13874 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 41 / Friday, March 1, 2013 / Notices 

Filed 02/19/2013 Through 02/22/2013 

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. 20130043, Final EIS, USAF, CA, 

F–15 Aircraft Conversion, 144th 

Fighter Wing, California Air National 

Guard, Fresno-Yosemite International 

Airport, Review Period Ends: 

04/01/2013, Contact: Robert Dogan 

240–612–8859. 

EIS No. 20130044, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

NV, Pyramid Way and McCarran 

Boulevard Intersection Improvement 

Project, Comment Period Ends: 04/15/ 

2013, Contact: Abdelmoez Abdalla 

775–687–1231. 

EIS No. 20130045, Draft EIS, USACE, 

00, Update of the Water Control 

Manual for the Alabama-CoosaTallapoosa River Basin in Georgia and 

Alabama, Comment Period Ends: 05/ 

01/2013, Contact: Lewis Sumner 251– 

694–3857. 

EIS No. 20130046, Final EIS, FERC, CA, 

Middle Fork American River Project, 

Review Period Ends: 04/01/2013, 

Contact: Matt Buhyoff 202–502–6824. 

EIS No. 20130047, Draft EIS, NPS, FL, 

Everglades National Park Draft 

General Management Plan/East 

Everglades Wilderness Study, 

Comment Period Ends: 04/15/2013, 

Contact: Eric Thuerk 303–987–6852. 

EIS No. 20130048, Draft EIS, BOEM, 00, 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales: 2014 and 2016 Eastern 

Planning Area Lease Sales 225 and 

226, Comment Period Ends: 04/15/ 

2013, Contact: Gary D. Goeke (504) 

736–3233. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20120392, Draft EIS, USACE, 

00, Lower Snake River Programmatic 

Sediment Management Plan, 

Washington and Idaho, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/26/2013, Contact: 

Sandra Shelin 509–527–7265. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 12/ 

21/2012; Extending Comment Period to 

03/26/2013. 

Dated: February 26, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04797 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9786–5; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2012–0879] 

Watershed Modeling To Assess the 

Sensitivity of Streamflow, Nutrient, and 

Sediment Loads to Climate Change 

and Urban Development in 20 U.S. 

Watersheds 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period and Letter Peer-Review. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled Watershed Modeling to 

Assess the Sensitivity of Streamflow, 

Nutrient, and Sediment Loads to 

Climate Change and Urban 

Development in 20 U.S. Watersheds 

(EPA/600/R–12/058). EPA also is 

announcing that an EPA contractor for 

external scientific peer review will 

select an independent group of experts 

to conduct a letter peer review of the 

draft document. The document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment within 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development and is intended to 

characterize the sensitivity of 

streamflow, nutrient (nitrogen and 

phosphorus), and sediment loading to a 

range of plausible mid-21st century 

climate change and urban development 

scenarios. The study also provides an 

improved understanding of 

methodological challenges associated 

with integrating existing tools and 

datasets to assess the potential effects of 

climate change and urban development 

on stream flow and water quality. 

EPA intends to forward the public 

comments that are submitted in 

accordance with this notice to the 

external peer reviewers for their 

consideration during the letter review. 

When finalizing the draft document, 

EPA intends to consider any public 

comments received in accordance with 

this notice. EPA is releasing this draft 

assessment for the purposes of public 

comment and peer review. This draft 

assessment is not final as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. The draft document is 

available via the Internet on the NCEA 

home page under the Recent Additions 

and the Data and Publications menus at 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The 45-day public comment 

period begins March 1, 2013 and ends 

April 15, 2013. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by April 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The draft document, 

Watershed Modeling to Assess the 

Sensitivity of Streamflow, Nutrient, and 

Sediment Loads to Climate Change and 

Urban Development in 20 U.S. 

Watersheds, is available primarily via 

the Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

mailing address, and the document title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via www.regulations.gov, 

by mail, by facsimile, or by hand 

delivery/courier. Please follow the 

detailed instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or email: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact 

Thomas Johnson, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8618; facsimile: 703–347– 

8694; or email: 

johnson.thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/ 

Document 

There is growing concern about the 

potential effects of climate change on 

water resources. Watershed modeling 

was conducted in 20 large, U.S. 

watersheds to characterize the 

sensitivity of streamflow, nutrient 

(nitrogen and phosphorus) loading, and 

sediment loading to a range of plausible 

mid-21st century climate change and 

urban development scenarios. The study 

also provides an improved 

understanding of methodological 

challenges associated with integrating 

existing tools (e.g., climate models, 

downscaling approaches, and watershed 

models) and datasets to assess the 

potential effects of climate change and 

urban development on stream flow and 

water quality. Study sites were selected 

to represent a range of geographic, 

hydrologic, and climatic characteristics 

throughout the nation. Watershed 

simulations were conducted using the 

Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) 

and Hydrologic Simulation Program— 

FORTRAN (HSPF) models. 

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Simulation results illustrate a high 

degree of variability in the response of 

different streamflow and water quality 

attributes to climate change throughout 

the nation. Results also illustrate 

sensitivity to methodological choices 

such as different approaches for 

downscaling global climate change 

simulations and use of different 

watershed models. This understanding 

may lead to improvements in how 

existing models and datasets can be 

used to assess climate change impacts 

on watersheds. 

This report presents a summary of 

simulation results. The report is 

technical in nature but results are of 

broad interest to water and watershed 

managers, urban or regional planners, 

government officials, and scientists and 

engineers interested in the potential 

implications of climate change on 

streamflow and water quality in 

different regions of the nation. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2012– 

0879, by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments; 

• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov; 

• Fax: 202–566–1753; 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. If you provide 

comments by mail, please submit one 

unbound original with pages numbered 

consecutively and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies; or 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. If 

you provide comments by hand 

delivery, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012– 

0879. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: December 3, 2012. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04807 Filed 2–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice: 2013–0116] 

Application for Final Commitment for a 

Long-Term Loan or Financial 

Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million: 

AP087549XX 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to inform the 

public, in accordance with Section 

3(c)(10) of the Charter of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (‘‘ExIm Bank’’), that Ex-Im Bank has received 

an application for final commitment for 

a long-term loan or financial guarantee 

in excess of $100 million (as calculated 

in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of 

the Charter). 

Comments received within the 

comment period specified below will be 

presented to the Ex-Im Bank Board of 

Directors prior to final action on this 

Transaction. 

Reference: AP087549XX. 

Purpose and Use 

Brief Description of the Purpose of the 

Transaction 

To support the export of U.S. 

manufactured helicopters to Brazil, 

Norway, the United Kingdom, and/or 

other countries acceptable to Ex-Im 

Bank. 

Brief non-proprietary description of 

the anticipated use of the items being 

exported: 

To be sub-leased to be used to 

transport passengers and equipment to 

oil platforms off the coast of Brazil, 

Norway, the United Kingdom, and/or 

other countries acceptable to Ex-Im 

Bank. 

To the extent that Ex-Im Bank is 

reasonably aware, the item(s) being 

exported are not expected to produce 

exports or provide services in 

competition with the exportation of 

goods or provision of services by a 

United States industry. 

Parties 

Principal Supplier: Sikorsky Aircraft 

Corporation. 

Obligor: The Milestone Aviation 

Group Limited. 

Guarantor(s): N/A. 

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