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EIS No. 20130056, Draft Supplement, 

DOS, 00, Keystone XL Project, 

Comment Period Ends: 04/22/2013, 

Contact: Genevieve Walker 202- 647– 

9798. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20120403, Draft EIS, FHWA, ID, 

US–95 Thorncreek Road to Moscow, 

from Milepost 337.67 to Milepost 

344.00, Latah County, ID, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/25/2013, Contact: 

John A. Perry 208–334–9180 

extension 116 Revision to FR Notice 

Published 01/04/2013; Extending 

Comment Period to 03/25/2013. 

EIS No. 20130015, Draft Supplement, 

FHWA, CA, Mid County Parkway, a 

new Freeway from the City of Perris 

to the City of San Jacinto, Riverside 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

04/10/2013, Contact: Larry Vinzant 

916–498–5040 Revision to FR Notice 

Published 01/04/2013; Extending 

Comment Period to 03/25/2013. 

EIS No. 20130018, Final EIS, BIA, WA, 

Spokane Tribe of Indians West Plains 

Casino and Mixed-Use Development 

Project, Approval of Gaming 

Development and Management, 

Spokane County, WA, Review Period 

Ends: 05/01/2013, Contact: Dr. B.J. 

Howerton 503–231–6749 Revision to 

FR Notice Published 02/01/2013; 

Extending Comment Period from 03/ 

04/2013 to 05/01/2013. 

Dated: March 5, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05489 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9787–9] 

Request for Nominations of Experts for 

a Science Advisory Board Panel To 

Review EPA’s Draft Science Synthesis 

Report on the Connectivity of Streams 

and Wetlands to Downstream Waters 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

an SAB panel to review the Agency’s 

draft science synthesis report on the 

connectivity of streams and wetlands to 

downstream waters. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by March 29, 2013 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, 

by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564– 

2155, by fax at (202) 565–2098, or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB 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. 

The EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) is developing a 

draft report synthesizing the peerreviewed scientific literature pertaining 

to biological, chemical, and hydrologic 

connectivity of waters, and the effects 

that small streams, wetlands, and open 

waters have on larger downstream 

waters such as rivers, lakes, estuaries, 

and oceans. ORD has asked the SAB to 

conduct a peer review of the agency’s 

draft report. The SAB Staff Office is 

forming an expert panel under the 

auspices of the Chartered SAB to 

conduct this review. 

Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft 

Report: For information concerning the 

EPA draft report, please contact Dr. 

Laurie Alexander, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail 

Code 8623P, Washington, DC 20460, 

phone (703) 347–8630 or via email at 

alexander.laurie@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office requests nominations of 

recognized experts in one or more of the 

following disciplines: (a) Hydrologists, 

geologists, and fluvial geomorphologists 

with expertise in the hydrology and 

formation of large rivers, small streams, 

wetlands, surface-groundwater 

interactions, sediment transport, or 

hydrologic connectivity of waters; (b) 

ecologists with expertise in stream 

ecology or wetland ecology, particularly 

with respect to freshwater streamwetland connectivity, or wetland 

ecosystem function; (c) biologists with 

expertise in population dynamics and 

dispersal of freshwater organisms, 

fisheries, aquatic entomology, 

amphibian biology, or the biologic 

connectivity of freshwater systems; and 

(d) water chemists and biogeochemists 

with expertise in nutrient dynamics or 

pollutant fate and transport in 

watersheds. 

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 

(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 at the SAB Web 

site 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 

resume or curriculum vitae; 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. 

Thomas Armitage, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than March 29, 2013. 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 biosketches 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 days. The public 

will be requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

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should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office a 

balanced 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; (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 a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

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://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/Web/ 

ethics?OpenDocument. 

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: February 25, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05500 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and ways to further reduce the 

information collection burden on small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before May 7, 2013. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 

PRA@fcc.gov <mailto:PRA@fcc.gov> and 

to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov 

<mailto:Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov>. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1084. 

Title: Rules and Regulations 

Implementing Minimum Customer 

Account Record Exchange Obligations 

on All Local and Interexchange Carriers 

(CARE). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,621 respondents; 574,468 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 

minute (.017 hours) to 20 minutes (.33 

hours). 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping and annual reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for these information 

requirements are found in sections 1–4, 

201, 202, 222, 258, and 303(r) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201, 202, 

222, 258, and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 47,693 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Confidentiality is not an issue as 

individuals and/or households are not 

required to provide personally 

identifiable information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: In the 2005 Report 

and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of 

Rules and Regulations Implementing 

Minimum Customer Account Record 

Exchange Obligations on All Local and 

Interexchange Carriers (2005 Report and 

Order), CG Docket No. 02–386, FCC 05– 

29, which was released on February 25, 

2005, the Commission adopted rules 

governing the exchange of customer 

account information between local 

exchange carriers (LECs) and 

interexchange carriers (IXCs). The 

Commission concluded that mandatory, 

minimum standards are needed in light 

of record evidence demonstrating that 

information needed by carriers to 

execute customer requests and properly 

bill customers is not being consistently 

provided by all LECs and IXCs. 

Specifically, the 2005 Report and Order 

requires LECs to supply customer 

account information to IXCs when: (1) 

the LEC places an end user on, or 

removes an end user from, an IXC’s 

network; (2) an end user presubscribed 

to an IXC makes certain changes to her 

account information via her LEC; (3) an 

IXC requests billing name and address 

information for an end user who has 

usage on an IXC’s network but for whom 

the IXC does not have an existing 

account; and (4) a LEC rejects an IXCinitiated PIC order. The 2005 Report 

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