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E. Use of CAP88–PC Version 4.1 for
Compliance Purposes
In the same manner as CAP88–PC
Version 4.0, Version 4.1 allows the user
to incorporate the age-specific dose
conversion factors and intake rates
contained in DCFPAK Version 3.02. The
code allows the user to select the
ingestion and inhalation dose
conversion and intake rates from the age
groups modeled in DCFPAK Version
3.02: infant (100 days old), one-year old,
five-year old, ten-year old, fifteen-year
old, and adult. However, the addition of
this capability does not change the
requirements for compliance to the
NESHAPS Subpart H requirements.
These are clearly stated in 40 CFR part
61 Subpart H. The ability to allow the
code base to include age-dependency
does not impact or imply changes to the
compliance demonstration.
F. Summary of Changes for CAP88–PC
Version 4 to Version 4.1.
Version 4.1 of CAP88–PC is an update
from Version 4.0, and a significant
upgrade from earlier versions. CAP88–
PC Versions 4.0 and 4.1 not only added
significant features, but also redesigned
the interface to give the user a more
standard experience. The entire user
interface module was re-written for
Version 4 using VB.Net, the
Microsoft.Net Framework Version 4,
and the Visual Studio 2010
development environment, in order to
better comply with updated code
standards in Windows 7, Windows 8.1.
and Windows 10. Specific changes from
Version 4.0 visible to the user in
Version 4.1 include:
(1) The dose and risk coefficients have
been updated from DCFPAK 2.2 to those
in DCFPAK 3.02 provided by Oak Ridge
National Laboratory;
(2) Internal dose and risk coefficient
factors for 151 more radionuclides have
been added;
(3) Additional risk coefficient data has
been added for more radionuclides and
chemical forms beyond the additional
151;
(4) Inhalation coefficients for
radionuclides with special chemical
forms, such as iodine, have been added.
Error Handling
CAP88–PC Versions 4.0 and 4.1
contain an internal error logging and
tracking system. In the case of internal
code errors, the code will write errors to
a file in the Message Log folder located
in the same folder set as the folder
containing the datasets. Sending this file
to the EPA representative will facilitate
troubleshooting.
On-Line Help System
CAP88–PC Version 4.1 includes a
context-sensitive help system that is
accessible during operation. The on-line
help system is a hypertext version of the
traditional user manual; the traditional
user manual is included as part of the
release distribution package in pdf
format.
Dated: February 26, 2020.
Lee Ann B. Veal,
Director, Radiation Protection Division, Office
of Radiation and Indoor Air.
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User Interface
(1) The Print button on the Reports
tab has been replaced with a button that
opens the folder holding the report files
which may then be printed using a word
processing program;
(2) Some labels in the user interface
have been modified for clarity;
(3) The capabilities for migrating
datasets from previous versions of
CAP88–PC have been improved,
including automatic conversion of
Version 4.0 datasets to Version 4.1.
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Reports
(1) Some report headers have been
modified for clarity;
(2) The Agricultural Data in the
Synopsis report now prints the values
for the fractions of vegetables, milk, and
meat from the assessment area used in
the calculation, which may have been
adjusted by CAP88–PC from the input
values.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OA–2019–0370; FRL–10004–25–
OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Environmental Impact Assessment of
Nongovernmental Activities in
Antarctica (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Environmental Impact Assessment of
Nongovernmental Activities in
Antarctica (EPA ICR Number 1808.09,
OMB Control Number 2020–0007) to the
Office of Management and Budget
SUMMARY:
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(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through May 31, 2020. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on September
30, 2019 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is
not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OA–2019–0370 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for the
EPA.
The EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Roemele, NEPA Compliance Division,
Office of Federal Activities, Mail Code
2203A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–564–5632; fax number:
202–564–0070; email address:
roemele.julie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The EPA’s regulations at 40
CFR part 8, Environmental Impact
Assessment of Nongovernmental
Activities in Antarctica (Rule), were
promulgated pursuant to the Antarctic
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Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act
of 1996 (Act), 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., as
amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a, which
implements the Protocol on
Environmental Protection (Protocol) to
the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Treaty).
