. 20130038, Draft EIS, USACE, 

FL, Everglades Agricultural Area A–1 

Shallow Flow Equalization Basin, 

Comment Period Ends: 04/08/2013, 

Contact: Alisa Zarbo 561–472–3506. 

EIS No. 20130039, Final Supplement, 

USACE, KS, John Redmond Dam and 

Reservoir, Storage Reallocation, 

Review Period Ends: 03/26/2013, 

Contact: Patricia Newell 918–669– 

4937. 

EIS No. 20130040, Draft EIS, USFS, CA, 

Whisky Ridge Ecological Restoration 

Project, Comment Period Ends: 04/08/ 

2013, Contact: Aimee Smith 559–877– 

2218. 

EIS No. 20130041, Draft EIS, USFS, AZ, 

Salt River Allotments Vegetative 

Management Project, Comment Period 

Ends: 04/08/2013, Contact: Debbie 

Cress 928–467–3220. 

EIS No. 20130042, Draft Supplement, 

USFS, CA, Eldorado National Forest 

Travel Management, Comment Period 

Ends: 04/08/2013, Contact: Diana 

Erickson 530–621–5214. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20120394, Draft EIS, USFS, OR, 

Tollgate Fuels Reduction Project, 

Umatilla National Forest, Walla Walla 

Ranger District, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/15/2013, Contact: Kempton 

Cooper 509–522–6009. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 12/ 

31/2012; Extending Comment Period to 

03/15/2013. 

EIS No. 20130033, Draft Supplement, 

USFS, CA, Southern California 

National Forests Land Management 

Plan Amendment, Comment Period 

Ends: 05/16/2013, Contact: Robert 

Hawkins 916–849–8037. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 2/15/ 

2013; Change Comment Period from 

05/17/2013 to 5/16/2013. 

Dated: February 19, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2011 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2011 is available for public 

review. Annual U.S. emissions for the 

period of time from 1990 through 2011 

are summarized and presented by 

source category and sector. The 

inventory contains estimates of carbon 

dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous 

oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), 

perfluorocarbons (PFC), and sulfur 

hexafluoride (SF6) emissions. The 

inventory also includes estimates of 

carbon fluxes in U.S. agricultural and 

forest lands. The technical approach 

used in this report to estimate emissions 

and sinks for greenhouse gases is 

consistent with the methodologies 

recommended by the Intergovernmental 

Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and 

reported in a format consistent with the 

United Nations Framework Convention 

on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting 

guidelines. The Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2011 is the latest in a series of 

annual U.S. submissions to the 

Secretariat of the UNFCCC. 

DATES: To ensure your comments are 

considered for the final version of the 

document, please submit your 

comments within 30 days of the 

appearance of this notice. However, 

comments received after that date will 

still be welcomed and be considered for 

the next edition of this report. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to Mr. Leif Hockstad at: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Climate Change Division (6207J), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343–2359. You are 

welcome and encouraged to send an 

email with your comments to 

hockstad.leif@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Leif Hockstad, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Climate Change Division, 

(202) 343–9432, hockstad.leif@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For this 

year’s public review, EPA is calling 

attention to two specific areas where 

interested stakeholders could provide 

feedback to improve the quality of the 

emission estimates. First, EPA is seeking 

comments on approaches for using 

facility-level data reported under EPA’s 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 

(GHGRP), particularly data from 

reporters that began reporting in 2011. 

For selected source categories, EPA 

could use data elements reported under 

the GHGRP, such as facility-level data 

that can be aggregated at the national 

level, to derive country-specific 

emission factors for use in estimating 

industrial process emissions. Categories 

with GHGRP-related updates under 

consideration include nitric acid, 

petrochemical production, phosphoric 

acid, titanium dioxide, lime production, 

and several fluorinated gas categories. 

Interested stakeholders should review 

detailed methodological approaches in 

Chapter 4 (Industrial Processes) of the 

report. Depending on stakeholder 

feedback, EPA may include revised 

estimates in the final published 

inventory report that use these emission 

factors derived from the specified 

GHGRP data elements. 

The second area is the natural gas 

sector, which in recent years has 

experienced significant growth and 

changes in industry practices. EPA 

recently solicited and received new 

information and data related to 

emissions estimates for the oil and gas 

industry through a variety of 

mechanisms, including the formal 

public notice and comment process of 

the oil and gas New Source Performance 

Standards (NSPS) to control VOCs, a 

stakeholder workshop on the natural gas 

sector emissions estimates, and data 

submitted under the GHGRP. In 

developing the draft inventory report for 

this public comment period, EPA 

carefully evaluated relevant 

information, and has made updates to 

two key sources: liquids unloading, and 

completions with hydraulic fracturing 

and refracturing. EPA also made 

additional changes to the report to allow 

for more transparency. EPA seeks 

feedback on these updates, and on 

incorporation of GHGRP data, and 

requests recommendations for 

improving the overall quality of the 

inventory report to be finalized in April 

2013, as well as subsequent Inventory 

reports. 

The draft report can be obtained by 

visiting the U.S. EPA’s Climate Change 

Site at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

climatechange/ghgemissions/ 

usinventoryreport.html. 

Dated: February 14, 2013. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

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