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available in the ‘‘Supporting 

Documents’’ section if practicable. 

Additionally, comments may be sent 

via postal mail to: CAR6 Comments, 

Department of State, Office of Global 

Change, Harry S. Truman Building, 

Room 2480, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520 or via fax to: 

(202) 647–0191. 

Comments will be due within 28 days 

of publication date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Rakestraw, Office of Global 

Change, U.S. Department of State at 

(202) 647–3489. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

Sixth CAR provides a detailed report on 

U.S. actions to address climate change. 

This report contains descriptions of 

specific measured and verified actions, 

outlines of broad policy initiatives, and 

summaries of activities conducted by 

the United States since the Fifth CAR, 

principally at the federal level. It also 

explains U.S. Government efforts to 

increase scientific understanding of 

climate change, and provide foreign 

assistance to help other nations mitigate 

and adapt to the effects of climate 

change. 

Table of Contents of the Draft Sixth U.S. 

CAR 

1. CAR Foreword 

2. Biennial Report 

3. Executive Summary 

4. National Circumstances 

5. Greenhouse Gas Inventory 

6. Policies & Measures 

7. Projected Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

8. Vulnerability Assessment, Climate Change 

Impacts, and Adaptation Measures 

9. Financial Resources and Transfer of 

Technology 

10. Research and Systematic Observation 

11. Education, Training, and Outreach 

Two additional items are posted that 

are not formally part of the CAR: (1) The 

non-CO2 projections methodology 

document for chapter 5; and (2) the 

‘‘with additional measures’’ 

methodologies for the Biennial Report. 

Public Input Process 

This Federal Register notice solicits 

comments on the draft chapters listed 

above. The individual chapters are 

posted on the internet and may be 

downloaded from the following Web 

site: http://www.state.gov/e/oes/climate/ 

ccreport2014/index.htm 

Dated: September 19, 2013. 

Trigg Talley, 

Director, Office of Global Change, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23475 Filed 9–25–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization’s (ICAO) Dangerous 

Goods Panel; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In preparation for the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization’s (ICAO) Dangerous Goods 

Panel’s (DGP’s) meeting to be held 

October 28–November 8, 2013, in 

Montreal, Canada, the FAA’s Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety and the 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration’s (PHMSA) Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety announce a 

public meeting. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on October 18, 2013 from 9 a.m. until 

12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at FAA Headquarters (FOB 10A), 

Bessie Coleman Conference Center, 2nd 

Floor, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

Participants are requested to register 

by using the following email address: 9- 

AWA-ASH-ADG-HazMat@faa.gov. 

Please include your name, 

organization, email address, and 

indicate whether you will be attending 

in person or participating via conference 

call. Conference call connection 

information will be provided to those 

who register and indicate that they will 

participate via conference call. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the meeting can be 

directed to Ms. Janet McLaughlin, 

Deputy Director, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Safety, ADG–2, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

385–4900. Email: 9-AWA-ASH-ADGHazMat@faa.gov. Questions in advance 

of the meeting for PHMSA can be 

directed to Mr. Duane Pfund, 

International Standards Coordinator, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, PHH–10, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

telephone (202) 366–8553, Email: 

Duane.Pfund@dot.gov. 

We are committed to providing equal 

access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or other reasonable 

accommodations, please call (202) 385– 

4900 or email 9-AWA-ASH-ADGHazMat@faa.gov with your request by 

close of business on October 11th. 

Purpose of the Public Meeting 

Information and viewpoints provided 

by stakeholders are requested as the 

United States delegation prepares for 

the International Civil Aviation 

Organization’s Dangerous Goods Panel’s 

(ICAO DGP’s) 24th Panel Meeting. The 

agenda for the Working Group is as 

follows: 

Agenda Item 1: Development of 

proposals, if necessary, for 

amendments to Annex 18—The 

Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods 

by Air 

Agenda Item 2: Development of 

recommendations for amendments 

to the Technical Instructions for the 

Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods 

by Air (Doc 9284) for incorporation 

in the 2015–2016 Edition 

Agenda Item 3: Development of 

recommendations for amendments 

to the Supplement to the Technical 

Instructions for the Safe Transport 

of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 

9284SU) for incorporation in the 

2015–2016 Edition 

Agenda Item 4: Development of 

recommendations for amendments 

to the Emergency Response 

Guidance for Aircraft Incidents 

involving Dangerous Goods (Doc 

9481) for incorporation in the 2015– 

2016 Edition 

Agenda Item 5: Resolution, where 

possible, of the non-recurrent work 

items identified by the Air 

Navigation Commission or the 

panel: 

5.1: Review of provisions for the 

transport of lithium batteries 

5.2: Dangerous goods incident and 

accident data collection 

5.3: Dangerous goods requirements in 

Annex 6—Operation of Aircraft 

5.4: Development of guidance 

material on countering the potential 

use of dangerous goods in an act of 

unlawful interference 

5.5: Development of performance 

standards for air operators and 

designated postal operators 

Agenda Item 6: Other business 

Papers relevant to these agenda items 

can be viewed at the following Web 

page: http://www.icao.int/safety/

DangerousGoods/Pages/DGP.aspx. 

Public Meeting Procedures 

A panel of representatives from the 

FAA and PHMSA will be present. The 

meetings are intended to be informal, 

non-adversarial, and to facilitate the 

public comment process. No individual 

will be subject to questioning by any 

other participant. Government 

representatives on the panel may ask 

questions to clarify statements. Unless 


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otherwise stated, any statement made 

during the meetings by a panel member 

should not be construed as an official 

position of the US government. 

The meeting will be open to all 

persons, subject to the capacity of the 

meeting room and phone lines available 

for those participating via conference 

call. Every effort will be made to 

accommodate all persons wishing to 

attend. The FAA and PHMSA will try to 

accommodate all speakers, subject to 

time constraints. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

20, 2013. 