The Rule provides for assessment of the
environmental impacts of
nongovernmental activities in
Antarctica, including tourism, for which
the United States is required to give
advance notice under Paragraph 5 of
Article VII of the Treaty, and for
coordination of the review of
information regarding environmental
impact assessments received from other
Parties under the Protocol. The
requirements of the Rule apply to
operators of nongovernmental
expeditions organized or proceeding
from the territory of the United States to
Antarctica and include commercial and
non-commercial expeditions.
Expeditions may include ship-based
tours; yacht, skiing or mountaineering
expeditions; privately funded research
expeditions; and other nongovernmental
activities. The Rule does not apply to
individual U.S. citizens or groups of
citizens planning travel to Antarctica on
an expedition for which they are not
acting as an operator. (Operators, for
example, typically acquire use of vessels
or aircraft, hire expedition staff, plan
itineraries, and undertake other
organizational responsibilities.) The rule
provides nongovernmental operators
with the specific requirements they
need to meet in order to comply with
the requirements of Article 8 and Annex
I to the Protocol. The provisions of the
Rule are intended to ensure that
potential environmental effects of
nongovernmental activities undertaken
in Antarctica are appropriately
identified and considered by the
operator during the planning process
and that to the extent practicable
appropriate environmental safeguards
which would mitigate or prevent
adverse impacts on the Antarctic
environment are identified by the
operator.
Persons subject to the Rule must
prepare environmental documentation
to support the operator’s determination
regarding the level of environmental
impact of the proposed expedition. The
environmental document is submitted
to the Office of Federal Activities (OFA).
If the operator determines that an
expedition may have: (1) Less than a
minor or transitory impact, a
Preliminary Environmental Review
Memorandum (PERM) needs to be
submitted no later than 180 days before
the proposed departure to Antarctica;
(2) no more than minor or transitory
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impacts, an Initial Environmental
Evaluation (IEE) needs to be submitted
no later than 90 days before the
proposed departure; or (3) more than
minor or transitory impacts, a
Comprehensive Environmental
Evaluation (CEE) needs to be submitted.
Environmental documents are
reviewed by OFA, in consultation with
the National Science Foundation and
other interested Federal agencies. OFA
notifies the public of document
availability at: https://www.epa.gov/
international-cooperation/receiptenvironmental-impact-assessments-eiasregarding-nongovernmental. The types
of nongovernmental activities currently
being carried out are typically unlikely
to have impacts that are more than
minor or transitory, thus an IEE is the
typical level of environmental
documentation submitted.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Operators of nongovernmental
expeditions organized or proceeding
from the territory of the United States to
Antarctica.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 8).
Estimated number of respondents: 25
(total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 1,544 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $133,780 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an
increase of 327 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is the result of a
change to the number of operators that
the EPA anticipates will submit
environmental documentation as well as
the inclusion of a potential PERM, CEE
and Emergency Report submitted by
every three years.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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[Public Notice 2020–3001]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review and
comments request.
AGENCY:
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Form Title: EIB 84–01 Joint
Application for Export Working Capital
Guarantee.
SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (EXIM Bank), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal Agencies to comment on the
proposed information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 6, 2020, 2020 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically on
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail
to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20038, Attn: OMB
3048–0003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Export-Import Bank has made changes
to the form to reflect an application
process decoupled from the SBA’s
export working capital program. EXIM
will also be moving forward to an
electronic application submission
process, which results in a stand-alone
application versus the previous joint
application with the SBA. Therefore, all
references and information previously
required from the SBA have been
removed. There is one material change
in the application to reflect EXIM’s local
cost support on short-term transactions,
including working capital. Local costs
are costs incurred in the buyer’s country
(i.e., local delivery, installation, taxes),
eligible for EXIM cover, provided that:
U.S. content requirements are met;
included within the contracts; do not
exceed 15% of export contract; and no
local goods are included. Therefore,
three questions are added to the
application: Are local costs to be
included under the working capital loan
facility; if yes, how much in terms of
USD or percentage per contract or
invoice; and what is the nature of the
local costs to be supported?
