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on the length of written comments for
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E. Background
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Dated: November 19, 2010.
Paul T. Anastas,
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Notice of Public Hearing and Extension
of Public Comment Period of Draft
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) General
Permits for Small Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing and
Extension of Public Comment Period of
Draft NPDES General Permits.
AGENCY:
The Director of the Office of
Ecosystem Protection, Environmental
Protection Agency—Region 1 (EPA),
issued a Notice of Availability of Draft
NPDES general permits for discharges
from small MS4s to certain waters of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on
November 4, 2010. The draft general
permits are the Draft Small MS4 General
Permits for Massachusetts Interstate,
Merrimack, and South Coastal
Watersheds. These three general permits
are for the discharge of stormwater from
Small MS4s to the waters in these
watersheds. The November 4, 2010
notice included information on a public
hearing. The notice did not meet the
time frames required by 40 CFR 124.10.
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Therefore, EPA has rescheduled the
hearing and extended the comment
permit of the draft permits. Throughout
this documents the terms ‘‘this permit’’
and ‘‘the permit’’ will refer to all three
general permits.
Information on the draft permits,
appendices and fact sheet is available at:
https://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/
stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html.
DATES: The public comment period is
from the November 4, 2010 to January
21, 2011. Interested persons may submit
comments on the draft general permit as
part of the administrative record to the
EPA—Region 1, at the address given
below, no later than midnight January
21, 2011. The general permit shall be
effective on the date specified in the
Federal Register publication of the
Notice of Availability of the final
general permit. The final general permit
will expire five years from the effective
date.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of
the following methods:
• E-mail: Renahan.Kate@epa.gov.
• Mail: Kate Renahan, U.S. EPA—
Region 1, Office of the Regional
Administrator, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, Mail Code—ORA01–1,
Boston, MA 02109–3912.
No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
The draft permit is based on an
administrative record available for
public review at EPA—Region 1, Office
of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post Office
Square—Suite 100, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109–3912. A
reasonable fee may be charged for
copying requests. The November 4, 2010
Notice of Availability sets forth
principal facts and the significant
factual, legal, and policy questions
considered in the development of the
draft permit.
Public Meeting Information: EPA—
Region 1 will hold two public meetings
to provide information about the draft
general permit and its requirements.
Each public meeting will include a brief
presentation on the draft general permit
and a brief question and answer session.
Written, but not oral, comments for the
official draft permit record will be
accepted at the public meetings. Public
meetings will be held at the following
times and locations:
Thursday—December 2, 2010
Wednesday—January 12, 2011
Leominster Public Library Community
Room, 30 West Street, Leominster,
MA 01453, 10 a.m.—11 a.m.
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Wednesday—January 12, 2011
Leominster Public Library Community
Room, 30 West Street, Leominster,
MA 01453, 11:30 a.m.—2 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information concerning the
draft permit may be obtained between
the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday excluding holidays from:
Kate Renahan, Office of the Regional
Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency, 5 Post Office
Square—Suite 100, Mail Code: ORA01–
1, Boston, MA 02109–3912; telephone:
617–918–1491; e-mail:
Renahan.Kate@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information about the proposed permits
including background of the permit and
summary of permit conditions was
previously published on the November
4, 2010 (75 FR 67960–67962).
Dated: November 19, 2010.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Request for Nominations of Experts for
the SAB Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting
public nominations of experts to form
an SAB panel to review EPA’s noncancer health effects assessment for
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by December 20, 2010 per
instructions below.
SUMMARY:
Lakeville Public Library (Large Meeting
Room), 4 Precinct Street, Lakeville,
MA 02347, 10 a.m.
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The dates and times of any additional
public meetings will be posted on EPA–
Region 1’s Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/stormwater/
mimsc_sms4.html.
