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Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

5. ER11–2224–000 ............................................................................................................. 4–7–11 Hon. Robert E. Curry.4

6. ER11–2224–000 ............................................................................................................. 4–6–11 Michael Henry.5

7. ER11–2224–000 ............................................................................................................. 3–28–11 Hon. Charles Schumer. 

8. ER11–2224–000 ............................................................................................................. 3–29–11 Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg. 

9. Project No. 2079–069 .................................................................................................... 4–8–11 Carolyn Templeton.6

10. Project No. 12715–000 ................................................................................................ 3–24–11 David Sinclair.7

11. Project No. 13351–000 ................................................................................................ 3–14–2011 Janet Hutzel.8

1 Record of e-mail correspondence. 

2 Record of e-mail exchange. 

3 Memo to file regarding 3–10–11 meeting between FERC staff, National Park Service and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC 

concerning the Mid-Atlantic Connector Expansion Project. 4 Record of e-mail correspondence. 

5 Record of telephone call from Hon. Charles Schumer. 

6 Memo to file regarding 4–4–11 meeting between FERC staff and representatives of Placer County Water Agency concerning the Middle Fork 

American Hydroelectric Project. 7 Record of e-mail correspondence. 

8 Notification of determination of eligibility from the National Park Service. 

Dated: April 14, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9664 Filed 4–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9298–5] 

Meeting of the Local Government 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA’s Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) will meet May 18–19, 2011, in 

Chicago, Illinois. The Committee 

meeting will be held at U.S. EPA Region 

5, Ralph Metcalfe Federal Building, 

Lake Superior conference room, 77 West 

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. The 

focus of the Committee meeting will be 

on Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s seven 

priorities as expressed in her charge to 

the committee: protecting America’s 

waters; cleaning up our communities; 

expanding the conversation on 

environmentalism; improving air 

quality; taking action on climate change; 

assuring the safety of chemicals; and 

building strong partnerships. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is an 

open meeting and all interested persons 

are invited to attend. The Committee 

will hear comments from the public 

between 4:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Individuals 

or organizations wishing to address the 

LGAC will be allowed a maximum of 

five minutes to present their point of 

view. Also, written comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

Zampieri.Paula@epa.gov. Please contact 

the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at 

the number listed below to schedule 

agenda time. Time will be allotted on a 

first come first serve basis, and the total 

periodfor comments may be extended if 

the number of requests for appearances 

requires it. The Committee’s meeting 

minutes and summary notes will be 

available online, withinsixty days of the 

meeting date. Meeting minutes and 

summary notes can be found online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_lgac/lgac_

index.htm. 

ADDRESSES: The LGAC meeting will be 

held at US EPA Region 5, Ralph 

Metcalfe Federal Building, Lake 

Superior Conference Room, 77 West 

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Zampieri, DFO for the Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) at (202) 566–2496 or e-mail at 

Zampieri.Paula@epa.gov. 

INFORMATION ON SERVICES FOR THOSE

WITH DISABILITIES: For Information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contactPaula 

Zampieri at (202) 566–2496 or 

Zampieri.Paula@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: April 13, 2011. 

Paula Zampieri, 

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9687 Filed 4–20–11; 8:45 am] 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Panel for Review of 

Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces two public teleconferences 

of the SAB Panel to discuss its draft 

report of the review of EPA’s Draft 

Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan. 

DATES: Two public teleconference calls 

will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2011 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on 

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

these public teleconferences may 

contact Mr. Edward Hanlon, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, 

by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564– 

2134; by fax at (202) 565–2098 or via email at hanlon.edward@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. Any inquiry 

regarding EPA’s Draft Hydraulic 

Fracturing Study Plan should be 

directed to Ms. Susan Burden, EPA 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD), at Burden.Susan@epa.gov or 

(202) 564–6308. Media inquiries 

regarding EPA’s Draft Hydraulic 

Fracturing Study Plan should be 


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directed to Ms. Amy Dewey, EPA Office 

of Public Affairs (OPA), at 

Dewey.Amy@epa.gov or (202) 564–7816. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to 

FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby 

given that the SAB Panel will hold two 

public teleconferences to provide an 

independent review of EPA’s Draft 

Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan. 

