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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9217–6]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule
State Authorized Program Revision
Approval: State of Arkansas
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval, under regulations for CrossMedia Electronic Reporting, of the State
of Arkansas’s request to revise certain of
its EPA-authorized programs to allow
electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA’s approval is effective
October 26, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi
Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Environmental
Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1697,
huffer.evi@epa.gov, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
was published in the Federal Register
(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of
title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR
establishes electronic reporting as an
acceptable regulatory alternative to
paper reporting and establishes
requirements to assure that electronic
documents are as legally dependable as
their paper counterparts. Under Subpart
D of CROMERR, state, tribe or local
government agencies that receive, or
wish to begin receiving, electronic
reports under their EPA-authorized
programs must apply to EPA for a
revision or modification of those
programs and get EPA approval. Subpart
D also provides standards for such
approvals based on consideration of the
electronic document receiving systems
that the state, tribe, or local government
will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, in § 3.1000(b)
through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
provides special procedures for program
revisions and modifications to allow
electronic reporting, to be used at the
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option of the state, tribe or local
government in place of procedures
available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the subpart
D procedures must show that the state,
tribe or local government has sufficient
legal authority to implement the
electronic reporting components of the
programs covered by the application
and will use electronic document
receiving systems that meet the
applicable subpart D requirements.
On April 27, 2010, the State of
Arkansas Department of Environmental
Quality (ARDEQ) submitted an
application for its Net Discharge
Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic
document receiving system for revision
of its 40 CFR part 123—National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) State Program Requirements
EPA-authorized program for electronic
reporting of Discharge Monitoring
Report (DMR) information under 40 CFR
part 122.
EPA has reviewed ARDEQ’s request to
revise its EPA-authorized program and,
based on this review, EPA has
determined that the application meets
the standards for approval of authorized
program revisions/modifications set out
in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this
notice of EPA’s decision to approve
Arkansas’s request for revision to its 40
CFR part 123—NPDES State Program
Requirements authorized program for
electronic reporting of discharge
monitoring report information is being
published in the Federal Register.
ARDEQ was notified of EPA’s
determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program
listed above.
Dated: October 19, 2010.
Andrew T. Battin,
Acting Director, Office of Information
Collection.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9217–8]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Request for Nominations of Experts for
the Review of EPA’s Draft Oil Spill
Research Strategy
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public
SUMMARY:
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nominations for technical experts to
form a SAB panel to peer review the
Agency’s Draft Oil Spill Research
Strategy. EPA’s Office of Research and
Development will be developing the
strategy to discuss EPA’s proposed
research and collaborative approaches
for four activities: dispersants,
alternative remediation technologies,
coastal restoration, and human health
effects identified during the Gulf of
Mexico oil spill.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by November 9, 2010 per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Mr. Thomas Carpenter, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office,
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–
4885, by fax at (202) 565–2098, or via
e-mail at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov.
General information concerning the EPA
SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Web
site at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365)
is a chartered Federal Advisory
Committee that provides independent
scientific and technical peer review,
advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the SAB conducts business
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations.
The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office
prepared to meet EPA’s emerging needs
for advice relating to science and
research linked to oil spills by
announcing plans on May 19, 2010 to
convene work groups of experts drawn
from the U.S. EPA SAB to provide
advice on scientific and technical issues
related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
(75 FR 28009). In a subsequent Federal
Register Notice the SAB Staff Office
requested public nominations of experts
to serve on potential work groups or
panels to advise the Agency on
scientific and technical issues related to
the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (75 FR
32769–32770, June 9, 2010). The request
sought nominations of nationally and
internationally recognized experts with
demonstrated research or operational
experience assessing the environmental
impacts and associated mitigation of
impacts due to oil spills, oil products,
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oil constituents, and dispersants in air
and water (including wetlands) media.
The Federal Register Notice sought
individuals with expertise in one or
more of the following disciplines:
chemistry; fate, transport and exposure
assessment; toxicology; public health;
ecology; ecotoxicology; risk assessment;
engineering; and economics.
Since publication of these Federal
Register Notices, EPA’s ORD has
requested SAB advice on a Draft Oil
Spill Research Strategy and changes to
EPA’s existing Oil Spill Research
Program in light of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
This notice specifically requests public
nominations for technical experts to
form an SAB panel to peer review this
Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy.
