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**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

**DATES :**  Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday, February 24, 2012, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20852.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903–6529.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting is to provide advice and guidance with respect to the basic energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include discussions of the following:

• News from Office of Science/DOE.

• News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

• Basic Research Directions for User Science at the National Ignition Facility.

• Materials Sciences and Engineering Division Committee of Visitors.

• Mesoscale Discussion. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Katie Perine by telephone at (301) 903–6594 (fax) or by email at: katie.perine@science.doe.gov. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available by contacting Ms. Katie Perine at the address or by email listed above.

Issued in Washington, DC on January 27,
2012. LaTanya R. Butler, Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–2315 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY** 

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Docket No. EF12–1–000]**

**Southwestern Power Administration; Notice of Filing** 

Take notice that on January 9, 2012, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, pursuant to the authority vested by sections 301(b), 302(a), 402(e), 641, 642, 643, and 644, and by Delegation Order Nos. 00–037.00 (December 6, 2001) and 00–001.00C (January 31, 2007), confirmed, approved, and placed in effect on an interim basis in Rate Order SWPA–63, Southwestern Power Administration Integrated System Rates, Rate Schedule P–11, Wholesale Rates for Hydro Peaking Power, Rate Schedule NFTS– 11, Wholesale Rates for Non-Federal Transmission/Interconnection Facilities Service, and Rate Schedule EE–11, Wholesale Rate for Excess Energy, for period January 1, 2012 through September 30, 2015.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8, 2012.

Dated: January 27, 2012. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–2355 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6717–01–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[FRL–9626–1; EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0051]**

**Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Lead** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of public comment period.

**SUMMARY :**  EPA is announcing the availability of a document titled,

‘‘ Second External Review Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Lead’’ (EPA/600/R–10/075B). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development as part of the review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead (Pb).

EPA is releasing this draft document to seek review by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the public (meeting date and location to be specified in a separate Federal Register Notice). The draft document does not represent and should not be construed to represent any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in response to this notice when revising the document.

**DATES :**  The public comment period begins February 2, 2012, and ends April 2, 2012. Comments must be received on or before April 2, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  The ‘‘ Second External Review Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Lead’’ will be available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s home page under the Recent Additions and Publications
menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of CD–ROM or paper copies will be available. Contact Ms. Marieka Boyd by phone (919–541– 0031), fax (919–541–5078), or email (boyd.marieka@epa.gov ) to request either of these, and please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title, ‘‘ Second External


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Review Draft Integrated Science Assessment for Lead’’ (EPA/600/R–10/ 075B) to facilitate processing of your request.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For technical information, contact Dr. Ellen Kirrane, NCEA; telephone: 919–541– 1340; facsimile: 919–541–2985; or email: Kirrane.Ellen@epa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. Information About the Document

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act directs the Administrator to identify certain pollutants, which among other things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air pollution, which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria for them. These air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare, which may be expected from the presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient air. * * *’’ Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is to establish NAAQS for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health or welfare. EPA is also required to periodically review and revises the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the revised air quality criteria.

Pb is one of six principal (or ‘‘criteria’’) pollutants for which EPA has established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA reviews the scientific basis for these standards by preparing an Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) (formerly called an Air Quality Criteria Document). The ISA and its supplementary materials provide a comprehensive assessment of the current scientific literature pertaining to known and anticipated effects on public health and welfare associated with the presence of the pollutant in the ambient air, emphasizing information that has become available since the last air quality criteria review in order to reflect the current state of knowledge. As such, the ISA forms the scientific foundation for each NAAQS review and is intended to provide information useful in forming EPA judgments about the different elements of the NAAQS. The CASAC, an independent scientific advisory committee whose review and advisory functions are mandated by Section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, is charged (among other things) with independent scientific review of EPA’s air quality criteria. On February 26, 2010 (75 FR 8934), EPA formally initiated its current review of the air quality criteria for Pb, requesting the submission of recent scientific information on specified topics. Soon after, a science policy workshop was held to identify key policy issues and questions to frame the review of the Pb NAAQS (75 FR 20843). Drawing from the workshop discussions, a draft ‘‘Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead’’ (EPA–452/ D–11–001) (IRP) was developed and made available in late March 2011 for public comment and consultation with CASAC and was discussed by the CASAC via a publicly accessible teleconference consultation on May 5, 2011 (76 FR 20347, 76 FR 21346). The final IRP was released in December 2011 (76 FR 76972) and is available at http:// www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pb/

