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armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), and 

beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). 

All cotton plants to be evaluated under 

this EUP contain the Cry2Ae protein 

and have been derived from either 

transformation event GHB119 or 

GHB714 or are combinations derived 

from either transformation event T303– 

3 or T304–40 and event GHB119 or 

GHB714. 

A copy of the applications and any 

information submitted is available for 

public review in the dockets established 

for these EUP applications as described 

under ADDRESSES. 

Following the review of the 

applications and any comments and 

data received in response to these 

solicitations, EPA will decide whether 

to issue or deny the EUP amendment 

and extension requests, and if issued, 

the conditions under which they are to 

be conducted. Any issuance of the EUPs 

will be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

W. Michael McDavit, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29223 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9230–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts for 

the Review of a Draft Microbial Risk 

Assessment Guideline: Pathogenic 

Microorganisms in Food and Water 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

public nominations for technical experts 

to form an SAB panel to review a draft 

interagency Microbial Risk Assessment 

Guideline: Pathogenic Microorganisms 

in Food and Water (the Guideline) 

which provides a flexible framework for 

conducting microbial risk assessment 

that may be applied by different 

agencies with various statutory 

authorities. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by December 15, 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 

Science Advisory Board 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. 

EPA and the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) are leading the 

Interagency Microbial Risk Assessment 

(MRA) Guideline Workgroup to develop 

a Guideline to improve transparency in 

how Federal agencies conduct MRA and 

promote consistency in terms of 

approaches and methods. The Guideline 

is intended to be a resource for U.S. 

Federal Government risk assessors, their 

contractors, and the general risk 

assessment community. 

The draft Guideline is focused on 

infectious diseases associated with the 

gastrointestinal tract and fecal/oral 

transmission through food and water 

but has utility to a broader variety of 

scenarios. It applies to human 

pathogens including viruses, bacteria, 

protozoa, and fungi. In addition to 

issues in common with chemical risk 

assessment the document addresses 

issues that are unique to MRA such as 

secondary transmission, variation in 

immune status, and fluctuation in 

microbial populations. 

The EPA Office of the Science 

Advisor’s Risk Assessment Forum has 

requested the SAB to review the draft 

Microbial Risk Assessment Guideline: 

Pathogenic Microorganisms in Food and 

Water to assess the appropriateness of 

the Guideline to provide technical 

guidance and its efficacy as a resource 

in conducting MRA. The SAB Staff 

Office will consider nominations 

received in response to this FR Notice, 

members of the Science Advisory Board, 

and the USDA National Advisory 

Committee on Microbiological Criteria 

for Foods (NACMCF) to form an expert 

panel under the auspices of the SAB to 

review the draft MRA Guideline. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists and risk assessors 

with demonstrated expertise and 

research or management experience in 

one or more of the following areas: 

Microbiology, infectious disease, food 

safety, exposure assessment, 

biostatistics, public health, risk 

assessment and risk communication. We 

are particularly interested in scientists 

and risk assessors with direct 

experience in the design, management, 

and implementation of public health 

protection programs that have included 

development of approaches to assess 

exposure reduction to food- and waterborne pathogens. 

Availability of the review materials: 

Information on the Guideline is 

available on the EPA Risk Assessment 

Forum Web site http://www.epa.gov/raf/ 

microbial.htm. For questions concerning 

the MRA Guideline, please contact Dr. 

Kathryn Gallagher, Executive Director, 

Risk Assessment Forum, Office of the 

Science Advisor US EPA, Mail Code, 

8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (phone) 202– 

564–1398 (fax) 202–564–2070 or at 

gallagher.kathryn@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. 

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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 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 16, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29637 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9230–9] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts for 

Review of EPA’s Draft Technical 

Report Pertaining to Uranium and 

Thorium In-Situ Leach Recovery and 

Post-Closure Stability Monitoring 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

public nominations for technical experts 

to augment the SAB’s Radiation 

Advisory Committee (RAC) to review 

and provide advice on EPA’s draft 

scientific and technical report on Health 

and Environmental Protection 

Standards for Uranium and Thorium 

Mill Tailings. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by December 15, 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 

Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, 

by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564– 

2064, or via e-mail at 

kooyoomjian.jack@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: 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. 

EPA is conducting a review of its 

regulatory standards in 40 CFR Part 

192—Health and Environmental 

Protection Standards for Uranium and 

Thorium Mill Tailings. In accordance 

with UMTRCA section 206, EPA is 

authorized to develop standards for the 

protection of public health, safety, and 

the environment from radiological and 

non-radiological hazards associated 

with residual radioactive materials. The 

Agency is currently undertaking a 

review to determine if the existing 

standards, last revised by EPA in 1995, 

should be updated. The expectation is 

that In-Situ Leach Recovery (ISL/ISR) 

operations will be the most common 

type of new uranium extraction facility 

in the U.S.. These facilities can affect 

groundwater. Accordingly, EPA is 

seeking scientific advice and relevant 

technical criteria to establish standards 

and procedures, including the relevant 

period of monitoring for ISL/ISR 

facilities, once uranium extraction 

operations are completed, in order to 

provide reasonable assurances of aquifer 

stability and groundwater protection. 

The EPA Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air (ORIA) has requested the 

SAB to review a draft technical 

document pertaining to ISL/ISR post 

closure stability monitoring and 

evaluate what criteria, including site 

characteristics and integrity features, as 

well as other relevant factors and 

specific procedures that should be 

considered, to establish a specific 

period of monitoring for ISL/ISR 

facilities, once uranium extraction 

operations are completed. Among the 

issues to be considered is whether a 

time frame can be established, whether 

specific site characteristics, features or 

benchmarks can be used to aid in 

establishing a post-closure monitoring 

time period, and if there are other 

technical approaches EPA should 

consider in order to provide reasonable 

assurances of aquifer stability and 

groundwater protection. 

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