ORD was authorized to conduct oil
spill research by the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (OPA–90) following the Exxon
Valdez oil spill. Since 1990, the
objective of the research has been to
provide environmental managers with
the tools, models, and methods needed
to mitigate the effects of oil spills in all
ecosystems with emphasis on the inland
environment. The Deepwater Horizon
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has
fundamentally different characteristics
than previous near-shore oil spills
creating new research needs for oil spill
treatment methods (e.g., in-situ burning,
bioremediation, and the use of
dispersants), and potential human
health and ecological impacts.
The Deep Water Horizon spill
identified the need for additional
research on alternative spill response
technologies; environmental impacts of
chemical dispersants under deep sea
application conditions; the fate and
toxicity of dispersants and dispersed oil;
chronic health effects for spill response
workers and the public; and shoreline
and wetland impacts, restoration and
recovery. Accordingly, ORD is
developing a research strategy to
address these needs, and has requested
that the SAB review their draft strategy.
Availability of the review materials:
The Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy
will be available and posted on the
Agency’s Web site in the near future.
General information on EPA’s response
to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
is available at https://www.epa.gov/
bpspill/. For questions concerning the
Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy, please
contact Dr. Randy Wentsel, National
Program Director for Land Research
Program, Office of Research and
Development, US EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., MC 8191R,
Washington, DC 20460, phone (202)
564–3214 or at wentsel.randy@epa.gov.
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Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists and engineers with
demonstrated expertise and research in
one or more of the following areas:
Chemistry, fate, transport and exposure
assessment, public health, toxicology,
ecotoxicology risk assessment,
restoration ecology, environmental
engineering, and environmental
monitoring. We are particularly
interested in scientists and engineers
with direct experience in the oil spill
remediation, management, and
implementation of environmental
protection and restoration programs that
have included development of metrics
and environmental indicators used to
monitor, evaluate, and communicate
progress in returning ecosystems and
communities to conditions that support
sustainability.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above for possible service on
this expert Panel. Nominations should
be submitted in electronic format
(which is preferred over hard copy)
following the instructions for
‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels
and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed’’
provided on the SAB Web site. The
instructions can be accessed through the
‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the
blue navigational bar on the SAB Web
site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. To
receive full consideration, nominations
should include all of the information
requested below.
EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
curriculum vita; sources of recent grant
and/or contract support; and a
biographical sketch of the nominee
indicating current position, educational
background, research activities, and
recent service on other national
advisory committees or national
professional organizations.
Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are
unable to submit nominations through
the SAB Web site, should contact Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, DFO, as indicated
above in this notice. Nominations
should be submitted in time to arrive no
later than November 9, 2010. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. In an
effort to obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
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The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff, will be posted in a List of
Candidates on the SAB Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab. The public will
be requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
review panel includes candidates who
possess the necessary domains of
knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other
factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In
forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the List of Candidates, information
provided by the candidates themselves,
and background information
independently gathered by the SAB
Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used
for Panel membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) availability and willingness
to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a lack of impartiality; and
(e) skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory panels;
and, (f) for the Panel as a whole,
diversity of expertise and viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
an absence of financial conflicts of
interest will include a review of the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure Form
for Special Government Employees
Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–
48). This confidential form allows
Government officials to determine
whether there is a statutory conflict
between that person’s public
responsibilities (which includes
membership on an EPA Federal
advisory committee) and private
interests and activities, or the
appearance of a lack of impartiality, as
defined by Federal regulation. The form
may be viewed and downloaded from
the following URL address https://
www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–
48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the
EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees
and review panels is described in the
following document: Overview of the
Panel Formation Process at the
Environmental Protection Agency
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Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–
02–010), which is posted on the SAB
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/
ec02010.pdf.
Dated: October 20, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
EXAMINATION COUNCIL
[Docket No. AS10–7]
Modification of the Annual National
Registry Fee
Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC)
of the Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council.
ACTION: Notice of modification of the
annual National Registry fee to $40.
