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BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User Manual
Federal Register Notices
Contact
- Thomas Johnson
- by phone at: 703-347-8618
- by email at: johnson.thomas@epa.gov
- by email at: johnson.thomas@epa.gov
Notice
EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the external review draft report titled, “BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and Users Manual”. The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. Notice of the public comment period will be posted in the Federal Register on October 2, 2008.
The deadline for comments is November 3, 2008.
Background
The Office of Research and Development, in partnership with EPA’s Office of Water, recently developed a Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) for the Office of Water’s BASINS 4.0 watershed modeling system. BASINS CAT provides a flexible set of capabilities for modifying historical weather data to create climate change scenarios for assessing the influence of climate variability and change on water quantity and quality using the Hydrologic Simulation Program – FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model. This report provides technical information including a discussion of tool capabilities and a set of hands-on tutorials intended to support BASINS users interested in applying the CAT tool.
History/Chronology
| 2006 | In 2006 the EPA Global Change Research Program (GCRP) supported the development of a Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) for the EPA Office of Water’s Version 4 release of the BASINS water quality modeling system. |
| Sep 2008 | EPA releases the draft user manual and report for public review and comment. |
| Oct 2008 | EPA announced a 30-day public comment period in an October 2, 2008 Federal Register Notice. |
Next Steps
Following the public comment period, the report will undergo an external peer review. The report will then be revised to address comments and posted on the NCEA Global web page. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
Downloads/Related Links
- BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and Users Manual (External Review Draft) (PDF) (187 pp, 2 MB, about PDF)
Related Link(s)
Additional Information
Comments on the draft manual may be submitted using the e-Government Regulations.gov Web site. From the site, select “Environmental Protection Agency” and the keyword “EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0700” (for the docket ID) to comment on this report.
For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
Citation
U.S. EPA. BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User Manual. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-08/088A.
