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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. 

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 vita; 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 Mr. 

Edward Hanlon, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than August 10, 2010. 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 calendar 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. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced subcommittee or 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 ad hoc Hydraulic 

Fracturing Review 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; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, for the Panel as a whole, (f) 

diversity of expertise and viewpoints. 

EPA values and welcomes diversity. In 

an effort to increase diversity, we seek 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

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 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. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110– 

48.pdf. 

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: July 13, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17682 Filed 7–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2010–13] 

Policy Statement Establishing a Pilot 

Program for Requesting Consideration 

of Legal Questions by the Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Policy statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is adopting 

a new pilot program for a procedure to 

provide a means for persons and entities 

to have a legal question considered by 

the Commission earlier in both the 

report review process and the audit 

process. 

DATES: Effective July 20, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lawrence Calvert, Jr., Associate General 

Counsel, or Lorenzo Holloway, 

Assistant General Counsel, 999 E Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694– 

1650 or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is adopting a new 

procedure to provide a means for 

persons and entities to have a legal 

question considered by the Commission 

earlier in both the report review process 

and the audit process. Specifically, 

when the Office of Compliance (‘‘OC’’) 

(which includes the Report Analysis 

Division and the Audit Division) 

requests that a person or entity take 

corrective action during the report 

review or audit process, if the person or 

entity disagrees with the request based 

upon a material dispute on a question 

of law, the person or entity may seek 

Commission consideration of the issue 

pursuant to this procedure. 

I. Procedures 

Within 15 days of a determination by 

the Reports Analysis Division or Audit 

Division that a person or entity remains 

obligated to take corrective action to 

resolve an issue that has arisen during 

the report review or audit process, the 

person or entity may seek Commission 

consideration if a material dispute on a 

question of law exists with respect to 

the recommended corrective action.1 

Any request for consideration by a 

committee during the report review 

process or the audit process shall be 

limited to questions of law on material 

issues, when: (1) The legal issue is 

novel, complex, or pertains to an 

unsettled question of law; (2) there has 

been intervening legislation, 

rulemaking, or litigation since the 

Commission last considered the issue; 

or (3) the request is contrary to or 

otherwise inconsistent with prior 

Commission matters dealing with the 

same issue. The request must specify 

the question of law at issue and why it 

is subject to Commission consideration. 

It should discuss, when appropriate, 

prior Commission matters raising the 

same issue, relevant court decisions, 

and any other analysis of the issue that 

may assist the Commission in its 

decision-making. The Commission will 

not consider factual disputes under this 

procedure, and any requests for 

consideration other than on questions of 

law on material issues will not be 

granted. 

1 Many disputes involving corrective action 

requests hinge on questions of fact rather than 

questions of law, and thus are not appropriate for 

this procedure. 

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All requests should be directed to the 

Commission Secretary, Federal Election 

Commission, 999 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20463. Upon receipt of 

such a request, the Commission 

Secretary shall forward a copy to each 

Commissioner, the General Counsel, 

and the Staff Director. Within five 

business days of notification to the 

Commissioners, if two or more 

Commissioners agree that the 

Commission should consider the issue, 

the Office of General Counsel (‘‘OGC’’) 

will prepare a recommendation and, 

within 15 business days thereafter, 

circulate the recommendation in 

accordance with all applicable 

Commission directives. After the 

recommendation is circulated for a 

Commission vote, in the event of an 

objection, the matter shall be 

automatically placed on the next 

meeting agenda consistent with the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(g), and 

applicable Commission regulations, 11 

CFR part 2. However, if within 60 

business days of the filing of a request 

for consideration, the Commission has 

not resolved the issue or provided 

guidance on how to proceed with the 

matter by the affirmative vote of four or 

more Commissioners, the OC may 

proceed with the matter. 

This procedure is not intended to 

circumvent or supplant the Advisory 

Opinion process provided under 2 

U.S.C. 437f and 11 CFR part 112. 

Accordingly, any legal issues that 

qualify for consideration under the 

Advisory Opinion process are not 

appropriate for consideration under this 

new procedure. Additionally, this 

policy statement does not supersede the 

procedures regarding eligibility and 

entitlement to public funds set forth in 

Commission Directive 24 and 11 CFR 

9005.1, 9033.4, 9033.6, or 9033.10. 

II. Pilot Program 

This agency procedure is being 

established as a pilot program. The pilot 

program will last one year from the time 

that this policy is approved. After one 

year, a vote will be scheduled on 

whether the program should continue. 

Four affirmative votes will be required 

to extend or make permanent the 

program. The program will be 

terminated after that vote if there are not 

four affirmative votes to make the 

program permanent or to extend it for 

some time period. The Commission may 

terminate or modify this pilot program 

through additional policy statements 

prior to the twelfth month of the pilot 

program by an affirmative vote of four 

of its members. 

Dated: July 15, 2010. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Matthew S. Petersen, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17646 Filed 7–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

SUMMARY: Background. On June 15, 

1984, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board) its approval authority 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA), as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve 

of and assign OMB control numbers to 

collection of information requests and 

requirements conducted or sponsored 

by the Board under conditions set forth 

in 5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1. Boardapproved collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instruments 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Federal Reserve may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

Request for Comment on Information 

Collection Proposal 

The following information collection, 

which is being handled under this 

delegated authority, has received initial 

Board approval and is hereby published 

for comment. At the end of the comment 

period, the proposed information 

collection, along with an analysis of 

comments and recommendations 

received, will be submitted to the Board 

for final approval under OMB delegated 

authority. Comments are invited on the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Federal Reserve’s 

functions; including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Regulation F, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include docket number in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: 202/452–3819 or 202/452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available from 

the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper form in Room MP–500 of the 

Board’s Martin Building (20th and C 

Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

on weekdays. 

Additionally, commenters should 

send a copy of their comments to the 

OMB Desk Officer by mail to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to 202– 

395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the PRA OMB submission, 

including the proposed reporting form 

and instructions, supporting statement, 

and other documentation will be placed 

into OMB’s public docket files, once 

approved. These documents will also be 

made available on the Federal Reserve 

Board’s public Web site at: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/ 

reportforms/review.cfm or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears below.