AGENCY:
Under authority in the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank
Reform Act), the ASC modified the
annual National Registry fee (Registry
fee) to $40 from the current $25 amount
at its meeting on October 13, 2010. The
ASC raised the Registry fee to support
its supervisory activities, including
additional authority and responsibility
under the Dodd-Frank Reform Act. The
modified Registry fee of $40 is effective
on January 1, 2012. As of January 1,
2012, for all new appraiser credentials
and all renewals of existing credentials,
States are required to collect and
transmit to the ASC the modified
Registry fee of $40.
The National Registry is a database of
all State licensed and certified
appraisers who are eligible to perform
appraisals for federally related
transactions. Through the National
Registry, lenders and consumers can
readily determine whether an appraiser
holds the appropriate credential and
remains in good standing with the State.
Each State maintains procedures for
certifying, licensing, supervising and
disciplining appraisers. The ASC is
responsible for monitoring States’
appraiser regulatory programs.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Park, Executive Director, at
(202) 595–7575, or Alice M. Ritter,
General Counsel, at (202) 595–7577, via
Internet e-mail at jim@asc.gov and
alice@asc.gov, respectively, or by U.S.
Mail at Appraisal Subcommittee, 1401
H Street, NW., Suite 760, Washington,
DC 20005.
SUMMARY:
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Title XI of
the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989
(Title XI), as amended, requires the ASC
to maintain a national registry of State
licensed and certified appraisers and to
ensure that each State agency transmits
to the ASC, along with an annual
Registry fee, a roster of State certified
and licensed appraisers who are eligible
to perform appraisals in federally
related transactions.
Title XI, as amended by the DoddFrank Reform Act, allows the ASC to
modify the Registry fee to an amount
not more than $40. With approval of the
Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council, the ASC has
authority to modify the Registry fee
above $40 to an amount not to exceed
$80.
At its meeting on October 13, 2010,
the ASC approved a modification of the
annual Registry fee to $40 from the
current $25 amount, which had
remained unchanged since 1989. The
ASC raised the Registry fee to support
its supervisory activities, including
additional authority and responsibility
under the Dodd-Frank Reform Act.
As addressed in ASC Policy
Statement 8, National Registry of State
Certified and Licensed Appraisers, Title
XI requires States to transmit to the ASC
a roster listing individuals who have
received a State certification or license
to perform appraisals and a Registry fee
from those individuals. The Registry fee
and roster requirements apply to all
individuals who receive State
certifications or licenses originally or by
reciprocity. Moreover, the Registry fee is
due to the ASC from each State in
which an appraiser is certified or
licensed.
To provide a reasonable transition
period for implementation by the States
of the modified Registry fee, the fee
increase is effective on January 1, 2012.
Accordingly, on or after January 1, 2012,
for all new appraiser credentials and all
renewals of existing credentials, States
are required to collect and transmit to
the ASC the modified Registry fee of $40
in order for a credential to be reflected
on the National Registry.
For States that issue multi-year
certifications or licenses that do not
require renewal in 2012, the modified
Registry fee is due to the ASC on the
date that the credential is renewed by
the State. For example, if a State
remitted $50 to the ASC in 2011 for a
two-year certification, the ASC would
accept the amount as payment in full of
the annual Registry fee for calendar
years 2011 and 2012. The State would
not have to collect the $15 difference in
the Registry fee amount for 2012. Upon
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9217-8]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of
Experts for the Review of EPA's Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests
public
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nominations for technical experts to form a SAB panel to peer review
the Agency's Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy. EPA's Office of
Research and Development will be developing the strategy to discuss
EPA's proposed research and collaborative approaches for four
activities: dispersants, alternative remediation technologies, coastal
restoration, and human health effects identified during the Gulf of
Mexico oil spill.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 9, 2010 per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB
Staff Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-4885, by fax at
(202) 565-2098, or via e-mail at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Web site
at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365) is a
chartered Federal Advisory Committee that provides independent
scientific and technical peer review, advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for EPA
actions. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts business in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.
App. 2) and related regulations. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office prepared to meet EPA's emerging
needs for advice relating to science and research linked to oil spills
by announcing plans on May 19, 2010 to convene work groups of experts
drawn from the U.S. EPA SAB to provide advice on scientific and
technical issues related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (75 FR 28009).
