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Section 206(b) of the ETAA requires 

that the membership of each RAC 

contain a balanced representation of 

States in the region and include not 

more than one representative of each 

State educational agency located in the 

region. The membership of each RAC 

may include the following: 

Representatives of local educational 

agencies, both rural and urban; 

representatives of institutions of higher 

education, including those that 

represent university-based research on 

education and on subjects other than 

education; parents; practicing educators, 

including classroom teachers, 

principals, administrators, school board 

members, and other local school 

officials; representatives of business; 

and researchers. Each RAC will be 

composed of approximately 12 

members. 

Nomination Process 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate one or more qualified 

individuals for membership. If you 

would like to nominate an individual or 

yourself for appointment to one of the 

RACs, please submit the following 

information to the Department’s White 

House Liaison Office: 

• A copy of the nominee’s resume; 

• A cover letter that provides the 

reason(s) for nominating the individual; 

• Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, home and 

business address, phone number, fax 

number, and e-mail address); and 

• Specify the groups the nominee 

may qualify to represent from the 

following categories (list all that apply): 

Æ State educational agency. 

Æ Local educational agency (LEA). 

• Rural LEA. 

• Urban LEA. 

Æ Practicing educator. 

• Classroom teacher. 

• School principal. 

• Other school administrator. 

• School board member. 

• Other local school official. 

Æ Parent. 

Æ Institution of higher education. 

• University-based education 

research. 

• University-based research on 

subjects other than education. 

Æ Business. 

Æ Researchers. 

In addition, the cover letter must state 

that the nominee (if you are nominating 

someone other than yourself) has agreed 

to be nominated and is willing to serve 

on one of the RACs. Nominees will be 

appointed based on technical 

qualifications, professional experience, 

demonstrated knowledge of issues, and 

demonstrated experience, integrity, 

impartiality, and good judgment. 

The Secretary will appoint members 

for the life of the Committee, which will 

span approximately five months. The 

committee will meet approximately five 

times during this period. Any member 

appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 

prior to the expiration of the full term 

for which the member’s predecessor was 

appointed will be appointed for the 

remainder of such term. Members will 

serve without compensation. However, 

members may receive reimbursement 

for travel expenses for attending 

Committee meetings, including per 

diem in lieu of subsistence, as 

authorized by the Federal travel 

regulations. 

Each RAC will be composed of both 

representatives of organizations or 

recognizable groups of persons and 

Special Government Employees (SGEs). 

SGE members will be chosen for their 

individual expertise, qualifications, and 

experience; they will provide advice 

and make recommendations based on 

their independent judgment and will 

not be speaking for or representing the 

views of any nongovernmental 

organization or recognizable group of 

persons. 

DATES: Nominations for individuals to 

serve on the RACs must be submitted 

(postmarked, if sending by mail; 

submitted electronically; or received, if 

hand delivered) by January 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronically: Send to: 

WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov (specify in 

the e-mail subject line, ‘‘Regional 

Advisory Committee Nomination’’). 

• Mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, messenger, or courier service: 

Submit one copy of the documents 

listed above to the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, White 

House Liaison Office, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 7C109, 

Washington, DC 20202, Attn: Karen 

Akins. Express mail or hand delivery is 

encouraged to ensure timely receipt of 

materials. 

For questions, contact Karen Akins, 

White House Liaison Office, at (202) 

401–3677, at (202) 205–0723 (fax), or via 

e-mail at WhiteHouseLiaison@ed.gov. 

Dated: November 29, 2010. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

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Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement 

Agreement; Request for Public Comment 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), 

notice is hereby given of a proposed 

settlement agreement to address a 

lawsuit filed by the Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network v. 

Jackson,. No 1:09–0133 (D. D.C.). On 

February 17, 2010, Plaintiff filed an 

amended complaint alleging that EPA 

failed to perform nondiscretionary 

duties under the Clean Air Act related 

to the attainment of National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 

ozone in the Baton Rouge area. 

Specifically, they alleged that EPA 

failed to promulgate a Federal 

Implementation Plan to adopt 

regulations for the Baton Rouge area 

necessary to implement CAA 

requirements for ozone nonattainment 

areas that have been designated as 

‘‘severe’’ nonattainment areas for the 1- 

hour ozone standard. The proposed 

settlement agreement establishes 

deadlines for EPA to take action on 

certain requirements related to the 1- 

hour and 1997 8-hour ozone standards. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed settlement agreements must be 

received by January 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2010–0971, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Tierney, Air and Radiation Law Office 

(2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–5598; 

fax number (202) 564–5603; e-mail 

address: tierney.jan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Settlement Agreement 

The proposed settlement agreement 

would resolve a lawsuit seeking to 

compel the Agency to promulgate a 

Federal implementation plan addressing 

certain elements of a severe area 1-hour 

ozone SIP for Baton Rouge. In 2003, 

EPA reclassified the Baton Rouge area as 

a severe 1-hour ozone nonattainment 

area and established a schedule for 

Louisiana to submit SIP revisions to 

address the CAA’s pollution control 

requirements for severe ozone 

nonattainment areas. The LDEQ 

submitted to EPA for approval certain 

SIP revisions relevant to severe 1-hour 

requirements for major sources in the 

Baton Rouge area, which included: (1) A 

June 15, 2005 submittal titled ‘‘Severe 

Area Rule Update,’’ (2) a December 20, 

2005, submittal titled ‘‘New Source 

Review State Implementation Plan,’’ and 

(3) a November 9, 2007, submittal titled 

‘‘General Rule Update.’’ 

Under the proposed settlement 

agreement, if by February 28, 2012, EPA 

has not taken final action redesignating 

the Baton Rouge area to attainment for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, EPA 

will sign a notice to be published in the 

Federal Register, proposing action on 

(1) LDEQ’s June 15, 2005 submittal 

titled ‘‘Severe Area Rule Update,’’ (2) 

LDEQ’s December 20, 2005, submittal 

titled ‘‘New Source Review State 

Implementation Plan,’’ and (3) LDEQ’s 

November 9, 2007, submittal titled 

‘‘General Rule Update.’’ The proposed 

settlement also states that if by 

September 30, 2012, EPA has not taken 

final action redesignating the Baton 

Rouge area to attainment for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS, EPA will sign a 

notice to be published in the Federal 

Register, taking final action on the three 

SIP submissions identified above. If 

EPA fulfills its obligations, the Parties 

shall jointly file with the Court in LEAN 

v. Jackson (civil action no. 1:09–01333) 

a motion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(a) to dismiss the case. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

settlement agreements from persons 

who were not named as parties or 

intervenors to the litigation in question. 

EPA or the Department of Justice may 

withdraw or withhold consent to the 

proposed settlement agreements if the 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or 

the Department of Justice determines 

that consent to these settlement 

agreements should be withdrawn, the 

terms of the agreements will be 

affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreements 

A. How can I get a copy of the 

settlement agreements? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2010–0971) contains 

copies of the proposed settlement 

agreements. The official public docket is 

available for public viewing at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or on paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail address is automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Dated: November 29, 2010. 

Richard B. Ossias, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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