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2012 and should be sent to the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Regional Counsel, New Jersey 

Superfund Branch, 290 Broadway—17th 

Floor, New York, NY 10007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of 

the proposed administrative settlement, 

as well as background information 

relating to the settlement, may be 

obtained from Elizabeth La Blanc, 

Assistant Regional Counsel, New Jersey 

Superfund Branch, Office of Regional 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

Telephone: 212–637–3106. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth La Blanc, Assistant Regional 

Counsel, New Jersey Superfund Branch, 

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 17th 

Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New 

York 10007–1866. Telephone: 212–637– 

3106. 

Dated: August 8, 2012. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Emergency and Remedial Response 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21351 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9722–1] 

Request for Additional Nominations of 

Candidates for the EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB), Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites public 

nominations of additional scientific 

experts to be considered for 

appointment to the EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

(CAAC) to provide advice through the 

chartered SAB regarding Toxicological 

Reviews of environmental chemicals 

available on EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

September 19, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nominators unable to submit 

nominations electronically as described 

below may submit a paper copy to the 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

committee, Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO by 

email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov or contact 

him by telephone at 202–564–2050. 

Background: The chartered SAB (the 

Board) was established in 1978 by the 

Environmental Research, Development 

and Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C. 4365) 

to provide independent advice to the 

Administrator on general scientific and 

technical matters underlying the 

Agency’s policies and actions. Members 

of the SAB and its subcommittees 

constitute a distinguished body of nonEPA scientists, engineers, economists, 

and social scientists that are nationally 

and internationally-recognized experts 

in their respective fields from academia, 

industry, state, and tribal governments, 

research institutes, and nongovernmental organizations. Members 

are appointed by the EPA Administrator 

for a period of three years. The SAB 

conducts business in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related 

regulations. Generally, SAB meetings 

are announced in the Federal Register, 

conducted in public view, and provide 

opportunities for public input during 

deliberations. All the work of the SAB 

subcommittees is performed under the 

direction of the Board. The chartered 

Board provides strategic advice to the 

EPA Administrator on a variety of EPA 

science and research programs and 

reviews and approves all SAB 

subcommittee and panel reports. 

Additional information about the SAB 

Federal Advisory Committees may be 

found on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

The U.S. EPA SAB Staff Office 

announced in a Federal Register Notice 

(Vol. 76, No. 223, pp. 71561–62) 

published on November 18, 2011, that it 

was forming a new committee under the 

auspices of the SAB to provide advice 

to EPA through the chartered SAB 

regarding the development of IRIS 

Toxicological Reviews. The SAB Staff 

Office sought public nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized experts with knowledge in 

human health risk assessment and 

expertise in a range of disciplines 

including, but not limited to: public 

health; epidemiology; toxicology; 

modeling; biostatistics; and risk 

assessment. The SAB Staff Office 

invited public comments on the list of 

candidates being considered for 

appointment to the CAAC, which was 

announced in a Federal Register Notice 

(Vol. 77, No. 40, p. 12302) published on 

February 29, 2012. The list of 

candidates is available at: http:// 

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

WebBOARD/CAACListofCandidates/ 

$File/ 

bio%20list%20of%20candidateswmemo022912.pdf. The SAB Staff Office 

is seeking additional scientific experts 

to be considered for appointment to the 

CAAC. 

Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff 

Office is seeking nominations of 

additional experts to serve on the SAB 

CAAC with expertise in health 

disparities to sensitive and susceptible 

populations. There is no need to 

resubmit nominations for individuals 

already on the list of candidates. For 

further information, please contact Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, DFO, by telephone at 202– 

564–2050 or by email at 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. 

Selection criteria include: 

—Demonstrated scientific credentials 

and disciplinary expertise in their 

own fields; 

—Willingness to commit time to the 

committee and demonstrated ability 

to work constructively and effectively 

on committees; 

—Absence of financial conflicts of 

interest; 

—Absence of an appearance of a lack of 

impartiality; 

—Background and experiences that 

would contribute to the diversity of 

perspectives on the committee, e.g., 

geographic, economic, social, cultural, 

educational backgrounds, and 

professional affiliations; and 

—For the committee as a whole, 

consideration of the collective breadth 

and depth of scientific expertise; and 

a balance of scientific perspectives. 

How to Submit Nominations: Any 

interested person or organization may 

nominate qualified persons to be 

considered for appointment to this 

advisory committee. Individuals may 

self-nominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) following the instructions for 

‘‘Nominating Experts to the Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee’’ 

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 be 

considered, all nominations should 

include the information requested. 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. 

Nominators are asked to identify the 

specific committee for which nominees 

are to be considered. The following 

information should be provided on the 

nomination form: contact information 

about the person making the 

nomination; contact information about 

the nominee; the disciplinary and 

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nominee; the nominee’s curriculum 

vita; and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background; research 

activities; sources of research funding; 

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 the Designated Federal 

Officer for the committee, as identified 

above. Non-electronic submissions must 

follow the same format and contain the 

same information as the electronic form. 

The SAB Staff Office will acknowledge 

receipt of nominations and in that 

acknowledgement will invite the 

nominee to provide any additional 

information that the nominee feels 

would be useful in considering the 

nomination, such as availability to 

participate as a member of the 

committee; how the nominee’s 

background, skills and experience 

would contribute to the diversity of the 

committee; and any concerns the 

nominee has regarding membership. 

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 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

Candidates invited to serve will be 

asked to submit 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 EPA to determine whether 

there is a statutory conflict between that 

person’s public responsibilities as a 

Special Government Employee 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 

through the ‘‘Ethics Requirements for 

Advisors’’ link on the blue navigational 

bar on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Dated: August 21, 2012. 

Thomas Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21337 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0548; FRL–9357–3] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests for 

Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain 

Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of request for 

amendments by registrants to delete 

uses in certain pesticide registrations. 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a 

registrant of a pesticide product may at 

any time request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be amended to delete one 

or more uses. FIFRA further provides 

that, before acting on the request, EPA 

must publish a notice of receipt of any 

request in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Unless the Agency receives a 

written withdrawal request on or before 

September 28, 2012, the deletions are 

effective September 28, 2012, because 

the registrants requested a waiver of the 

180-day comment period. Users of these 

products who desire continued use on 

crops or sites being deleted should 

contact the applicable registrant on or 

before September 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0548 by 

one of the following methods: 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Green,, Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–0367; email address: 

green.christopher@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although, this action may be 

of particular interest to persons who 

produce or use pesticides, the Agency 

has not attempted to describe all the 

specific entities that may be affected by 

this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the information in this notice, 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0548, is available 

either electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OPP Docket in the Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), located in EPA West, Rm. 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

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 OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by the 

Agency of applications from registrants 

to delete uses in certain pesticide 

registrations. These registrations are 

listed in Table 1 of this unit by 

registration number, product name, 

active ingredient, and specific uses 

deleted. The requests listed in the 

following Table 1 have a 30-day 

comment period because the registrant 

requested a waiver of the 180-day 

comment period. 

TABLE 1—REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA 

Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Delete from label 

228–652 ................. Nufarm T-Methyl 4.5 F Fungicide ......... Thiophanate-methyl .............................. Directions for Canola use. 


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