### 25666 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 83 / Friday, April 29, 2016 / Notices

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[ER–FRL–9026–7]**

**Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability** 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202)
564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa

. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements Filed 04/18/2016 Through 04/22/2016 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. 20160082, Draft, NPS, CA, Vista

Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project, Comment Period Ends: 07/01/ 2016, Contact: Steven Ortega 415–
561–4955 EIS No. 20160083, Final, USACE, TX,

Surface Coal and Lignite Mining, Review Period Ends: 05/31/2016, Contact: Darvin Messer 817–886–1744 EIS No. 20160084, Final, USACE, NC,

Town of Ocean Isle Beach Shoreline Management Project, Review Period Ends: 05/31/2016, Contact: Tyler Crumbley 910–251–4170 EIS No. 20160085, Draft, USFWS, WY,

Eagle Take Permits for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Phase I Wind Energy Project, Comment Period Ends: 06/27/2016, Contact: Louise Galiher 303–236–8677 EIS No. 20160086, Draft, Caltrans, CA,

Interstate 10 Corridor Project, Comment Period Ends: 06/13/2016, Contact: Aaron Burton 909–383–2841 EIS No. 20160087, Draft, USACE, SC,

Navy Base Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, North Charleston, Comment Period Ends: 06/13/2016, Contact: Dr. Richard L. Darden 843–
329–8043 EIS No. 20160088, Final, USFS, CA, Rim

Fire Reforestation, Review Period Ends: 06/13/2016, Contact: Maria Benech (209) 532–3671 EIS No. 20160089, Draft, FERC, OH,

Leach and Rayne Xpress Expansion Projects, Comment Period Ends: 06/ 13/2016, Contact: Juan Polit 202–502–
8652 EIS No. 20160090, Final, NRC, PA,

Combined License for the Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant, Review Period Ends: 05/31/2016, Contact: Tomeka Terry 301–415–1488 Amended Notices EIS No. 20160062, Draft, ARS, ID, U.S.

Sheep Experiment Station Grazing and Associated Activities Project, Comment Period Ends: 06/16/2016, Contact: Christine Handler 559–920– 2188, Revision to the FR Notice Published; Extending the Comment Period from 05/02/2016 to 06/16/2016
Dated: April 26, 2016. Karin Leff, Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
[FR Doc. 2016–10078 Filed 4–28–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–ORD–2016–0196; FRL–9945–79–ORD]**

**Updates to the Demographic and Spatial Allocation Models To Produce**  **Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios Version 2** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of public comment period.

**SUMMARY :**  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft document titled, ‘‘Updates to the Demographic and Spatial Allocation Models to Produce Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) Version 2’’ (EPA/600/R–14/324). EPA is also announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will select four independent experts from a pool of eight to conduct a letter peer review of the same draft document. The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. This document describes the development of version 2 of Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS), including updates to data sets and the demographic and spatial allocation models.

EPA intends to forward the public comments that are submitted in accordance with this document to the external peer reviewers for their consideration during the letter peer review. When finalizing the draft documents, EPA intends to consider any public comments received in response to this document. EPA is releasing this draft document for the purposes of public comment and peer review. This draft document is not final as described in EPA’s information quality guidelines and does not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or views.

The draft document is available via the Internet on EPA’s Risk Web page under the Recent Additions at http:// www.epa.gov/risk.

**DATES :**  The document will be available on April 29, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  The draft report, ‘‘Updates to the Demographic and Spatial Allocation Models to Produce Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) Version 2,’’ is available primarily via the Internet on the Ecological Risk Assessment Products and Publications Web page at http://www.epa.gov/risk/ecological-riskassessment-products-and-publications. 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 information on the public comment period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–9744; or email: Docket

_ORD@
epa.gov.

For technical information, contact Britta Bierwagen, NCEA; telephone: 703–347–8613; facsimile: 703–347– 8694; or email: bierwagen.britta@
epa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Information About the Project/ Document

The first version of the Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) project modeled population, residential development, and impervious surface cover changes by decade to the year 2100 consistent with four global carbon emissions storylines and a baseline. The current report discusses improvements to the underlying models of ICLUS that result in version 2 (v2). ICLUS v2 is consistent with updated global socioeconomic scenarios ( e.g., Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)) and new global climate change model targets ( e.g., Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)). Improvements include the use of updated population and land use/ cover data sets, integration of changing climate variables within the migration model, inclusion of transportation network capacity and its increase over time, growth in commercial and industrial land uses, and the use of population density-driven demands for growth of residential housing, commercial development, and industry.