The application tool can be reviewed
at: https://www.exim.gov/sites/default/
files/pub/pending/eib84–01.pdf.
Title and Form Number: EIB 84–01
Application for Export Working Capital
Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048–0003.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Need and Use: This form provides
EXIM Bank staff with the information
necessary to determine if the
application and transaction is eligible
for EXIM Bank assistance under their
export working capital guarantee
program.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2019-0370; FRL-10004-25-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Environmental Impact Assessment of
Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Environmental Impact Assessment
of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica (EPA ICR Number 1808.09,
OMB Control Number 2020-0007) to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through May 31, 2020. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 30, 2019
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2019-0370 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
via email to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk
Officer for the EPA.
The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Roemele, NEPA Compliance
Division, Office of Federal Activities, Mail Code 2203A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-564-5632; fax number: 202-564-0070; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The EPA's regulations at 40 CFR part 8, Environmental
Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica (Rule),
were promulgated pursuant to the Antarctic
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Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996 (Act), 16 U.S.C. 2401 et
seq., as amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a, which implements the Protocol on
Environmental Protection (Protocol) to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
(Treaty). The Rule provides for assessment of the environmental impacts
of nongovernmental activities in Antarctica, including tourism, for
which the United States is required to give advance notice under
Paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Treaty, and for coordination of the
review of information regarding environmental impact assessments
received from other Parties under the Protocol. The requirements of the
Rule apply to operators of nongovernmental expeditions organized or
proceeding from the territory of the United States to Antarctica and
include commercial and non-commercial expeditions. Expeditions may
include ship-based tours; yacht, skiing or mountaineering expeditions;
privately funded research expeditions; and other nongovernmental
activities. The Rule does not apply to individual U.S. citizens or
groups of citizens planning travel to Antarctica on an expedition for
which they are not acting as an operator. (Operators, for example,
typically acquire use of vessels or aircraft, hire expedition staff,
plan itineraries, and undertake other organizational responsibilities.)
The rule provides nongovernmental operators with the specific
requirements they need to meet in order to comply with the requirements
of Article 8 and Annex I to the Protocol. The provisions of the Rule
are intended to ensure that potential environmental effects of
nongovernmental activities undertaken in Antarctica are appropriately
identified and considered by the operator during the planning process
and that to the extent practicable appropriate environmental safeguards
which would mitigate or prevent adverse impacts on the Antarctic
environment are identified by the operator.
Persons subject to the Rule must prepare environmental
documentation to support the operator's determination regarding the
level of environmental impact of the proposed expedition. The
environmental document is submitted to the Office of Federal Activities
(OFA). If the operator determines that an expedition may have: (1) Less
than a minor or transitory impact, a Preliminary Environmental Review
Memorandum (PERM) needs to be submitted no later than 180 days before
the proposed departure to Antarctica; (2) no more than minor or
transitory impacts, an Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) needs to
be submitted no later than 90 days before the proposed departure; or
(3) more than minor or transitory impacts, a Comprehensive
Environmental Evaluation (CEE) needs to be submitted.
Environmental documents are reviewed by OFA, in consultation with
the National Science Foundation and other interested Federal agencies.
OFA notifies the public of document availability at: https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/receipt-environmental-impact-assessments-eias-regarding-nongovernmental. The types of
nongovernmental activities currently being carried out are typically
unlikely to have impacts that are more than minor or transitory, thus
an IEE is the typical level of environmental documentation submitted.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Operators of nongovernmental
expeditions organized or proceeding from the territory of the United
States to Antarctica.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 8).
Estimated number of respondents: 25 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 1,544 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $133,780 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 327 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is the result of a change to the number
of operators that the EPA anticipates will submit environmental
documentation as well as the inclusion of a potential PERM, CEE and
Emergency Report submitted by every three years.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-04466 Filed 3-4-20; 8:45 am]
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