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Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is no in increase of the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This reflects EPA’s 

and the SBEAP’s desire to make useful 

data available to the public. The trend 

among government agencies is toward 

outcome measures; in the past the data 

collected through this ICR was of 

limited use in providing measures of 

this type. Therefore, the EPA, in 

consultation with representatives from 

the state programs, has decided that an 

increase in the hours would not provide 

improved data quality and usefulness. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: November 10, 2011. 

Kimberly Patrick, 

Acting Director, Office of Small Business 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29758 Filed 11–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9494–4; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0914] 

BASINS and WEPP Climate 

Assessment Tools: Case Study Guide 

to Potential Applications 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and letter peer-review. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled, BASINS and WEPP 

Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case 

Study Guide to Potential Applications 

(EPA/600/R–11/123A). 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 

support application of two recently 

developed water modeling tools, the 

BASINS and WEPP climate assessment 

tools. The report presents a series of 

short case studies designed to illustrate 

the capabilities of these tools for 

conducting scenario based assessments 

of the potential future effects of climate, 

land use, and management change on 

water resources. 

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 http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins November 17, 2011, and 

ends December 19, 2011. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by December 

19, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The draft document, 

BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment 

Tools: Case Study Guide to Potential 

Applications, 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 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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

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. U.S. EPA and partners 

have developed two assessment tools, 

the BASINS Climate Assessment Tool 

(BASINS CAT) and the Water Erosion 

Prediction Project Climate Assessment 

Tool (WEPPCAT), that facilitate 

application of existing simulation 

models for conducting scenario-based 

assessments of potential climate change 

impacts on water. 

This report presents a series of short 

case studies using the BASINS and 

WEPP climate assessment tools. The 

case studies are designed to illustrate 

the capabilities of these tools for 

conducting assessments of the potential 

future effects of climate, land use, and 

management change on water resources. 

Climate change scenarios are created 

based on model projections as well as 

historical data and past events. Land use 

change and management scenarios are 

also included to address questions 

related to the relative effects of land use 

versus climate change, and the 

effectiveness of management practices 

for reducing impacts. 

This report is technical in nature. It is 

of interest to modeling professionals 

including water and watershed 

managers, urban or regional planners, 

government officials, and scientists and 

engineers interested in using the 

BASINS or WEPP water models to 

assess the potential implications of 

climate change on water resources. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2011– 

0914, by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments; 

• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov; 

• Fax: (202)–566–9744; 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), 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 


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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–2011– 

0914. 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 

http://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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://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 http:// 

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: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the http://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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: November 10, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–29749 Filed 11–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9493–4] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement; River 

Forest Dry Cleaners Site, River Forest, 

Cook County, IL 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of past response costs 

concerning the River Forest Dry 

Cleaners site in River Forest, Cook 

County, Illinois with the following 

settling party: Edward Ditchfield. The 

settlement requires the Settling Party to 

pay $39,926, plus any interest accrued 

between the date of receipt of notice by 

the Settling Party that EPA has signed 

the CERCLA 122(h), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h) 

Settlement Agreement (Agreement) and 

the Effective Date of the Agreement, to 

the Hazardous Substance Superfund 

through an escrow account to be 

established by the Settling Party. The 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue the Settling Party pursuant to 

Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), and contribution protection for 

the Settling Party pursuant to Sections 

113(f)(2) and 122(h)(4) of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. 9613(f)(2) and 9622(h)(4). For 

thirty (30) days following the date of 

publication of this notice, the Agency 

will receive written comments relating 

to the settlement. The Agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

The Agency’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at the EPA, Region 5, 

Records Center, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 

7th Fl., and Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 19, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at the 

EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W. 

Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, Illinois 

60604. A copy of the proposed 

settlement may be obtained from Peter 

Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, 

Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 

W. Jackson Blvd., mail code: C–14J, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments 

should reference the River Forest Dry 

Cleaners Site, River Forest, Cook 

County, Illinois and EPA Docket No. 

and should be addressed to Peter Felitti, 

Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of 

Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. 

Jackson Blvd., mail code: C–14J, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, 

EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 

5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., mail code: C– 

14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The River 

Forest Dry Cleaners Superfund Site is 

located in River Forest, Cook County, 

Illinois. After EPA received an email 

from a concerned teacher, U.S. EPA 

conducted indoor air and sub-slab 

samples in facilities around the Site in 

November 2009, February 2010 and 

March 2010. The results did not 

indicate any level of contamination that 

warranted a removal action. The 

removal assessment was completed in 

March 2010. 

U.S. EPA issued a Demand Letter to 

the Settling Party in September 2010. 

Between September 2010 and July 2011, 

EPA and the Settling Party negotiated 

the present proposed Administrative 

Settlement. 


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