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change are included in docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–1017.’’ 

b. On page 44964, first column, Unit 

VI. is corrected to read as follows: 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation action. 

The existing stocks provisions for the 

products subject to this order are as 

follows. 

The registrants may continue to sell 

and distribute existing stocks products 

listed in Table 1 of Unit II., except EPA 

Reg. No. 082542–00005, Ethofumesate 

Technical, until August 1, 2011, which 

is 1 year after the publication of the 

cancellation order in the Federal 

Register. Thereafter, the registrants are 

prohibited from selling or distributing 

products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., 

except for export in accordance with 

FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. 

Persons other than the registrants may 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of 

products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., 

except EPA Reg. No. 082542–00005, 

Ethofumesate Technical, until existing 

stocks are exhausted, provided that such 

sale, distribution, or use is consistent 

with the terms of the previously 

approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the canceled products. 

Any sale or distribution by the 

registrant of existing stocks of EPA Reg. 

No. 082542–00005 is prohibited from 

July 30, 2010. 

2. FR Doc. 2010–17155 published in 

the Federal Register of July 14, 2010 (75 

FR 40824) (FRL–8828–5) is corrected on 

page 40825, in Table 1.—MSMA 

Product Cancellations, in the first 

column of Table 1, registration numbers, 

‘‘42750–38’’ and ‘‘42750–39’’ are 

corrected to read ‘‘42750–28’’ and 

‘‘42750–29,’’ respectively. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection. 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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AGENCY 

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Public Information Exchange on EPA 

Nanomaterial Case Studies 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting to 

Receive Comments and Questions and 

To Provide Information on EPA 

Nanomaterial Case Studies and Their 

Purpose 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public 

meeting to receive comments and 

questions on the EPA Nanomaterial 

Case Studies (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ 

ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=230972; http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=226723). This 

meeting will also afford EPA an 

opportunity to highlight the 

Nanomaterial Case Studies and how 

they are being used as part of an 

ongoing process to refine a long-term 

research strategy to support the 

comprehensive environmental 

assessment of nanomaterials. 

All interested public parties are 

requested to register to attend this 

workshop. Space is limited, and 

reservations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. Comments may 

be submitted in writing or as brief oral 

statements during specified periods of 

the meeting. EPA intends to consider all 

such comments in evaluating whether 

or how to develop further case studies 

and workshops on nanomaterials. 

DATES: The Public Information 

Exchange Meeting on the EPA 

Nanomaterial Case Studies will be held 

on January 4, 2011, beginning at 12:30 

p.m. and ending no later than 3:30 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. Written 

comments should be submitted to EPA 

by December 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The Public Information 

Exchange Meeting on the EPA 

Nanomaterial Case Studies will be held 

at the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency in Research Triangle Park, NC. 

To attend the workshop, please register 

no later than December 28, 2010, 

preferably by sending an e-mail to 

NanoWorkshop@icfi.com. Alternatively, 

you may register by calling Ms. Amalia 

Marenberg at ICF International at 

(919) 293–1624. 

EPA welcomes public attendance at 

the Public Information Exchange 

Meeting on the EPA Nanomaterial Case 

Studies and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

For information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or if you 

have any other questions related to this 

meeting, please contact Ms. Amalia 

Marenberg of ICF International at 

(919) 293–1624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the EPA 

Nanomaterial Case Studies and 

Workshops 

Engineered nanoscale materials 

(nanomaterials) have often been 

described as having at least one 

dimension between 1 and 100 

nanometers (nm) and frequently 

possessing unusual, if not unique, 

properties that arise from their small 

size. Like all technological 

developments, nanomaterials offer the 

potential for both benefits and risks. The 

assessment of such risks and benefits 

requires information, but given the 

emergent state of nanotechnology, much 

remains to be learned about the 

characteristics and effects of 

nanomaterials before such assessments 

can be accomplished. 

In its 2007 Nanotechnology White 

Paper (2007, p. 89), EPA included the 

following recommendations regarding 

the risk assessment of nanomaterials: (1) 

Develop case studies based on publicly 

available information on one or several 

intentionally produced nanomaterials, 

and from such case studies identify 

information gaps to help map areas of 

research that would support the risk 

assessment process; (2) hold a series of 

workshops involving a substantial 

number of experts from several 

disciplines to assist in this process. 

In keeping with these 

recommendations, the National Center 

for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

in EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) prepared 

Nanomaterial Case Studies: Nanoscale 

Titanium Dioxide in Water Treatment 

and in Topical Sunscreen [External 

Review Draft] (U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 

EPA/600/R–09/057, 2009, http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=210206), 

released in July 2009, and subsequently 

held the ‘‘Nanomaterial Case Studies 

Workshop: Developing a 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Assessment Research Strategy for 

Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide’’ on 

September 29–30, 2009, in Durham, 

North Carolina. A summary of the 

workshop may be found at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/pdf/ 

nano1005summ.pdf. The summary 

document provides information on the 

design and conduct of the 2009 case 

studies workshop, noting that the 

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was held under the auspices of the EPA 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 

an advisory committee of independent 

scientists and engineers established by 

EPA to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations concerning practices 

and programs of the Office of Research 

and Development, including ORD’s 

research planning process, in 

accordance with provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2 [http:// 

www.archives.gov/federal-register/laws/ 

fed-advisory-committee]) and related 

regulations. In August 2010, the BOSC 

provided comments on the case studies 

workshop (http://www.epa.gov/osp/ 

bosc/pdf/nano1008rpt.pdf). 

