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Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 

(202) 343–9984; by fax at (202) 233–

0643; or by e-mail at: 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Technical Contact: For questions and 

information concerning the Agency’s 

draft document being reviewed, contact 

Dr. Mary E. Clark, U.S. EPA, ORIA by 

telephone at (202) 343–9348, fax at (202) 

243–2395, or e-mail at: 

clark.marye@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the SAB Staff Office 

hereby gives notice of this public 

teleconference meeting of the SAB RAC. 

The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB RAC will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

EPA and SAB procedural policies. The 

purpose of this teleconference is to 

discuss a draft advisory being prepared 

by the SAB RAC concerning the 

Agency’s draft White Paper: Modifying 

EPA Radiation Risk Models Based on 

BEIR VII, dated August, 2006. 

EPA’s Office of Radiation and Indoor 

Air (ORIA) requested this Advisory to 

obtain advice from the SAB on the 

application of BEIR VII, and on issues 

relating to the modifications and 

expansions of EPA’s methodology for 

estimating radiogenic cancers. The SAB 

RAC met via conference call on 

September 6, 2006, in a face-to-face 

public meeting in Washington, DC on 

September 26–28, 2006 (See 71 FR 

45545, August 9, 2006); and in public 

teleconferences on November 28 and 

December 18, 2006 (See 71 FR 62590, 

October 26, 2006). The public 

teleconference announced in this 

Federal Register notice is a 

continuation of the meetings, and 

provides an opportunity for the SAB 

RAC to deliberate on its draft advisory. 

Availability of Teleconference 

Materials: The teleconference agenda 

and SAB RAC draft materials will be 

posted on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab prior to the 

teleconference. Additional background 

information on this review includes the 

draft White Paper (available at: http:// 

epa.gov/radiation/news/

recentadditions.htm) and background 

materials, such as the BEIR VII 

document (available at: http:// 

newton.nap.edu/catalog/ 

11340.html#toc). 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB RAC to 

consider during the advisory process. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker with no more than a total of 

fifteen minutes for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact the 

DFO, contact information provided 

above, in writing via e-mail seven days 

prior to the teleconference meeting date. 

For the Friday, March 9, 2007 

teleconference meeting, the deadline is 

Friday, March 2, 2007 to be placed on 

the public speaker list. Written 

Statements: Written statements should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office 

seven days prior to the teleconference 

meeting. For the Friday, March 9, 2007 

teleconference meeting, the deadline is 

Friday, March 2, 2007, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the SAB RAC for their consideration. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: one 

hard copy with original signature, and 

one electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. K. Jack 

Kooyoomjian at (202) 343–9984 or 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Kooyoomjian preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the teleconference, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–3208 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8281–4] 

Safe Drinking Water Act 

Determination; Underground Injection 

Control Program, Determination of 

Indian Country Status for Purposes of 

Underground Injection Control 

Program Permitting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Land Status 

Determination, which concludes that 

the approximately 160 acres of land 

located in the southeast portion of 

Section 8, Township 16N, Range 16W, 

in the State of New Mexico (the Section 

8 land), is part of a dependent Indian 

community under 18 U.S.C. 1151(b) 

and, thus, considered to be ‘‘Indian 

country.’’ EPA is therefore the 

appropriate agency to consider 

underground injection control (UIC) 

permit applications under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for that 

land. 

DATES: The determination was signed on 

February 6, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Albright, at 

albright.david@epa.gov, or 

415.972.3971. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the late 

1980s, Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI) 

sought a UIC permit for its property 

located within the Section 8 land. After 

considering materials submitted by the 

Navajo Nation and the New Mexico 

Environment Department (NMED), EPA 

determined that the Indian country 

status of the Section 8 land was in 

dispute and, thus, that EPA would be 

the appropriate agency to issue the 

SDWA UIC permit. The State of New 

Mexico and HRI challenged EPA’s 

determination. In 2000, in HRI v. EPA, 

198 F.3d 1224 (10th Cir. 2000), the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

Tenth Circuit upheld EPA’s decision to 

implement the UIC program throughout 

HRI’s Section 8 land because the Indian 

country status of that land was in 

dispute. The Court remanded the matter 

to EPA to make a final administrative 

decision on the Indian country status of 

the disputed land. 

In 2005, HRI approached NMED 

concerning a UIC permit for its 

proposed mining operations on the 

Section 8 land. In response, NMED 

formally requested that EPA determine 

the Indian country status of the Section 

8 land to identify whether EPA or 

NMED is the appropriate agency to 

consider a UIC permit application from 

HRI for that land. 

