Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 77 / Thursday, April 22, 2010 / Notices 20993 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc 

Committees Being Formed’’ provided on 

the SAB Web site. The form 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, 

and should be submitted in time to 

arrive no later than May 13, 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. 

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 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, at the contact 

information provided above in this 

notice. Non-electronic submissions 

must follow the same format and 

contain the same information as the 

electronic. 

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: April 15, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9359 Filed 4–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Economic Impact Policy 

This notice is to inform the public 

that the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States has received an 

application to guarantee approximately 

$20 million in commercial bank 

financing for the export of 

approximately $22 million of U.S. iron 

ore mining equipment to Ukraine. The 

U.S. exports will enable the Ukrainian 

company to produce approximately 10 

million metric tons of iron ore pellets 

per year during the 7-year repayment 

term of the loan. Available information 

indicates that this new Ukrainian iron 

ore production will be consumed in the 

Ukraine, Europe (Eastern, Western and 

Central), China, and India. Interested 

parties may submit comments on this 

transaction by e-mail to 

economic.impact@exim.gov or by mail 

to 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 

1238, Washington, DC 20571, within 14 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. 

Jonathan J. Cordone, 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9289 Filed 4–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

April 13, 2010. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 – 

3520. Comments are requested 

concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the 

Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; (d) 

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 (e) 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 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 


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