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The SAB Staff Office will form an 

expert panel by augmenting the RAC to 

review the EPA’s draft technical report, 

which will be used as a basis to evaluate 

the technical and scientific issues 

pertaining to standards in 40 CFR part 

192—Health and Environmental 

Protection Standards for Uranium and 

Thorium Mill Tailings. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists and engineers with 

demonstrated expertise and experience 

in one or more of the following areas: 

environmental statistics, geochemistry, 

geology, geostatistics, hydrogeology, 

environmental monitoring, and 

radiation health science. 

Technical Contact: Technical 

background information pertaining to 

Uranium In-Situ Leach Recovery—PostClosure Stability Monitoring can be 

found at the following hotlink: http:// 

epa.gov/radiation/tenorm/index.html, 

and, information pertaining to EPA’s 

regulatory standards in 40 CFR part 

192—Health and Environmental 

Protection Standards for Uranium and 

Thorium Mill Tailings can be found at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opei/ 

rulegate.nsf/byRIN/2060- 

AP43?opendocument. For questions 

concerning this topic, please contact Dr. 

Mary E. Clark of the U.S. EPA, ORIA by 

telephone at (202) 343–9348, fax at (202) 

243–2395, or e-mail at 

clark.marye@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 http://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. K. 

Jack Kooyoomjian, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than December 15, 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 

http://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 http:// 

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 http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ 

ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: November 18, 2010. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29635 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, November 18, 

2010, at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E. Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (ninth floor). 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Items To Be Discussed 

Correction and Approval of the 

Minutes for the Meeting of November 4, 

2010. 

Draft AO 2010–23: CTIA by Jan 

Witold Baran, Esq. and Caleb P. Burns, 

Esq. 

Draft AO 2010–24: Republican Party 

of San Diego County by C. April Boling, 

CPA, Treasurer. 

Draft AO 2010–26: The Honorable 

Brian Baird. 

Draft AO 2010–27: Obama for 

America by Judith L. Corley, Esq. and 

Rebecca H. Gordon, Esq.; and Biden for 

President by William J. Farah, Esq. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Commission Secretary and Clerk, at 

(202) 694–1040, at least 72 hours prior 

to the hearing date. 

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1The other two rules relate to the information 

that must appear in any written warranty offered on 

a consumer product costing more than $15 and the 

pre-sale availability of warranty terms. 

2 40 FR 60168 (Dec. 31, 1975). 

3 15 U.S.C. 2310(a). 

4 15 U.S.C. 2310(a)(3). 

5 Id. 

6 15 U.S.C. 2310(a)(2). 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29407 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreements to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within ten days 

of the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register. Copies of the 

agreements are available through the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the 

Office of Agreements at (202) 523–5793 

or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 012032–006. 

Title: CMA CGM/MSC/Maersk Line 

North and Central China-US Pacific 

Coast Two-Loop Space Charter, Sailing 

and Cooperative Working Agreement. 

Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, CMA 

CGM S.A., and Mediterranean Shipping 

Company S.A. 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; 

Cozen O’Connor; 1627 I Street, NW., 

Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The amendment revises the 

allocations for Maersk and MSC on 

Loop 2 of the parties’ transpacific 

service. 

Agreement No.: 012108. 

Title: The World Liner Data 

Agreement. 

Parties: ANL Container Line Pty Ltd.; 

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; CMA CGM 

S.A.; Compania Chilena de Navegacion 

Interoceanica S.A.; Hamburg-Sud; 

Hapag-Lloyd AG; Mediterranean 

Shipping Company S.A.; Orient 

Overseas Container Line Ltd.; and 

United Arab Shipping Company S.A.G. 

Filing Party: Wayne Rohde, Esq.; 

Cozen O’Connor; 627 I Street, NW., 

Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The pending agreement has 

been changed to include ANL Container 

Line Pty Ltd. as a party to the 

Agreement. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Dated: November 19, 2010. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29658 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(FTC or Commission). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA). The FTC is seeking public 

comments on its proposal to extend 

through February 28, 2014, the current 

PRA clearance for information 

collection requirements contained in its 

Informal Dispute Settlement Procedures 

Rule. That clearance expires on 

February 28, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

electronically or in paper form, by 

following the instructions in the 

Request for Comments part of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Comments in electronic form 

should be submitted by using the 

following Web link: (https:// 

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

idsrpra) (and following the instructions 

on the Web-based form). Comments in 

paper form should be mailed or 

delivered to the following address: 

Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 

Secretary, Room HB–113 (Annex J), 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, in the manner 

detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for copies of the collection of 

information and supporting 

documentation should be addressed to 

Allyson Himelfarb, Investigator, 

Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau 

of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 

Commission, Room H–286, 600 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20580, (202) 326–2505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activities 

Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, 

Federal agencies must obtain approval 

from OMB for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ means 

agency requests or requirements that 

members of the public submit reports, 

keep records, or provide information to 

a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3), 5 CFR 

1320.3(c). Because the number of 

entities affected by the Commission’s 

requests will exceed ten, the 

Commission plans to seek OMB 

clearance under the PRA. As required 

by § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the 

Commission is providing this 

opportunity for public comment before 

requesting that OMB extend the existing 

paperwork clearance for the information 

collection requirements associated with 

the Commission’s regulations under the 

FTC’s Informal Dispute Settlement 

Procedures Rule (the Dispute Settlement 

Rule or Rule) (OMB Control Number 

3084–0113), 16 CFR 703. 

The Dispute Settlement Rule is one of 

three rules 1 that the FTC implemented 

pursuant to requirements of the 

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 

U.S.C. 2301 et seq. (Warranty Act or 

Act).2 The Dispute Settlement Rule, 16 

CFR 703, specifies the minimum 

standards which must be met by any 

informal dispute settlement mechanism 

(IDSM) that is incorporated into a 

written consumer product warranty and 

which the consumer must use before 

pursuing legal remedies under the Act 

in court. In enacting the Warranty Act, 

Congress recognized the potential 

benefits of consumer dispute 

mechanisms as an alternative to the 

judicial process. Section 110(a) of the 

Act sets out the Congressional policy to 

‘‘encourage warrantors to establish 

procedures whereby consumer disputes 

are fairly and expeditiously settled 

through informal dispute settlement 

mechanisms’’ and erected a framework 

for their establishment.3 As an incentive 

to warrantors to establish IDSMs, 

Congress provided in Section 110(a)(3) 

that warrantors may incorporate into 

their written consumer product 

warranties a requirement that a 

consumer must resort to an IDSM before 

pursuing a legal remedy under the Act 

for breach of warranty.4 To ensure 

fairness to consumers, however, 

Congress also directed that, if a 

warrantor were to incorporate such a 

‘‘prior resort requirement’’ into its 

written warranty, the warrantor must 

comply with the minimum standards set 

by the Commission for such IDSMs.5

Section 110(a)(2) of the Act directed the 

Commission to establish those 

minimum standards.6

The Dispute Settlement Rule contains 

standards for IDSMs, including 

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