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ACTION: Amendment 2. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for Public Assistance Only for 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

(FEMA–4099–DR), dated 01/10/2013. 

Incident: Hurricane Sandy. 

Incident Period: 10/26/2012 through 

11/08/2012. 

Effective Date: 02/13/2013. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 03/11/2013. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 10/10/2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania, dated 01/10/2013, is 

hereby amended to include the 

following areas as adversely affected by 

the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Philadelphia. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

James E. Rivera, 

Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04172 Filed 2–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8197] 

Call for Expert Reviewers to the U.S. 

Government Review of the Working 

Group III Contribution to the Fifth 

Assessment Report of the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC), Mitigation of Climate 

Change 

SUMMARY: The United States Global 

Change Research Program, in 

cooperation with the Department of 

State, request expert review of the 

Second Order Draft of the Working 

Group III Contribution to the Fifth 

Assessment Report of the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC), Mitigation of Climate 

Change. 

The United Nations Environment 

Programme (UNEP) and the World 

Meteorological Organization (WMO) 

established the IPCC in 1988. In 

accordance with its mandate and as 

reaffirmed in various decisions by the 

Panel, the major activity of the IPCC is 

to prepare comprehensive and up-todate assessments of policy-relevant 

scientific, technical, and socioeconomic information for understanding 

the scientific basis of climate change, 

potential impacts, and options for 

mitigation and adaptation. The IPCC 

develops a comprehensive assessment 

spanning all the above topics 

approximately every six years. The First 

Assessment Report was completed in 

1990, the Second Assessment Report in 

1995, the Third Assessment Report in 

2001, and the Fourth Assessment in 

2007. 

Three working group volumes and a 

synthesis report comprise the Fifth 

Assessment Report. Working Group I 

assesses the scientific aspects of the 

climate system and climate change; 

Working Group II assesses the 

vulnerability of socio-economic and 

natural systems to climate change, 

potential negative and positive 

consequences, and options for adapting 

to it; and Working Group III assesses 

options for limiting greenhouse gas 

emissions and otherwise mitigating 

climate change. Procedures for the IPCC 

and its preparation of reports can be 

found at the following Web sites: http: 

//www.ipcc.ch/organization/

organization_review.shtml#.UEY0Lq

Se7x8 http://ipcc.ch/organization/

organization_procedures.shtml. 

In October 2009, the IPCC approved 

the outline for the Working Group III 

contribution to the 5th Assessment 

Report (Working Group III Table of 

Contents: http://www.ipcc-wg3.de/.files/ 

WGIII-Outline-AR5.pdf). Authors were 

nominated starting in January 2010 and 

selected in May 2010. All IPCC reports 

go through two broad reviews: a ‘‘firstorder draft’’ reviewed by experts, and a 

‘‘second-order draft’’ reviewed by both 

experts and governments. The Second 

Order Draft of the Working Group III 

contribution to the 5th Assessment 

Report will be available for review 

beginning on 25 February 2013. 

As part of the U.S. Government 

Review of the Second Order Draft of the 

Working Group III Contribution to the 

5th Assessment Report, the U.S. 

Government is soliciting comments 

from experts in relevant fields of 

expertise (Again, the Table of Contents 

for the Working Group contribution can 

be viewed here: http://www.ipcc-wg3.

de/.files/WGIII-Outline-AR5.pdf). 

Beginning on 25 February, experts 

may register to review the draft report 

at: http://review.globalchange.gov, the 

same day the draft report will be made 

available. To be considered for 

inclusion in the U.S. Government 

submission, comments must be received 

by 27 March 2013. 

The United States Global Change 

Research Program will coordinate 

collection and compilation of U.S. 

expert comments and the review of the 

report by a Review Committee of 

Federal scientists and program 

managers in order to develop a 

consolidated U.S. Government 

submission, which will be provided to 

the IPCC by April 22, 2013. Instructions 

for review and submission of comments 

are available at: http:// 

review.globalchange.gov. 

Experts may choose to provide 

comments directly through the IPCC’s 

expert review process, which occurs in 

parallel with the U.S. government 

review. More information on the IPCC’s 

comment process can be found at http: 

//www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.shtml 

and http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/review_

of_wg_contributions.pdf. To avoid 

duplication, reviewers who participate 

in the U.S. Government Review should 

not also submit comments directly to 

the IPCC Secretariat through the Expert 

Review process. Comments to the U.S. 

government review should be submitted 

using the Web-based system at: http:// 

review.globalchange.gov. 

This certification will be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 19, 2013. 

Trigg Talley, 

Director, Office of Global Change, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04263 Filed 2–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–04] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of the FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

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is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before March 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2013–0106 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments digitally. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Forseth, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2796, Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356. Andrea Copeland, ARM– 

208, Office of Rulemaking, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW; Washington, 

DC 20591; email 

andrea.copeland@faa.gov; (202) 267– 

8081. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15, 

2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–0106. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 25.901(c) at Amdt. 25–126 and 

25.981(a)(3) at Amdt. 25–125. 

Description of Relief Sought: Relief 

from the requirements pertaining to 

changes to the Fuel Quantity Indication 

System (FQIS). 

[FR Doc. 2013–04285 Filed 2–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the use of non-domestic 

(1) Electrical Controls and Electrical 

Equipment; (2) Main Drive Electrical 

Motor; (3) Auxiliary Drive Electric 

Motor; (4) Span Lock Electric Motor & 

Controls for a specific project in the 

State of Washington. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is February 26, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via email at 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate to use (1) 

Electrical Controls and Electrical 

Equipment; (2) Main Drive Electrical 

Motor; (3) Auxiliary Drive Electric 

Motor; (4) Span Lock Electric Motor & 

Controls for a specific project in the 

State of Washington. 

In accordance with Division A, 

section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2012’’ (Pub. L. 112–55), the FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site for (1) Electrical 

Controls and Electrical Equipment; (2) 

Main Drive Electrical Motor; (3) 

Auxiliary Drive Electric Motor; (4) Span 

Lock Electric Motor & Controls for a 

specific project in the State of 

Washington (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

construction/contracts/ 

waivers.cfm?id=76) on May 22nd. The 

FHWA received three comments in 

response to the publication. The first 

commenter (Donald Pearsal) stated that 

‘‘if’’ there are manufacturers of this 

equipment in the United States, we 

should use it. The FHWA agrees with 

this comment. Unfortunately, however, 

the FHWA has been unable to locate a 

manufacturer who is able to produce 

these products in compliance with the 

FHWA Buy America requirements. The 

second commenter (Muhamad A. 

Naboulsi) opposed the waiver saying 

that ‘‘we have this type of technology,’’ 

but he did not provide information 

regarding which domestic manufacturer 

may produce these products in 

compliance with the FHWA’s Buy 

America requirements. The third 

commenter (Rich) supports the waiver if 

the American product is more than 50 

percent over non-domestic product. 

However, this is not the standard for the 

application of Buy America. Under Buy 

America, all steel and iron of 

predominantly steel or iron products 

must manufactured in the United States. 

During the 15-day comment period, 

the FHWA conducted additional 

nationwide review to locate potential 

domestic manufacturers of (1) Electrical 

Controls and Electrical Equipment; (2) 

Main Drive Electrical Motor; (3) 

Auxiliary Drive Electric Motor; (4) Span 

Lock Electric Motor & Controls. Based 

on all the information available to the 

agency, including the consideration of 

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