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EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

as it develops advice for EPA. Input 

from the public to the CASAC will have 

the most impact if it provides specific 

scientific or technical information or 

analysis for CASAC panels to consider 

or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy 

of the technical information. Members 

of the public wishing to provide 

comment should contact the DFO 

directly. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes. Each person 

making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments as 

well as their oral statement so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by May 

29, 2013 for the teleconference to be 

placed on the list of public speakers. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO via email 

at the contact information noted above 

by May 29, 2013 for the teleconference 

so that the information may be made 

available to the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBMPC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. It is 

the SAB Staff Office general policy to 

post written comments on the Web page 

for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the CASAC Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow at (202) 564–2050 or 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten 

days prior to each meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: May 2, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11064 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0320; FRL–9810–5] 

Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of issuance of 

draft guidance for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has issued for public 

comment a document entitled, 

‘‘Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis.’’ The purpose of this guidance 

is to provide EPA analysts with 

technical information on how to 

consider environmental justice in 

regulatory analyses. This guidance takes 

into account EPA’s past experience in 

integrating EJ into the rulemaking 

process, and underscores EPA’s ongoing 

commitment to ensuring the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people with respect to the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. 

A Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

review of this document will be 

announced in May 2013. Information on 

the SAB review can be found here: 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.

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Row=2.0#2. 

In addition, the EPA will host two 

webinars on the draft guidance. 

Wednesday, May 29, 1:00–2:30 p.m. 

EST; https://epa.connectsolutions.

com/r4nnz6umjci/. 

Thursday, June 6, 3:00–4:30 p.m. EST; 

https://epa.connectsolutions.com/ 

r8fs6ctfovg/. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2013, 60 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2013–0320 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: maguire.kelly@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–2363. 

• Mail: Technical Guidance for 

Assessing Environmental Justice in 

Regulatory Analysis, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 1890T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013– 

0320. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the 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 http:// 

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

Docket: All 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. 

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Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The 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 Technical Guidance for 

Assessing Environmental Justice in 

Regulatory Analysis is (202) 566–2273. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kelly Maguire, Office of Policy, National 

Center for Environmental Economics, 

Mail code 1809T, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Mail code 1809T, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2273; fax number: 

202–566–2363; email address: 

maguire.kelly@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis is available in the public 

docket for this notice. 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. 

I. General Information 

The Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis begins to address the issue of 

how to analytically consider 

environmental justice in regulatory 

analyses. It directs EPA analysts to 

assess whether potential environmental 

justice (EJ) concerns exist prior to the 

rulemaking and whether such concerns 

are likely to be exacerbated or mitigated 

for each regulatory option under 

consideration. The guidance makes 

recommendations designed to ensure 

consistency across EPA assessments of 

potential EJ concerns for regulatory 

actions. The recommendations 

encourage analysts to conduct the 

highest quality analysis feasible, 

recognizing that data limitations, time 

and resource constraints, and analytic 

challenges will vary by media and 

circumstance. They are not designed to 

be prescriptive and do not mandate the 

use of a specific approach. No new risk 

assessment or socio-economic 

assessment methods are required, thus 

minimizing resource or analytical 

burdens. This guidance takes into 

account EPA’s past experience in 

integrating EJ into the rulemaking 

process, and underscores EPA’s ongoing 

commitment to ensuring the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people with respect to the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. This guidance 

will enable EPA to conduct better 

analysis of regulations which will 

ultimately enable EPA to make better 

decisions. 

II. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI). In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

Dated: May 2, 2013. 

Michael L. Goo, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11165 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice 2013–0029] 

Application for Final Commitment for a 

Long-Term Loan or Financial 

Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million: 

AP087013XX 

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: AP087013XX. 

Purpose and Use 

Brief description of the purpose of the 

transaction: 

To support the export of U.S. 

manufactured commercial aircraft to the 

Republic of Korea. 

Brief non-proprietary description of 

the anticipated use of the items being 

exported: 

To be used for long-haul passenger 

service from the Republic of Korea to 

other countries. 

To the extent that Ex-Im Bank is 

reasonably aware, the item(s) being 

exported may be used 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: The Boeing 

Company. 

Obligor: Asiana Airlines, Inc. 

Description of Items Being Exported 

Boeing 777 aircraft. 

Information on Decision: Information 

on the final decision for this transaction 

will be available in the ‘‘Summary 

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