31010 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9675–8] 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Meeting and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) will meet on the dates and 

times described below. All meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public are encouraged to provide 

comments relevant to the specific issues 

being considered by the NEJAC. For 

additional information about registering 

for public comment, please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Due to 

limited space, seating at the NEJAC 

meeting will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

DATES: The NEJAC meeting will 

convene Tuesday, July 24, 2012, from 

9:00 a.m. until 3:45 p.m.; and will 

reconvene on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All noted 

times are Eastern Time. 

One public comment period relevant 

to the specific issues being considered 

by the NEJAC (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION) is scheduled for Tuesday, 

July 24, 2012, from 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. Members of the public who wish 

to participate during the public 

comment period are highly encouraged 

to pre-register by Noon Eastern Time on 

Friday, July 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The NEJAC meeting will be 

held at the EPA Potomac Yard 

Conference Center, located at 2777 

Crystal Drive, Crystal City, Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions concerning the meeting 

should be directed to Mr. Aaron Bell, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

(MC2201A), Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at 202–564–1044, via email at 

Bell.Aaron@epa.gov; or by FAX at 202– 

501–0936. Additional information about 

the meeting is available at the following 

Web site address: http://www.epa.gov/

environmentaljustice/nejac/meetings.

html. 

Registration is required for all 

participants. Pre-registration by Noon 

Eastern Time, Friday, July 6, 2012, for 

all attendees is highly recommended. 

Because this NEJAC meeting will be 

held in a government space, we strongly 

encourage you to register early. Space 

limitations may not allow us to 

accommodate everyone who is 

interested in attending. Priority 

admission will be given to preregistered participants. To register 

online, visit the Web site address above. 

Alternatively, registration forms should 

be faxed to Ms. Estela Rosas, EPA 

Contractor, APEX Direct, Inc., at 877– 

773–0779, or emailed to NEJACJuly2012

Meeting@AlwaysPursuingExcellence.

com. Please state whether you would 

like to be put on the list to provide oral 

public comment. Please specify whether 

you are submitting written comments 

before the July 6, 2012, deadline. NonEnglish speaking attendees wishing to 

arrange for a foreign language 

interpreter may make appropriate 

arrangements in writing using the above 

telephone number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Charter of the NEJAC states that the 

advisory committee shall provide 

independent advice to the EPA 

Administrator about areas that may 

include, among other things, ‘‘advice 

about broad, cross-cutting issues related 

to environmental justice, including 

environment-related strategic, scientific, 

technological, regulatory, and economic 

issues related to environmental justice.’’ 

The meeting shall be used to receive 

comments, and discuss and provide 

recommendations regarding these 

primary areas: (1) EPA’s Plan EJ 2014; 

(2) NEJAC’s Science And Research Work 

Group; (3) NEJAC’s Indigenous Peoples 

Work Group and; (4) NEJAC’s 

Permitting Work Group. 

A. Public Comment: Individuals or 

groups making oral presentations during 

the public comment periods will be 

limited to a total time of five minutes. 

To accommodate the large number of 

people who want to address the NEJAC, 

only one representative of an 

organization or group will be allowed to 

speak. If time permits, multiple 

representatives from the same 

organization can provide comment at 

the end of the session. In addition, those 

who did not sign up in advance to give 

public comment can sign up on site. 

The suggested format for written public 

comments is as follows: Name of 

Speaker; Name of Organization/ 

Community; City and State; Email 

address; and a brief description of the 

concern and what you want the NEJAC 

to advise EPA to do. Written comments 

received by Noon Eastern Time, Friday, 

July 6, 2012, will be included in the 

materials distributed to the members of 

the NEJAC. Written comments received 

after that date and time will be provided 

to the NEJAC as time allows. All 

information should be sent to the 

mailing address, email address, or fax 

number listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

B. Information about Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information about access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Ms. Estela Rosas, EPA 

Contractor, APEX Direct, Inc., at 877– 

773–0779 or NEJACJuly2012Meeting@

AlwaysPursuingExcellence.com. To 

request special accommodations for a 

disability, please contact Ms. Rosas at 

least seven (7) working days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA sufficient time to 

process your request. All other requests 

specifically related to the meeting 

should be sent to the mailing address, 

email address, or fax number listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. 

Dated: May 17, 2012. 

Victoria J. Robinson, 

Designated Federal Officer, National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12629 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9677–5] 

Proposed CERCLA Agreement for 

Recovery of Past Response Costs; 

Piqua Hospital Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of past response costs 

concerning the Piqua Hospital Site (Site 

ID Number B5RB) in Piqua, Ohio with 

the following settling parties: Hospdela 

LLC and Dr. Enrique De La Piedra. The 

settlement requires the settling parties 

to pay $20,000 to the Hazardous 

Substance Superfund. The settlement 

includes a covenant not to sue the 

settling parties pursuant to Sections 106 

and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 

and 9607(a). For 30 days following the 

date of publication of this notice, the 

Agency will receive written comments 

relating to the settlement. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices 31011 

1Any further reference in this letter to ‘‘your 

conviction’’ refers to your guilty plea and 

subsequent sentencing for mail fraud in United 

States v. Jonathan Michael Slaughter, Criminal Case 

No. 2:11cr162–MEF–01, Judgment (M.D. Ala. 2012) 

(Judgment). 