Hydraulic fracturing generates vertical 

and horizontal fractures in underground 

geologic formations to facilitate 

extraction of gas (or oil) from the 

subsurface. The general process 

involves drilling a vertical well, in 

many cases extending the well bore 

horizontally into the formation, 

removing water, injecting hydraulic 

fracturing fluids and then extracting the 

natural gas along with separation and 

management of fluids. To respond to 

concerns voiced by the public and meet 

a Congressional request, the EPA Office 

of Research and Development (ORD) 

initiated a study on the potential 

impacts of hydraulic fracturing on 

drinking water resources. At a public 

face-to-face meeting on April 7–8, 2010, 

the SAB Environmental Engineering 

Committee (EEC) augmented with other 

SAB members evaluated and 

commented on ORD’s proposed scope of 

study and key research questions 

regarding the potential public health 

and drinking water resource issues that 

may be associated with hydraulic 

fracturing [Federal Register Notice 

dated March 18, 2010 (75 FR 13125)]. 

On June 24, 2010 the SAB provided the 

EPA Administrator with an advisory 

report entitled Advisory on EPA’s 

Research Scoping Document Related to 

Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA–SAB–10– 

009. 

ORD’s next step was to develop a 

draft Study Plan for its hydraulic 

fracturing research. The SAB formed a 

new Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan 

Review Panel which met on March 

7–8, 2011 to discuss and evaluate ORD’s 

Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan. 

[Federal Register Notice dated February 

9, 2011 (76 FR 7199–7180)]. Materials 

from the March 2011 meeting are posted 

on the SAB Web site at http:// 

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

MeetingCal/153AC7DF

8D2626F98525781000648075?

OpenDocument. The purpose of the 

May 19, 2011 and May 25, 2011 

teleconference calls is for the SAB Panel 

to discuss its draft review report that 

was developed based on consensus 

views reached at the March 7–8, 2011 

meeting. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and materials in support of these 

teleconference calls will be placed on 

the EPA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the 

teleconference calls. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB to consider or if it relates to the 

clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

for the relevant advisory committee 

directly. 

Oral Statements: Members of the 

public have opportunity to provide oral 

statements during the May 19, 2011 

teleconference call. In general, 

individuals requesting an oral 

presentation during the May 19, 2011 

public teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes per speaker. Interested 

parties should contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, DFO, in writing (preferably via 

e-mail), at the contact information noted 

above, by May 12, 2011 to be placed on 

the list of public speakers for the 

teleconference. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be received in the 

SAB Staff Office by May 12, 2011 so that 

the information may be made available 

to the Panel for their consideration. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in electronic format via 

e-mail (acceptable file formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

It is the SAB Staff Office general policy 

to post written comments on the Web 

page prior to the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the SAB Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon at the phone number or e-mail 

address noted above, preferably at least 

ten days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: April 15, 2011. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Federal Advisory Committee Act; Open 

Internet Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; of intent to establish. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

purpose of this notice is to announce 

that a Federal Advisory Committee, 

known as the ‘‘Open Internet Advisory 

Committee’’ (hereinafter ‘‘the 

Committee’’), is being established. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Satterwhite, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, 202–418–3626, e-mail: 

ellen.satterwhite@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Chairman of the Federal 

Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’) 

has determined that the establishment 

of the Committee is necessary and in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FCC by law. The Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Service Administration concurs with 

the establishment of the Committee. The 

purpose of the Committee is to track and 

evaluate the effects of the FCC’s Open 

Internet rules (available at http:// 

www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/ 

Daily_Business/2010/db1223/FCC-10- 

201A1.pdf), and to provide any 

recommendations the Committee deems 

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