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useful for incorporating climate change 

information into decision making. As 

part of a portfolio of adaptation 

strategies, land protection may become 

more important for jurisdictions, 

particularly to ameliorate climate 

change impacts on watersheds and 

wildlife. 

DATES: The report was posted publically 

on September 22, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The report, An Assessment 

of Decision-Making Processes: 

Evaluation of Where Land Protection 

Planning can Incorporate Climate 

Change Information, is available via the 

Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at http:// 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment; Britta Bierwagen: 

telephone: 703–347–8613; facsimile: 

703–347–8694; or e-mail: 

bierwagen.britta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/ 

Document 

The report, An Assessment of 

Decision-Making Processes: Evaluation 

of Where Land Protection Planning can 

Incorporate Climate Change 

Information, describes a review of the 

decision-making processes of selected 

programs that protect land to evaluate 

how information about climate change 

impacts information can be 

incorporated. The review focuses on a 

sample of programs with goals to protect 

wildlife and watersheds. This review 

demonstrates that while the land 

protection programs sampled in this 

paper did not make acquisition 

decisions based on climate change 

considerations directly, many of the 

criteria and processes reviewed are 

sensitive to climate change impacts. 

Incorporating adaptive strategies into 

existing decision-making processes 

would not involve changing existing 

criteria so much as incorporating 

climate change information into the 

evaluation of existing criteria. 

Mechanisms for incorporating such 

information include: (1) Developing 

decision-support tools for advisory 

committees; (2) providing a variety of 

methods to preserve lands; (3) educating 

elected officials who approve land 

protection decisions about the climate 

change benefits; (4) engaging in strategic 

parcel selection; (5) coordinating with 

land-use planning processes; and (6) 

developing tools for evaluating and 

prioritizing land parcels for protection. 

Incorporating climate change 

information in these decision-making 

processes can assist with maintaining 

land protection goals over time, such as 

wildlife, habitat and high water quality, 

as well as contribute to climate change 

mitigation and adaptation. 

Dated: September 9, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24365 Filed 9–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9470–1] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is 

hereby given of a proposed partial 

consent decree, to address a lawsuit 

filed by Sierra Club in the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia: Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 1: 10- 

cv-1541 (CKK). Plaintiff filed a 

complaint alleging that EPA failed to 

perform mandatory duties under 

sections 110(c)(1) and (k)(2) of the CAA, 

42 U.S.C. 7410(c)(1), (k)(2), to: (1) 

Promulgate a federal implementation 

plan (‘‘FIP’’) for the State of Texas that 

meets the requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i) for the 1997 fine 

particulate matter (‘‘PM2.5’’) and the 

1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air 

quality standards (‘‘NAAQS’’); (2) 

promulgate a FIP for the State of Texas 

that meets the requirements of CAA 

Section 110(a)(2) for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS; and (3) take final 

approval/disapproval action pursuant to 

CAA section 110(k)(3) on the state 

implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) that Texas 

submitted for implementation of the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. The partial 

proposed consent decree establishes 

deadlines for EPA to take these actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by October 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2011–0785, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–1744; fax number (202) 564–5601; 

e-mail address: 

wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The partial proposed consent decree 

would resolve a lawsuit seeking to 

compel the Administrator to take 

various actions under sections 110(c)(1) 

and 110(k) of the CAA with respect to 

the State of Texas. These required 

actions are: (1) To take an action or 

actions in accordance with section 

110(c)(1) to promulgate a federal 

implementation plan (‘‘FIP’’), or an 

unconditional approval of a SIP, that 

meets certain specified requirements of 

CAA section 110(a)(2) for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS; (2) to take an 

action or actions in accordance with 

section 110(c) to promulgate a FIP, or an 

unconditional approval of a SIP, that 

meets the requirements of section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) concerning 

interference with prevention of 

deterioration of air quality for the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS; (3) to take an action or 

actions in accordance with section 

110(k) approving or disapproving a SIP 

submission regarding certain specified 

requirements of section 110(a)(2) for the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS; and (4) to take an 

action or actions in accordance with 

section 110(c) to promulgate a FIP, or an 

unconditional approval of a SIP, that 

meets the requirements of section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(II) concerning 

interference with measures required in 

other states related to protection of 


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visibility for 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS 

and 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. Sierra Club 

and EPA have jointly moved to stay 

Plaintiff’s claim with respect to EPA’s 

obligation to promulgate a FIP for the 

State of Texas that satisfies the 

requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS and the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. 

The proposed consent decree 

provides various dates by which EPA 

must take action on the claims that are 

not stayed. No later than 10 business 

days following signature of a final rule 

or determination as described in the 

proposed consent decree, EPA is 

required to send the notice to the Office 

of the Federal Register for review and 

publication in the Federal Register. The 

proposed consent decree also states that 

after EPA fulfills its obligations, this 

case shall be dismissed with prejudice. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines, based on any comment 

submitted, that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting On the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC- 2011–0785) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail address is automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Dated: September 16, 2011. 

Kevin W. McLean, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24369 Filed 9–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review and Approval to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 


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