2See 47 CFR 0.111 (delegating authority to the 

Bureau to resolve universal service suspension and 

debarment proceedings). The Commission adopted 

debarment rules for the E-Rate program in 2003. See 

Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support 

Mechanism, Second Report and Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 9202 

(2003) (Second Report and Order) (adopting 

§ 54.521 to suspend and debar parties from the ERate program). In 2007 the Commission extended 

the debarment rules to apply to all federal universal 

service support mechanisms. Comprehensive 

Review of the Universal Service Fund Management, 

Administration, and Oversight; Federal-State Joint 

Board on Universal Service; Schools and Libraries 

Universal Service Support Mechanism; Rural 

Health Care Support Mechanism; Lifeline and Link 

Up; Changes to the Board of Directors for the 

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., Report 

and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 16372, app. C at 16410–12 

(2007) (Program Management Order) (renumbering 

§ 54.521 of the universal service debarment rules as 

§ 54.8 and amending subsections (a)(1), (a)(5), (c), 

(d), (e)(2)(i), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (g)). 

3Second Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 9225, 

para. 66; Program Management Order, 22 FCC Rcd 

at 16387, para. 32. The Commission’s debarment 

rules define a ‘‘person’’ as ‘‘[a]ny individual, group 

of individuals, corporation, partnership, 

association, unit of government or legal entity, 

however organized.’’ 47 CFR 54.8(a)(6). 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper or inadequate. 

The Agency’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, 7th floor Superfund File 

Room, Chicago, Illinois. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, 7th floor 

Superfund File Room, Chicago, Illinois. 

A copy of the proposed settlement may 

be obtained from Deborah Carlson, 

Associate Regional Counsel, C–14J, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604, telephone: 312–353– 

6121. Comments should reference the 

Piqua Hospital Site in Piqua, Ohio and 

EPA Docket No. V–W–09–C–922 and 

should be addressed to Deborah 

Carlson, Associate Regional Counsel, C– 

14J, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Carlson, Associate Regional 

Counsel, C–14J, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, 

telephone 312–353–6121 

Authority: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

9601, et seq. 

Dated: May 11, 2012. 

Richard C. Karl, 

Director, Superfund Division, Region 5, 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12627 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[DA 12–733] 

Notice of Suspension and 

Commencement of Proposed 

Debarment Proceedings; Schools and 

Libraries Universal Service Support 

Mechanism 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Enforcement Bureau (the 

‘‘Bureau’’) gives notice of Mr. Jonathan 

M. Slaughter’s suspension from the 

schools and libraries universal service 

support mechanism (or ‘‘E-Rate 

Program’’). Additionally, the Bureau 

gives notice that debarment proceedings 

are commencing against him. Mr. 

Slaughter, or any person who has an 

existing contract with or intends to 

contract with him to provide or receive 

services in matters arising out of 

activities associated with or related to 

the schools and libraries support, may 

respond by filing an opposition request, 

supported by documentation. 

DATES: Opposition requests must be 

received by 30 days from the receipt of 

the suspension letter or June 25, 2012, 

whichever comes first. The Bureau will 

decide any opposition request for 

reversal or modification of suspension 

or debarment within 90 days of its 

receipt of such requests. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy 

Ragsdale, Federal Communications 

Commission, Enforcement Bureau, 

Investigations and Hearings Division, 

Room 4–A236, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Joy Ragsdale 

may be contacted by phone at (202) 

418–1697 or email at Joy.Ragsdale@fcc.

gov. If Ms. Ragsdale is unavailable, you 

may contact Ms. Theresa Cavanaugh, 

Chief, Investigations and Hearings 

Division, by telephone at (202) 418– 

1420 and by email at Theresa.

Cavanaugh@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau has suspension and debarment 

authority pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8 and 

47 CFR 0.111(a)(14). Suspension will 

help to ensure that the party to be 

suspended cannot continue to benefit 

from the schools and libraries 

mechanism pending resolution of the 

debarment process. Attached is the 

suspension letter, DA 12–452, which 

was mailed to Mr. Slaughter and 

released on March 22, 2012. The 

complete text of the notice of 

suspension and initiation of debarment 

proceedings is available for public 

inspection and copying during regular 

business hours at the FCC Reference 

Information Center, Portal II, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554, In addition, the 

complete text is available on the FCC’s 

Web site at http://www.fcc.gov. The text 

may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating inspection 

and copying during regular business 

hours at the contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., Portal II, 445 12th Street 

SW., Room CY–B420, Washington, DC 

20554, telephone (202) 488–5300 or 

(800) 378–3160, facsimile (202) 488– 

5563, or via email http://www.bcpiweb.

com. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, 

Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, 

Enforcement Bureau. 

May 9, 2012 

DA 12–733 

SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN 

RECEIPT REQUESTED AND EMAIL 

Mr. Jonathan M. Slaughter 

c/o William R. Blanchard, Jr. 

Blanchard Law Offices 

505 South Perry Street 

Montgomery, AL 36104 

Re: Notice of Suspension and Initiation 

of Debarment Proceeding 

File No. EB–12–IH–0050 

Dear Mr. Slaughter: 

The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission or FCC) has 

received notice of your conviction for 

mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C 1341 

in connection with your participation in 

the federal schools and libraries 

universal service support mechanism 

(E-Rate program).1 Consequently, 

pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8, this letter 

constitutes official notice of your 

suspension from the E-Rate program. In 

addition, the Enforcement Bureau 

(Bureau) hereby notifies you that it will 

commence debarment proceedings 

against you.2

I. Notice of Suspension 

The Commission has established 

procedures to prevent persons who have 

‘‘defrauded the government or engaged 

in similar acts through activities 

associated with or related to the [E-Rate 

program]’’ from receiving the benefits 

associated with that program.3 The 


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