Public Hearing Information:
Following the January 12, 2011 public
meeting, a public hearing will be
conducted in accordance with 40 CFR
124.12 and will provide interested
parties with the opportunity to provide
written and/or oral comments for the
official draft permit record. The public
hearing will be held at the following
time and location:
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Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2049,
by fax at (202) 565–2098, or via e-mail
at wong.diana-M@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA Science
Advisory Board can be found at the EPA
SAB Web site at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) have been utilized for various
commercial applications, such as
insulating fluids, hydraulic and
lubricating fluids, heat exchanger fluids,
and additives in adhesives and paints.
PCBs are widespread in the
environment and represent a public
health concern.
At present, there are IRIS reference
doses (RfDs) for two commercial PCB
mixtures: Aroclor 1016 and Aroclor
1254 that were last updated in 1993 and
1994, respectively. EPA’s Office of
Research and Development (ORD) is
developing a draft assessment of the
potential noncancer health hazards of
complex PCB mixtures for inclusion on
EPA’s Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS). The new assessment will
review current science with the goal of
establishing an RfD for application to
complex PCB mixtures.
The EPA’s National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) has
requested the SAB to review ORD’s draft
assessment of the potential noncancer
health hazards of PCBs. The SAB Staff
Office will form an expert panel to
review the PCBs assessment. 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 Panel will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise in one or more of the
following areas, particularly with
respect to PCBs: General toxicology,
neurodevelopmental toxicology,
immunotoxicology, endocrinology,
reproductive toxicology, toxicokinetics,
physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
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modeling, epidemiology, statistics,
dose-response assessment, and risk
assessment.
Availability of the review materials:
The Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
noncancer IRIS assessment to be
reviewed by the PCBs Review Panel will
be available by the Office of Research
and Development at the following URL:
https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/.
and at the SAB Web site https://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/
WebCommittees/BOARD. For questions
concerning the PCBs Assessment, please
contact Dr. Geniece Lehmann of EPA’s
NCEA by phone (919) 541–2289, fax
(919) 541–0245, or e-mail
(lehmann.geniece@epa.gov).
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 Dr.
Diana Wong, DFO, as indicated above in
this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 20, 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.
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
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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. Public
comments on this List of Candidates
will be accepted for 21 calendar days.
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
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Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/
ec02010.pdf.
Dated: November 18, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010–29939 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am]
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EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S.
[Public Notice 2010–0058]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Final Collection; Comment
Request
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review
and Comments Request.
Need and Use: The Application for
Approved Finance Provider will be used
to determine the financial and
administrative capabilities of a financial
provider who will arrange, fund and
administer international loans.
Annual Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 3
hours.
Government Annual Burden Hours 8
hours.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: As
needed.
[FR Doc. 2010–29909 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am]
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Comments should be received on
or before January 28, 2011 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically on https://
www.regulations.gov or by mail to
Jeffrey Abramson, Export-Import Bank
of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20571.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles and
Form Number: EIB 10–06 Application
for Approved Finance Provider.
OMB Number: 3048-xxxx.
Type of Review: New.
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EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES
Notice of Open Meeting of the
Advisory Committee of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (ExIm Bank)
The Advisory Committee was
established by Public Law 98–181,
November 30, 1983, to advise the
Export-Import Bank on its programs and
to provide comments for inclusion in
the reports of the Export-Import Bank of
the United States to Congress.
TIME AND PLACE: Tuesday, December 14,
2010 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A break for
lunch will be at the expense of the
attendee. Security processing will be
necessary for reentry into the building.
The meeting will be held at Ex-Im Bank
in the Main Conference Room 1143, 811
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20571.
AGENDA: Agenda items include a
briefing of the Advisory Committee
members on challenges for 2011, their
roles and responsibilities and an ethics
briefing.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will
be open to public participation, and the
last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral
questions or comments. Members of the
public may also file written statement(s)
before or after the meeting. If you plan
to attend, a photo ID must be presented
at the guard’s desk as part of the
clearance process into the building, and
you may contact Susan Houser to be
placed on an attendee list. If any person
wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign
language interpreter) or other special
accommodations, please contact, prior
to December 6, 2010, Susan Houser,
Room 1273, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20571. Voice: (202)
565–3232.
