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described, this research is likely to 

generate scientifically reliable data, 

useful for assessing the exposure of 

those who load liquid pesticides with 

closed system equipment, and to meet 

the applicable requirements of 40 CFR 

part 26, subparts K and L. 

c. The unpublished report of the 

completed Carroll-Loye Biological 

Research, Inc. study No. Mas-003 to 

evaluate in the field the repellent 

efficacy against mosquitoes of a product 

containing 16% para-methane-3,8-diol 

and 2% lemongrass oil. The protocol for 

this study was reviewed favorably by 

the HSRB at their meeting in October 

2010. EPA seeks the advice of the HSRB 

on the scientific soundness of this 

completed study for use to estimate the 

duration of complete protection against 

mosquitoes provided by the tested 

repellent, and on whether available 

information supports a determination 

that the study was conducted in 

substantial compliance with subparts K 

and L of 40 CFR part 26. 

d. A published report by Moiemen et 

al. (2010) of an intentional exposure 

human study measuring dermal 

absorption of silver from the use of 

nanosilver-containing wound dressings 

to treat major burns. EPA seeks the 

advice of the HSRB on the scientific 

soundness of this completed study for 

use in support of an assessment of the 

absorption of nanosilver particles 

through the skin, and on whether there 

is adequate information to determine 

that the study was conducted in 

substantial compliance with procedures 

at least as protective as those in subparts 

A–L of EPA’s regulation at 40 CFR part 

26. 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of the meeting, summarizing 

the matters discussed and 

recommendations, if any, made by the 

advisory committee regarding such 

matters, will be released within 90 

calendar days of the meeting. Such 

minutes will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

information regarding the Board’s Final 

meeting report, will be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: September 21, 2011. 

Paul T. Anastas, 

EPA Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24816 Filed 9–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0793; FRL–8890–4] 

Receipt of Request for Waiver from 

Testing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Regulations issued by EPA 

under section 4 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act require that specified 

chemical substances be tested to 

determine if they are contaminated with 

halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins (HDDs) 

or halogenated dibenzofurans (HDFs), 

and that results be reported to EPA. 

However, the regulations allow for 

exclusion and waiver from these 

requirements if an appropriate 

application is submitted to EPA and is 

approved. EPA has received a request 

for a waiver from these testing 

requirements from 3M and will accept 

comments on this request. EPA will 

publish another Federal Register notice 

on or before November 14, 2011, 

announcing its decisions on this 

request. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0793, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0793. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2011–0793. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Rebecca 

Edelstein, National Program Chemicals 

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Division, Office Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (7404T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (202) 564– 

8566; e-mail address: 

edelstein.rebecca@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA–Hotline, ABVI–Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; e-mail address: TSCA– 

Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe the specific 

entities that this action may apply to. 

Although others may be affected, this 

action applies directly to the submitter 

of the request for waiver. If you have 

any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What action is the agency taking? 

EPA is announcing receipt of a 

request for waiver from testing from 3M. 

EPA will accept comments on this 

request and will publish another 

Federal Register notice on or before 

November 14, 2011, announcing its 

decisions on this request. See 40 CFR 

766.32(c). 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Under 40 CFR part 766, EPA requires 

testing of certain chemical substances to 

determine whether they may be 

contaminated with HDDs and HDFs. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(i), a waiver 

may be granted if a responsible 

company official certifies that the 

chemical substance is produced only in 

quantities of 100 kilograms (kg) or less 

per year, and only for research and 

development purposes. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(b), a request for 

a waiver must be made 60 days before 

resumption of manufacture or 

importation of a chemical substance not 

being manufactured, imported, or 

processed as of June 5, 1987. 

On September 14, 2011, EPA received 

a waiver request from 3M under 40 CFR 

766.32(a)(2)(i). The request indicates 

that 3M intends to import 

tetrabromobisphenol A (CASRN 79–94– 

7), a chemical substance subject to 

testing under 40 CFR part 766, as part 

of an experimental formulation for 

research and development purposes. 3M 

will import less than 100 kg of 

tetrabromobisphenol A. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Dibenzofurans, Dioxins, Hazardous 

substances, Tetrabromobisphenol A. 

Dated: September 22, 2011. 

Wendy C. Hamnett, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24870 Filed 9–23–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than October 21, 

2011. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. First Clover Leaf Financial Corp., 

Edwardsville, Illinois; to become a bank 

holding company through the 

conversion of First Clover Leaf Bank, 

Edwardsville, Illinois, from a federally 

chartered savings bank to a state 

chartered commercial bank. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

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