In a subsequent Federal Register Notice the SAB Staff Office requested
public nominations of experts to serve on potential work groups or
panels to advise the Agency on scientific and technical issues related
to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (75 FR 32769-32770, June 9, 2010). The
request sought nominations of nationally and internationally recognized
experts with demonstrated research or operational experience assessing
the environmental impacts and associated mitigation of impacts due to
oil spills, oil products, oil constituents, and dispersants in air and
water (including wetlands) media. The Federal Register Notice sought
individuals with expertise in one or more of the following disciplines:
chemistry; fate, transport and exposure assessment; toxicology; public
health; ecology; ecotoxicology; risk assessment; engineering; and
economics.
Since publication of these Federal Register Notices, EPA's ORD has
requested SAB advice on a Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy and changes
to EPA's existing Oil Spill Research Program in light of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This notice specifically
requests public nominations for technical experts to form an SAB panel
to peer review this Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy.
ORD was authorized to conduct oil spill research by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA-90) following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Since 1990, the objective of the research has been to provide
environmental managers with the tools, models, and methods needed to
mitigate the effects of oil spills in all ecosystems with emphasis on
the inland environment. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico has fundamentally different characteristics than previous near-
shore oil spills creating new research needs for oil spill treatment
methods (e.g., in-situ burning, bioremediation, and the use of
dispersants), and potential human health and ecological impacts.
The Deep Water Horizon spill identified the need for additional
research on alternative spill response technologies; environmental
impacts of chemical dispersants under deep sea application conditions;
the fate and toxicity of dispersants and dispersed oil; chronic health
effects for spill response workers and the public; and shoreline and
wetland impacts, restoration and recovery. Accordingly, ORD is
developing a research strategy to address these needs, and has
requested that the SAB review their draft strategy.
Availability of the review materials: The Draft Oil Spill Research
Strategy will be available and posted on the Agency's Web site in the
near future. General information on EPA's response to the BP Oil Spill
in the Gulf of Mexico is available at https://www.epa.gov/bpspill/. For
questions concerning the Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy, please
contact Dr. Randy Wentsel, National Program Director for Land Research
Program, Office of Research and Development, US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., MC 8191R, Washington, DC 20460, phone (202) 564-3214 or at
wentsel.randy@epa.gov.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists and
engineers with demonstrated expertise and research in one or more of
the following areas: Chemistry, fate, transport and exposure
assessment, public health, toxicology, ecotoxicology risk assessment,
restoration ecology, environmental engineering, and environmental
monitoring. We are particularly interested in scientists and engineers
with direct experience in the oil spill remediation, management, and
implementation of environmental protection and restoration programs
that have included development of metrics and environmental indicators
used to monitor, evaluate, and communicate progress in returning
ecosystems and communities to conditions that support sustainability.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas
of expertise described above for possible service on this expert Panel.
Nominations should be submitted in electronic format (which is
preferred over hard copy) following the instructions for ``Nominating
Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed''
provided on the SAB Web site. The instructions can be accessed through
the ``Nomination of Experts'' link on the blue navigational bar on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. To receive full consideration,
nominations should include all of the information requested below.
EPA's SAB Staff Office requests contact information about the
person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee;
the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the
nominee's curriculum vita; sources of recent grant and/or contract
support; and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current
position, educational background, research activities, and recent
service on other national advisory committees or national professional
organizations.
Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who
are unable to submit nominations through the SAB Web site, should
contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, DFO, as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
November 9, 2010. EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to
obtain nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of
women and men of all racial and ethnic groups.
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The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified nominees identified by
respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts
identified by the SAB Staff, will be posted in a List of Candidates on
the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. The public will be
requested to provide relevant information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a review panel includes candidates
who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In forming this expert panel, the SAB
Staff Office will consider public comments on the List of Candidates,
information provided by the candidates themselves, and background
information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office. Selection
criteria to be used for Panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or
technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b)
availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a lack of
impartiality; and (e) skills working in committees, subcommittees and
advisory panels; and, (f) for the Panel as a whole, diversity of
expertise and viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows Government
officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between
that person's public responsibilities (which includes membership on an
EPA Federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities,
or the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects
subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document:
Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is posted on
the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: October 20, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-27073 Filed 10-25-10; 8:45 am]
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