FURTHER INFORMATION: For further
information, contact Susan Houser,
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Jonathan Cordone,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
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EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES
Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice of a Partially Open
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Export-Import Bank of the United
States.
TIME AND PLACE: Thursday, December 2,
2010 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be
held at Ex-Im Bank in Room 1143, 811
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20571.
OPEN AGENDA ITEM: Item No. 1: Ex-Im
Bank Advisory Committee for 2011.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will
be open to public observation for Item
No. 1 only.
FURTHER INFORMATION: For further
information, contact: Office of the
Secretary, 811 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20571 (Tele. No. 202–
565–3957)
ACTION:
Sharon A. Whitt,
Agency Clearance Officer.
AGENCY:
Form Title: Application for Approved
Finance Provider (EIB 10–06).
SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a 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.
The Application for Approved
Finance Provider will be used to
determine if the finance provider has
the financial strength and
administrative staff to originate,
administer, collect, and if needed,
restructure international loans. This
application will also improve Ex-Im
Bank’ s compliance with the Open
Government initiative by providing
transparency into specific information
used to determine if an applicant is
qualified to use our loan guarantee
programs. Export-Import Bank potential
finance providers will be able to submit
this form on paper. In the future, we
will consider allowing the submission
of this information electronically.
This application can be viewed at
https://www.exim.gov/pub/pending/
EIB10_06.pfd.
Room 1273, 811 Vermont Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565–3232.
Jonathan J. Cordone,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2010–29918 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
November 18, 2010.
The Federal Communications
Commission, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burden
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Comments are requested concerning: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of
Experts for the SAB Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is
requesting public nominations of experts to form an SAB panel to review
EPA's non-cancer health effects assessment for Polychlorinated
Biphenyls (PCBs).
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by December 20, 2010 per
instructions below.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff
Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2049, by fax at (202) 565-
2098, or via e-mail at wong.diana-M@epa.gov. General information
concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found at the EPA SAB
Web site at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
have been utilized for various commercial applications, such as
insulating fluids, hydraulic and lubricating fluids, heat exchanger
fluids, and additives in adhesives and paints. PCBs are widespread in
the environment and represent a public health concern.
At present, there are IRIS reference doses (RfDs) for two
commercial PCB mixtures: Aroclor 1016 and Aroclor 1254 that were last
updated in 1993 and 1994, respectively. EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD) is developing a draft assessment of the potential
noncancer health hazards of complex PCB mixtures for inclusion on EPA's
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The new assessment will
review current science with the goal of establishing an RfD for
application to complex PCB mixtures.
The EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) has
requested the SAB to review ORD's draft assessment of the potential
noncancer health hazards of PCBs. The SAB Staff Office will form an
expert panel to review the PCBs assessment. 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 Panel will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists
with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas,
particularly with respect to PCBs: General toxicology,
neurodevelopmental toxicology, immunotoxicology, endocrinology,
reproductive toxicology, toxicokinetics, physiologically-based
pharmacokinetic modeling, epidemiology, statistics, dose-response
assessment, and risk assessment.
Availability of the review materials: The Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) noncancer IRIS assessment to be reviewed by the PCBs Review
Panel will be available by the Office of Research and Development at
the following URL: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/. and at the
SAB Web site https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees/BOARD. For questions concerning the PCBs Assessment, please contact Dr.
Geniece Lehmann of EPA's NCEA by phone (919) 541-2289, fax (919) 541-
0245, or e-mail (lehmann.geniece@epa.gov).
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 Dr. Diana Wong, DFO, as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 20, 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.
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. Public comments on this
List of Candidates will be accepted for 21 calendar days. 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
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Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: November 18, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-29939 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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