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_ pd.html. As part of the science assessment phase of the review, EPA held a workshop in December 2010 (75 FR 69078) to discuss, with invited scientific experts, preliminary draft materials prepared during the ongoing development of the Pb ISA. The first external review draft ISA for Pb was released on May 6, 2011, and is available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/ isa/recordisplay.cfm?deid=226323. The CASAC Pb Review Panel met at a public meeting on July 20, 2011, to review the draft ISA (76 FR 36120). Subsequently, on December 9, 2011, the CASAC panel provided a consensus letter for their review to the Administrator of the EPA http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ sabproduct.nsf/WebCASAC/ D3E2E8488025344D85257 9610068A8A1/$File/EPA-CASAC-12- 002-unsigned.pdf ). The second external review draft ISA for Pb will be discussed at a public meeting of the CASAC Pb Review Panel, and public comments received will be provided to the CASAC panel. A future Federal Register notice will inform the public of the exact date and time of that CASAC meeting.

II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at www.regulations.gov

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 0051, by one of the following methods:

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.

• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.

• Fax: 202–566–1753.

• Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202–566–1752.

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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. Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.

Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 0051. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked ‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA’s policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to make the comments available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information through www.regulations.gov or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information


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about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov

_index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available,
e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials, such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

Dated: January 26, 2012. Darrell A. Winner, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2012–2327 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION** 

**FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking; Notice of Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

**ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which will be held in Washington, DC. The Advisory Committee will provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of policy issues that have particular impact on small community banks throughout the United States and the local communities they serve, with a focus on rural areas.

**DATES :**  Friday, February 17, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held in the FDIC Board Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Requests for further information concerning the meeting may be directed to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Committee Management Officer of the FDIC, at (202) 898–7043.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Agenda: The agenda will include a discussion of current issues affecting community banking. The agenda is subject to change. Any changes to the agenda will be announced at the beginning of the meeting. Type of Meeting: The meeting will be open to the public, limited only by thespace available on a first-come, firstserved basis. For security reasons, members of the public will be subject to security screening procedures and must present a valid photo identification to enter the building. The FDIC will provide attendees with auxiliary aids ( e.g., sign language interpretation) required for this meeting. Those attendees needing such assistance should call (703) 562–6067 (Voice or TTY) at least two days before the meeting to make necessary arrangements. Written statements may be filed with the committee before or after the meeting. This Community Banking Advisory Committee meeting will be Webcast live via the Internet at http://www.vodium.com/goto/fdic/ communitybanking.asp. This service is free and available to anyone with the following systems requirements: http:// www.vodium.com/home/sysreq.html. Adobe Flash Player is required to view these presentations. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/ shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1

_ Prod

_ Version=ShockwaveFlash. Installation questions or troubleshooting help can be found at the same link. For optimal viewing, a high speed internet connection is recommended. The Community Banking meeting videos are made available on-demand approximately two weeks after the
event.

Dated: January 30, 2012. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Robert E. Feldman, Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–2292 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6714–01–P**

**FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION**

**Sunshine Act Notice**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Election Commission.

**DATE AND TIME :**  Tuesday, February 7,
2012 at 10 a.m.

**PLACE :**  999 E Street NW., Washington, DC.

**STATUS :**  This Meeting Will Be Closed To The Public.

**ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED :**  Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration. Internal personnel rules and procedures or matters affecting a particular employee.

* * * * *

**PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION :**  Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220.

Submitted: January 31, 2012. Shelley E. Garr, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2012–2461 Filed 1–31–12; 4:15 pm]

**BILLING CODE 6715–01–P**

**FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL** 

**[Docket No. AS12–02]**

**Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

Description: In accordance with Section 1104 (b) of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will meet in closed session:

Location: OCC—250 E Street SW., Room 2C, Washington, DC 20219.

Date: February 8, 2012. Time: Immediately following the ASC open session.

Status: Closed.

Matters To Be Considered

December 14, 2011 minutes—Closed Session;

Preliminary discussion of State Compliance Reviews.

Dated: January 27, 2012. James R. Park,

Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2012–2272 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE P**

**FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL** 

**[Docket No. AS12–01]**

**Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of Meeting** 

**AGENCY :**  Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

**ACTION :**  Notice of meeting.

Description: In accordance with Section 1104(b) of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as