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emphasized a commitment to these
principles.7
The Presidential Memorandum and
these executive orders all emphasize
considering impacts on the environment
when assessing benefits and costs, but
they do not provide detailed direction to
agencies regarding how they should
incorporate ecosystem service impacts
into benefit-cost analyses. Actions
affecting a natural asset or an associated
ecosystem service often interact with
natural, built, and social systems to
yield benefits, costs, and transfers.
Agencies currently vary in how they
consider these dynamics and how they
define, analyze, and report the resulting
impacts. The call for additional
guidance regarding ecosystem services
from E.O. 14072 section 4(b) 8 follows
other, recent calls for similar guidance
to address these questions.9 The
proposed Guidance seeks to clarify the
existing guidance provided in Circulars
A–4 and A–94, with the goal of yielding
more predictable, robust, and consistent
treatment of ecosystem services in
benefit-cost analyses. Through
harmonized guidance, it also aims to
achieve: improved consistency and
predictability in benefit-cost analyses
that involve ecosystem services, lower
burdens to incorporating ecosystemservice considerations into analyses,
and better information to help guide
agency decisions when ecosystem
services are involved.
Relationship with Other Guidance:
The proposed Guidance is intended to
be fully consistent with—and a faithful
application of—the principles and
guidelines in Circulars A–4 and A–94.
Much in the proposed Guidance crossreferences applicable sections in
Circular A–4—and, per a paragraph on
page 1, analogous sections of Circular
A–94 10—to address certain analytical
steps.
Many analytical steps that are
important for assessing impacts on
ecosystem services are covered within
Circulars A–4 and A–94. Therefore,
what this Guidance covers in the
greatest depth is not necessarily what is
7 Executive Order No. 14094, Modernizing
Regulatory Review § 1(a), 88 FR 21,879, 21,879
(Apr. 11, 2023).
8 Executive Order No. 14072 § 4(b), 87 FR at
24,854.
9 See Shaun Donovan, Christina Goldfuss & John
Holdren, M–16–01: Incorporating Ecosystem
Services into Federal Decision Making (Oct. 7,
2015), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/
uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/memoranda/
2016/m-16-01.pdf.
10 For example, where the proposed Guidance
references the Circular A–4 section ‘‘Discount
Rates,’’ readers performing analyses consistent with
Circular A–94 should refer to the Circular A–94
section ‘‘Discount Rate Policy.’’
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most important for ecosystem-service
analysis. For example, deciding on
appropriate valuation methods—such as
stated-preference or revealed-preference
methods—is often a challenging step
when valuing ecosystem services. To
avoid duplication, this proposed
Guidance generally directs readers to
Circulars A–4 and A–94 on this topic,
as valuation techniques are discussed
there. The proposed Guidance instead
focuses on highlighting examples of
such methodologies that may be applied
to analyses of ecosystem services.
Similarly, choosing a discount rate or
analytical time horizon is important to
valuing ecosystem services, but most
pertinent considerations to make such
decisions are in Circulars A–4 and A–
94; the proposed Guidance devotes little
space to discussing those topics, instead
referencing those circulars.
As noted above, the proposed
Guidance explains that it references
sections in Circular A–4; agencies
conducting analyses consistent with
Circular A–94 instead of Circular A–4
should reference analogous sections
within the applicable circular. OMB
proposes this arrangement for brevity
and to avoid undue repetition by
avoiding references to two documents
every time the proposed Guidance
mentions one. OMB welcomes comment
on whether that arrangement is
sufficiently clear for practitioners
preparing analyses consistent with
Circular A–94. OMB also welcomes
comment on opportunities for tailoring
the proposed Guidance more carefully
to the context of such analyses. For
example, are there issues that are
particularly relevant to valuing
ecosystem services in the publicinvestment context that would benefit
from additional detail in the proposed
Guidance?
On April 6, 2023, OMB separately
released proposed revisions to Circulars
A–4 and A–94 and called for public
comment on them. The proposed
Guidance is intended to be consistent
with current versions of those Circulars
as well as the proposed updates to them.
Stated differently, nothing in the
proposed Guidance is meant to depend
on any of the proposed changes to either
Circular A–4 or Circular A–94. The
proposed updates to both Circulars
cross-reference the final version of this
proposed Guidance for further guidance
on valuing ecosystem services.
In addition to Circulars A–4 and A–
94, as noted above and in the proposed
Guidance, many agencies also have
internal guidelines for analyzing
ecosystem services. The proposed
Guidance represents OMB’s
recommended best practices for such
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analyses in benefit-cost analysis and
should be generally consistent with
more specific agency guidance. Insofar
as this Guidance, when finalized,
conflicts with any internal guidance,
agencies should consult with OMB.
Moreover, agencies should always refer
to their operative statutory authorities
and, if their authorities are inconsistent
with the proposed Guidance, should
defer to the relevant statute.
Requests for Comment: While OMB
invites comment on any aspect of the
proposed Guidance, OMB specifically
solicits comment on the following
aspects:
(1) whether addressing any further topics
related to ecosystem services would be
useful;
(2) whether the material could be
presented more clearly for affected public
stakeholders, including how the proposed
Guidance discusses its preference for
monetization when feasible, and when not,
then quantification when feasible, and when
not, then qualitive description;
(3) whether the discussion of especially
difficult-to-quantify and difficult-to-monetize
ecosystem services, such as cultural services
and existence value, is appropriate and
sufficient;
(4) whether methodologies to quantify or
describe ecosystem services that cannot be
monetized are sufficiently described;
(5) whether integration with and references
to Circulars A–4 and A–94 efficiently crossreference the relevant details in the related
documents;
(6) whether and how the proposed
Guidance conflicts with other related
guidance documents from OMB or agencies;
(7) whether to refine guidance on potential
double-counting of effects; and
(8) whether to refine guidance on
accounting for stocks versus flows.
Richard L. Revesz,
Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs.
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2023 that establish that the grant of the
license would not be consistent with the
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000,466 titled ‘‘Novel Fabrication
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Strengthened (ODS) Alloys’’ to Praxair
Surface Technologies, Inc., having its
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these inventions have been assigned to
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National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The prospective license
will comply with the requirements of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Information about other NASA
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the requirements regarding the licensing of federally owned inventions
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Competing applications completed and received by NASA no later than
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Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made
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law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Objections and Further Information: Written objections relating to
the prospective license or requests for further information may be
submitted to Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property, NASA
Headquarters at Email: [email protected]. Questions may be
directed to Phone: (202) 358-0646.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NASA intends to grant an exclusive, co-
exclusive, or partially exclusive patent license in the United States
to practice the inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent No.
11,581,104 for an invention titled ``Multi-layer Structure of Nuclear
Thermionic Avalanche Cells'' to Mobile Defense, LLC having its
principal place of business in 89 Sandy Bay Drive, Poquoson, VA 23662.
The fields of use may be limited. NASA has not yet made a final
determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested
license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.
This notice of intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or
partially exclusive patent license is issued in accordance with 35
U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these
inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The prospective license will comply with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can
be found online at https://technology.nasa.gov.
Trenton Roche,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
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