Christopher Glasow, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials 

Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23521 Filed 9–25–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; King 

County, Washington 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for a proposed project to (1) manage 

congestion and traffic flow on I–90 

between I–5 and I–405, which is in the 

Cross-Lake Washington Corridor, and 

(2) contribute revenue to the 

sustainable, long-term funding for 

timely completion of the SR 520 Bridge 

Replacement and HOV Program and 

maintenance and future transportation 

improvements on I–90. The total length 

of the corridor is approximately seven 

(7) miles. The scoping period for this 

EIS is October 7, 2013 through 

November 6, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lindsey Handel, Urban Transportation 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, Washington Division, 

711 S. Capitol Way, Suite 501, Olympia, 

WA 98501; telephone: 360–753–9550; 

and email: lindsey.handel@dot.gov. 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation (WSDOT) agency 

coordination contact: Angela Angove, I– 

90 Tolling Environmental Manager, 

Washington Department of 

Transportation (WSDOT); 999 Third 

Ave, Seattle, WA 98104; telephone: 

206–805–2832; email: angovea@

wsdot.wa.gov. Additional information 

on the I–90 Tolling Project can also be 

found on the project Web site at 

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I90/

CrossLakeWATolling. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

2012 Transportation Budget Bill, ESHB 

2109, the Washington State Legislature 

directed WSDOT to ‘‘undertake a 

comprehensive environmental review of 

tolling Interstate 90 between I–5 and I– 

405 for the purposes of both managing 

traffic and providing funding for 

construction of the unfunded SR 520 

from I–5 to Medina project . . . ’’ 

The Cross-Lake Washington Corridor 

includes the I–90 and State Route (SR) 

520 bridges, which are part of two 

parallel highways that along with 

portions of I–5 and I–405 operate as one 

larger system to connect the region’s 

major employment and population 

centers over Lake Washington, a 22- 

mile-long body of water. The FHWA is 

issuing this notice to advise the public 

that an EIS will be prepared by FHWA 

and WSDOT on a proposed project to 

introduce tolling to I–90 between I–5 in 

Seattle and I–405 in Bellevue, 

Washington. The specific boundaries of 

the project study area will be defined in 

the EIS. 

FHWA and WSDOT initially planned 

to prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA) for this project and conducted the 

first round of scoping between January 

22, 2013 and February 22, 2013. FHWA 

and WSDOT received approximately 

3,400 comments, most of which 

expressed concern with or opposition to 

tolls on I–90. Between the time that the 

scoping comment period ended in 

February 2013 and the time that the 

Scoping Summary Report was 

published in June, the Washington State 

Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute 

Senate bill 5024, amending their 

previous direction to WSDOT by 

requiring an EIS for the project. Given 

the type of comments received during 

scoping urging FHWA and WSDOT to 

prepare on EIS in conjunction with the 

new state law, FHWA and WSDOT will 

move forward with an EIS to evaluate 

potential effects of the Project. 

Based on input received during the 

first scoping period, FHWA and 

WSDOT have revised the purpose and 

need statement. These changes include 

a revised purpose statement, as well as 

added clarification on the need to 

manage congestion on I–90, and the 

need for additional revenue to complete 

the SR 520, I–5 to Medina: Bridge 

Replacement and HOV Project. The 

revised purpose and need statement is 

available on the project Web site at 

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I90/

CrossLakeWATolling. 

Three tolling scenarios were 

introduced during the first scoping 

period. These included tolls collected 

between Seattle and Mercer Island, tolls 

collected between Bellevue and Mercer 

Island, and partial tolls collected on 

trips within a segment. In addition to 

these three tolling scenarios, several 

alternatives to tolling were suggested by 

the public and agencies. Suggested 

alternatives included, but are not 

limited to, other funding mechanisms 

for the SR 520 program such as gas tax, 

increasing tolls on SR 520, and vehicle 

miles traveled tax. Other alternatives 

suggested include tolling other facilities, 

increased transit service, and adding 

high occupancy toll lanes to I–90. All 

reasonable alternatives recommended 

by the Washington State Legislature, the 

public, and agencies will be considered 

and evaluated in the EIS to determine if 

they meet the purpose and need of the 

project: the EIS will also include a NoBuild Alternative. 

Agency Coordination: The lead 

agencies are coordinating with the local, 

state and federal resource agencies 

during the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) process. 

Tribal Coordination: Formal Tribal 

government consultation will occur 

through government-to-government 

coordination. 

An agency and tribal scoping meeting 

will be held Thursday, October 10, 

2013. WSDOT will send invitations to 

agencies and Tribes. 

Public Meetings: Three public 

information meetings will be held in 

October 2013, including: 

• Monday, October 10, 2013, 4:00 

p.m.–7:00 p.m., at the Bellevue College 

located at 3000 Landerholm Circle, SE., 

Bellevue, WA 98007; 

• Tuesday, October 21, 2013, 4:30 

p.m.–8:30 p.m., at Mercer Island High 

School located at 9100 SE 42nd Street, 

Mercer Island, WA 98040; and 

• Thursday, October 23, 2013, 4:00 

p.m.–7:00 p.m., at the Northwest 

African American Museum located at 

2300 Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA 

98144. 

Agencies, Tribes, and the public are 

encouraged to submit comments on the 

revised purpose and need and 

preliminary range of alternatives during 

the scoping period. Comments must be 

received by November 6, 2013 to be 

included in the formal scoping record. 

Americans with Disabilities Act 

(ADA) Information: All public 

information meeting locations are 

accessible to persons with disabilities. 

Any individual who requires special 

assistance, such as a sign language 

interpreter, should contact Colleen 

Gants, WSDOT Toll Division 


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