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new STAA Committee that will serve 

for the next three years. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is soliciting nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists and engineers with 

a multidisciplinary background in the 

areas of: Ecological research; energy and 

the environment; environmental control 

systems and technology; environmental 

monitoring and measurement methods; 

environmental policy and decisionmaking studies; environmental risk 

management and restoration; 

environmental sustainability and 

innovation; environmental transport 

and fate; human health effects research 

and human health risk assessment; 

homeland security; industry and the 

environment; integrated environmental 

risk assessment and other 

environmental research. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred over hard copy) following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc 

Committees Being Formed,’’ http:// 

www.epa.gov/sabprovided on the SAB 

Web site. If you wish to nominate 

yourself or another expert, please follow 

the instructions that can be accessed 

through the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ 

link on the blue navigational bar at the 

SAB Web site http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

To receive full consideration, 

nominations should include all of the 

information requested below. 

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 

resume or 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. The 

bio-sketches and resume or curriculum 

vita of nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff, will be made available 

to the public upon request. 

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 March 1, 2012. 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. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and bio-sketches 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. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office a 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 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; (e) skills working in 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory panels; and, (f) for the Panel as 

a whole, diversity of expertise and 

viewpoints. 

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 a 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: January 30, 2012. 

Thomas Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, February 15, 

2012, 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. 

PLACE: Commission Meeting Room on 

the First Floor of the EEOC Office 

Building, 131 ‘‘M’’ Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20507. 

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Open Session 

1. Announcement of Notation Votes, 

and 

2. Unlawful Discrimination Against 

Pregnant Workers and Workers with 

Caregiving Responsibilities 

Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, 

the meeting will be open to public 

observation of the Commission’s 

deliberations and voting. Seating is limited 

and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 

minutes before the meeting in order to be 

processed through security and escorted to 

the meeting room. (In addition to publishing 

notices on EEOC Commission meetings in the 

Federal Register, the Commission also 

provides information about Commission 

meetings on its Web site, eeoc.gov., and 

provides a recorded announcement a 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 and 

Communication Access Realtime Translation 

(CART) services 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: 

Bernadette B. Wilson, Senior Program 

Analyst on (202) 663–4077. 

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Dated: February 7, 2012. 

Bernadette B. Wilson, 

Senior Program Analyst. Executive 

Secretariat. 

This Notice Issued February 7, 2012. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3175 Filed 2–7–12; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0142; Docket 2011– 

0079; Sequence 19] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Past 

Performance Information 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act the 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning past 

performance information. A notice was 

published in the Federal Register at 76 

FR 67153, on October 31, 2011. No 

comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0142, Past Performance 

Information, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0142, Past Performance Information,’’ 

under the heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or 

ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search.’’ Select the 

link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0142, Past Performance 

Information.’’ Follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0142, 

Past Performance Information,’’ on your 

attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0142, Past 

Performance Information. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0142, Past Performance 

Information, in all correspondence 

related to this collection. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 

Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, at 

GSA (202) 501–1448 or email 

Curtis.glover@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Past performance information 

regarding a contractor’s actions under 

previously awarded contracts is relevant 

information for future source selection 

purposes. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 150,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 4. 

Annual Responses: 600,000. 

Hours per Response: 2. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,200,000. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0142, Past 

Performance Information, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: February 3, 2012. 

Laura Auletta, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research 

Protections 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby 

given that the Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research 

Protections (SACHRP) will hold its 

twenty-seventh meeting. The meeting 

will be open to the public. Information 

about SACHRP and the meeting agenda 

will be posted on the SACHRP Web site 

at: http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/

mtgings/index.html. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from 8:30 

a.m. until 5 p.m. and Wednesday, 

February 29, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. until 

5:00 pm. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Health & 

Human Services, 200 Independence 

Avenue SW., Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, Room 705, Washington, DC 

20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Menikoff, M.D., J.D., Director, Office for 

Human Research Protections (OHRP), or 

Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive Director, 

SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852; 240–453–8141; fax: 

240–453–6909; email address: 

Julia.Gorey@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended, SACHRP was established to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Assistant Secretary for Health on issues 

and topics pertaining to or associated 

with the protection of human research 

subjects. 

The meeting will open February 28 

with remarks from SACHRP Chair Dr. 

Barbara Bierer and OHRP Director Dr. 

Jerry Menikoff, followed by a summary 

report from the Presidential 

Commission for the Study of Bioethical 

Issues on that group’s recent report 

Moral Science: Protecting Participants 

in Human Subjects Research. This will 

be followed by a summary of public 

comment from OHRP on the ANPRM 

Human Subjects Research Protections: 

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