The Nanomaterial Case Studies: 

Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide in Water 

Treatment and in Topical Sunscreen 

[External Review Draft] (http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=210206) was 

used as a starting point for the 2009 

workshop. A key feature of the case 

studies is the comprehensive 

environmental assessment (CEA) 

framework, which takes a holistic view 

of specific applications of selected 

nanomaterials, beginning with the 

product life cycle and encompassing 

environmental fate and transport, 

exposure, and ecological as well as 

human health implications. CEA also 

includes a process component involving 

decision science methods, and this 

aspect of CEA was used in a workshop 

to identify and prioritize research or 

information needed to assess nanoscale 

titanium dioxide (nano-TiO2). 

It is important to note that the 

Nanomaterial Case Studies document 

and workshop were not intended to be 

ends in themselves, even though they 

may have value or be of interest in their 

own right. They were conceived as the 

first in a series of nanomaterial case 

studies and workshops to be used in 

developing and refining a long-term 

research strategy to support the 

comprehensive environmental 

assessment of selected nanomaterials for 

potential human health and ecological 

risks (U.S. EPA, 2009, 225004). Such a 

comprehensive strategy is expected to 

develop in an evolutionary process 

reflecting adjustments and 

modifications as additional 

nanomaterials are considered and new 

information becomes available. 

The purpose of the Public Information 

Exchange Meeting scheduled on January 

4, 2011, is to afford an opportunity for 

EPA to receive comments and questions 

and to provide information on the EPA 

nanomaterial case studies and 

associated workshops, including their 

purpose and rationale. The Information 

Exchange will be held from 12:30 p.m. 

to 3:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the 

EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina. 

ICF International, a contractor to EPA, 

will conduct a separate meeting, the 

‘‘ICF International Nanomaterial Case 

Studies Workshop: Developing a 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Assessment Research Strategy for 

Nanoscale Silver,’’ at 3:45 p.m., January 

4, 2011, in the same location. This 

workshop will be conducted with a 

selected set of invitee-only participants 

in a structured decision science process 

known as Nominal Group Technique 

(NGT), similar to the NGT process used 

in the 2009 workshop on nano-TiO2

(http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/pdf/ 

nano1005summ.pdf). The upcoming ICF 

workshop will use the EPA document 

Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale 

Silver in Disinfectant Spray [External 

Review Draft] (U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 

EPA/600/R–10/081, 2010, http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=226723) as a 

starting point for identifying and 

prioritizing possible research directions 

related to nanoscale silver. The ICF 

workshop is expected to conclude by 

1 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2011. 

Although funded by EPA, the ICF 

workshop is being conducted 

independently of EPA so as to comply 

with provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). The ICF 

workshop will be open to public 

observers. Persons interested in 

obtaining more information about the 

workshop conducted by ICF 

International or in attending as an 

observer are asked to e-mail 

NanoWorkshop@icfi.com or call Ms. 

Amalia Marenberg at (919) 293–1624. 

Please indicate whether you are 

interested in attending the EPA Public 

Information Exchange Meeting or the 

ICF International NGT Workshop or 

both. 

II. How To Submit Comments 

The public comment period has 

closed for Nanomaterial Case Studies: 

Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide in Water 

Treatment and in Topical Sunscreen 

[External Review Draft] (U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Washington, DC, EPA/600/R–09/057, 

2009, http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=210206), which 

has now been completed and posted as 

a final version (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ 

ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=230972). Also 

closed is the public comment period for 

Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale 

Silver in Disinfectant Spray [External 

Review Draft] (U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 

EPA/600/R–10/081, 2010, http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=226723). 

However, comments on either of these 

documents, especially comments related 

to the approach used in developing the 

case studies and how they could be 

used in developing a comprehensive 

environmental assessment research 

strategy, are welcomed in connection 

with the EPA Public Information 

Exchange on the Nanomaterial Case 

Studies and may be used by EPA in 

evaluating whether or how to develop 

further case studies and workshops on 

nanomaterials. Comments may be 

submitted orally at specified times 

during the Public Information Exchange 

Meeting on the EPA Nanomaterial Case 

Studies on January 4, 2011. Comments 

may also be submitted in writing in 

advance of the meeting. Anyone who 

wishes to attend the meeting and/or 

submit comments orally or in writing 

should so indicate, preferably no later 

than December 28, 2010, by sending an 

e-mail to NanoWorkshop@icfi.com or by 

calling Ms. Amalia Marenberg at ICF 

International at (919) 293–1624. 

Dated: December 7, 2010. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; 

Correction 

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

2010–30283) published on page 75173 

and 75174 of the issue for Thursday, 

December 2, 2010. 

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis heading, the entry for Rick 

E. and Kathy A. Skates, both of Polson, 

Montana, is revised to read as follows: 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Rick E. Skates and Kathy A. Skates, 

both of Polson, Montana, individually, 

and with Scott Farley and Natalie 

Farley, both of Enterprise, Alabama; 

Richard Pedersen, Everett, Washington; 

and Debbie Denton, Polson, Montana, as 

a group acting in concert; to acquire and 

retain voting shares of Flathead Lake 

Bancorporation, Inc., and thereby 


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