On November 2, 2005, EPA issued a 

Federal Register notice (see 70 FR 

66402) inviting written comments and 

information from the public and 

interested parties on whether the 

Section 8 land constituted a dependent 

Indian community in whole or in part. 

EPA received comments from twentyfive (25) commenters, including HRI, 

the Navajo Nation, the State of New 

Mexico, and others. 


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The Agency reviewed the status of the 

land in light of the comments it 

received, the existing case law, and a 

November 3, 2006 opinion from the 

United States Department of the Interior 

(DOI) Solicitor, who has special 

expertise on Indian country questions. 

EPA also consulted with the Navajo 

Nation pursuant to its federal trustee 

relationship. 

On February 6, 2007, EPA issued its 

final determination concluding that the 

Section 8 land is part of a dependent 

Indian community under 18 U.S.C. 

1151(b) and, thus, ‘‘Indian country.’’

EPA is therefore the appropriate agency 

to consider underground injection 

control permit applications under the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for 

that land. For a copy of the 

Determination and other supporting 

material, go to http://www.epa.gov/ 

region09/water/groundwater/permitdetermination.html. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

Laura Yoshii, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. E7–3203 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Monday, March 5, 2007, 

10 a.m. Eastern Time. 

PLACE: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. 

Conference Room on the Ninth Floor of 

the EEOC Office Building, 1801 ‘‘L’’

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507. 

STATUS: The meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

CLOSED SESSION: Litigation 

Recommendation: General Counsel 

Recommendation. 

Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, 

the meeting will be open to public 

observation of the Commission’s 

deliberations and voting. (In addition to 

publishing notices on EEOC Commission 

meetings in the Federal Register, the 

Commission also provides a recorded 

announcement a full week in advance on 

future Commission sessions.) 

Please telephone (202) 663–7100 

(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any 

time for information on these meetings. 

The EEOC provides sign language 

interpretation at Commission meetings 

for the hearing impaired. Requests for 

other reasonable accommodations may 

be made by using the voice and TTY 

numbers listed above. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Stephen Llewellyn, Acting Executive 

Officer, on (202) 663–4070. 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Stephen Llewellyn, 

Acting Executive Officer, Executive 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 07–884 Filed 2–22–07; 1:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6570–06–M 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting; Sunshine 

Act 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that 

at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2007, 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet in closed session, pursuant to 

section 552b(c)(2), (C)(6), (c)(8), and 

(9)(A)(ii), Title 5, United States Code, to 

consider matters relating to the 

Corporation’s supervisory and corporate 

activities. 

The meeting will be held in the Board 

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC 

Building located at 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Executive 

Secretary of the Corporation, at (202) 

898–7122. 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–881 Filed 2–22–07; 12:53 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 1, 

2007, at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor). 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and 

Approval of Minutes. 

Advisory Opinion 2007–03: Senator 

Barack Obama and the Obama 

Exploratory Committee by counsel, 

Robert F. Bauer and Rebecca Gordon, of 

Perkins Coie LLP. Statement of Policy 

Regarding Commission Action in 

Matters at the Initial Stage in the 

Enforcement Process. 

Management and Administrative 

Matters. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–888 Filed 2–22–07; 2:26 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Public Workshop; Proof Positive: New 

Directions for ID Authentication 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(FTC). 

ACTION: Notice announcing a two-day 

public workshop and requesting public 

comment and participation. 

SUMMARY: The FTC and other 

participating agencies are planning to 

host a two-day public workshop to 

explore the role of authentication 

processes in preventing identity theft. 

The workshop will provide a forum for 

discussion among public sector, private 

sector, and consumer representatives 

about better ways to authenticate the 

identities of individuals. 

DATES: Workshop, Proof Positive: New 

Directions for ID Authentication, will be 

held on April 23, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and April 24, 2007, from 8:30 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Federal Trade 

Commission’s Satellite Building 

Conference Center located at 601 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

The events are open to the public and 

attendance is free of charge. There will 

be no pre-registration. 

Participants: As discussed below, 

written requests to participate as a 

panelist in the workshop must be filed 

on or before March 9, 2007. Persons 

filing requests to participate as a 

panelist will be notified on or before 

March 23, 2007, if they have been 

selected to participate. 

Comments: Whether or not selected to 

participate, persons may submit written 

comments on the issues and topics set 

out below. Such comments must be 

filed on or before March 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit requests to participate 

and comments in accordance with the 

following instructions: 

Requests To Participate as Panelist in 

Workshop: 

Parties seeking to participate as 

panelists in the workshop must notify 

the FTC in writing of their interest in 

participating on or before March 9, 


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