Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 37 / Thursday, February 25, 2010 / Notices 8701 

The SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of the nomination 

and inform nominees of the Committee 

for which they have been nominated. 

From the nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice (termed the ‘‘Widecast’’) and 

other sources, the SAB Staff Office will 

develop a smaller subset (known as the 

‘‘list of candidates’’) for more detailed 

consideration. The list of candidates 

will be posted on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab and will 

include, for each candidate, the 

nominee’s name and biosketch. Public 

comments on the list of candidates will 

be accepted for 21 calendar days. During 

this comment period, the public will be 

requested to provide information, 

analysis, or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates for the Committee. 

For the SAB, a balanced Committee is 

characterized by inclusion of 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. Public 

responses to the list of candidates will 

be considered in the selection of the 

Committee, along with information 

provided by candidates and information 

gathered by SAB Staff independently 

concerning the background of each 

candidate (e.g., financial disclosure 

information and computer searches to 

evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement 

with the topic under review). Specific 

criteria to be used in evaluation of an 

individual Committee member include: 

(a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (c) scientific 

credibility and impartiality; 

(d) availability and willingness to serve; 

(e) ability to work constructively and 

effectively in committees; and (f) for the 

Committee as a whole, diversity of 

scientific expertise and viewpoints. 

Prospective candidates will be 

required to fill-out 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. Ethics 

information, including EPA Form 

3110–48, is available on the SAB Web 

site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/Web/ 

ethics?OpenDocument. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3718 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9118–1] 

Notice of Settlement Agreement 

Pertaining to Construction of a Waste 

Repository on the Settlors’ Property 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 

42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., notice is hereby 

given of a Settlement Agreement 

pertaining to Construction of a Waste 

Repository on Settlor’s Property located 

on the Tar Creek Superfund Site in 

Ottawa County, Oklahoma. 

The settlement requires a permanent 

waste repository on the property by 

resolving, liability the settling party 

might otherwise incur under CERCLA 

sections 106 or 107, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 

9607, for materials placed in the 

repository on the Property after the 

effective date of the Agreement. The 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of 

CERCLA, 42, U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, or 

other applicable law, for liability for 

response actions and/or claims for 

natural resource damages arising from 

the disposal of hazardous substances, 

pollutants, or contaminants in the 

Repository that is to be constructed on 

the Property. 

For thirty (30) days following the date 

of publication of this notice, the Agency 

will receive written comments relating 

to this notice and will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement. 

The Agency will consider all comments 

received and may modify or withdraw 

its consent to the settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement 

and additional background information 

relating to the settlement are available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Ursula Lennox, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 

75202–2733 or by calling (214) 665– 

6743. Comments should reference Tar 

Creek Superfund site in Ottawa County, 

Oklahoma, and EPA Docket Number 06– 

02–10, and should be addressed to 

Ursula Lennox at the address listed 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Costello, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 

1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 or call 

(214) 665–8045. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Al Armendariz, 

Regional Administrator (6RA). 

[FR Doc. 2010–3843 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9116–4] 

Settlement Agreement for Recovery of 

Past Response Costs Colorado 

Bumper Exchange Site, Pueblo, Pueblo 

County, CO 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a 

Settlement Agreement under sections 

104, 106(a), 107, and 122 of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. 9604, 9606(a), 9607, and 9622, 

between the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

and Colorado Bumper Exchange, Inc. 

(Settling Party) regarding the Colorado 

Bumper Exchange Site (Site), located at 

4804 Dillon Drive, Pueblo, Colorado. 

This Settlement Agreement proposes to 

compromise a claim the United States 

has at this Site for Past Response Costs, 

as those terms are defined in the 

Settlement Agreement. Under the terms 


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