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Alaska. EPA is extending the 

nomination period by one week, in 

response to requests from stakeholders 

and the public. 

DATES: The nomination period will be 

extended by one week and will end 

March 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations of potential 

members of the Bristol Bay Assessment 

peer review panel are being accepted 

and evaluated by an independent EPA 

contractor. Nominations are being 

accepted online through an internet 

Web site, by U.S. Postal mail, or by an 

overnight/priority mail service. Those 

interested in submitting nominations 

online should complete the form found 

at http://www.versar.com/epa/ 

bristolbaynominationform.html. Mailed 

nominations should be addressed to the 

EPA contractor, Versar, Inc., 6850 

Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151, 

should reference Bristol Bay 

Nomination Form, and should include 

all nominee information outlined in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

Mailed submissions must be received by 

March 16, 2012. Questions concerning 

the online form should be directed to 

the EPA contractor, Versar, Inc., at 6850 

Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151; 

by email bcolon@versar.com (subject 

line: Bristol Bay Assessment 

Nomination Form); or by phone: (703) 

642–6727 (ask for Betzy Colon, the Peer 

Review Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information concerning the 

Bristol Bay Assessment peer review 

panel nominations, contact Dr. Kate 

Schofield, Office of Research and 

Development, The National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. Telephone: 

703–347–8533; or email: 

schofield.kate@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Alaska’s 

Bristol Bay watershed provides habitat 

for one of the largest wild salmon 

populations in the world. In February 

2011, EPA began a scientific assessment 

of the Bristol Bay watershed to 

understand how large-scale mining 

activities might affect water quality and 

habitat. EPA will focus primarily on the 

Kvichak and Nushagak River drainages, 

the primary areas in the watershed open 

to large-scale development. 

This assessment was launched in 

response to concerns from federally 

recognized tribes and others, who 

petitioned the agency to evaluate 

potential impacts of large-scale mining 

on aquatic resources. The assessment 

will evaluate the potential for largescale mining development to have 

adverse effects on salmon and resident 

fish populations of the Kvichak and 

Nushagak River drainages, and if these 

effects are likely to affect wildlife and 

human populations in the region. 

Additional information describing the 

assessment, progress to date, and status 

can be found at: www.epa.gov/region10/ 

bristolbay. 

Expertise Sought: EPA is seeking 

nominations of experts to serve on the 

external peer review panel for the 

Bristol Bay Assessment. Nominees 

should possess, and demonstrate, 

background knowledge and experience 

in one or more of the following areas: 

(1) Metals (particularly porphyry 

copper) mining, (2) salmon fisheries 

biology, (3) surface, subsurface, or 

watershed hydrology, (4) aquatic 

ecology, (5) biogeochemistry, (6) 

seismology, (7) ecotoxicology, (8) 

wildlife ecology, and/or (9) indigenous 

Alaskan cultures. 

Selection Criteria: Selection criteria 

for members of the external review 

panel include the following: (1) 

Demonstrated expertise through 

relevant peer reviewed publications; (2) 

professional accomplishments, and 

recognition by professional societies; (3) 

demonstrated ability to work 

constructively and effectively in a 

committee setting; (4) absence of 

financial conflicts of interest; (5) no 

actual conflicts of interest or the 

appearance of bias; (6) willingness to 

commit adequate time for the thorough 

review of the assessment report 

commencing in late April 2012; and (7) 

availability to participate in-person in a 

peer review panel meeting in 

Anchorage, Alaska during August 2012. 

Nominee Information: Any interested 

person or organization may nominate 

qualified persons to be considered for 

appointment to the peer review panel. 

Self-nominations will also be accepted. 

Nominations may be submitted either 

online using the following URL: http:// 

www.versar.com/epa/ 

bristolbaynominationform.html or by 

mail to the EPA contractor listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. The following 

information should be provided on the 

nomination form/mail-in 

documentation: (1) Contact information 

for the person making the nomination; 

(2) contact information for the nominee; 

(3) the disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; (4) the 

nominee’s curriculum vita; (5) and a 

biographical sketch of the nominee 

indicating current position, educational 

background, past and current research 

activities, and recent service on other 

advisory committees or professional 

organizations. Persons having questions 

about the nomination procedures 

should contact the designated contact 

above. 

Notification of nominees: EPA’s 

contractor, Versar, Inc., will notify 

candidates of selection or non-selection. 

The Contractor may add additional 

experts to the list of nominees to 

develop a balanced panel representing 

the expertise needed to fully evaluate 

EPA’s draft assessment report. After the 

peer review panel has been finalized, a 

list of panel members will be posted on 

the project Web site at www.epa.gov/ 

region10/bristolbay. Compensation of 

non-federal peer review panel members 

will be provided by EPA’s contractor. 

Authority: Clean Water Act Section 404. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Darrel A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5645 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 09–197; WT Docket No. 

10–208; AU Docket No. 12–25; DA 12–271] 

Eligible Telecommunications Carrier 

Designation for Participation in 

Mobility Fund Phase I 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission’s Wireless 

Telecommunications and Wireline 

Competition Bureaus describe the 

process and requirements for applicants 

seeking Eligible Telecommunications 

Carrier (ETC) Designation from the 

Commission for participation in 

Mobility Fund Phase I Auction 901. 

ADDRESSES: All petitions to be 

designated an ETC must reference WC 

Docket No. 09–197. In addition, 

petitions to be designated for purposes 

of participation in Auction 901 must 

reference WT Docket No. 10–208 and 

AU Docket No. 12–25. The Wireless 

Telecommunications and Wireline 

Competition Bureaus strongly encourage 

interested parties to file petitions 

electronically, and request that an 

additional copy of all petitions be 

submitted electronically to the 

following address: auction901@fcc.gov. 

Petitions may be filed using the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper 

copies. 

Electronic Filers: Petitions may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http:// 

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D Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

D Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

D All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th St. SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. All hand 

deliveries must be held together with 

rubber bands or fasteners. Any 

envelopes must be disposed of before 

entering the building. The filing hours 

are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Commercial 

overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal 

Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) 

must be sent to 9300 East Hampton 

Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. 

Postal Service first-class, Express, and 

Priority mail must be addressed to 445 

12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

D People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (tty). 

Additional Filings. In addition: 

D One copy of each petition must be 

sent to the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, 

www.bcpiweb.com; phone: (202) 488– 

5300 fax: (202) 488–5563. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

Auctions and Spectrum Access Division 

concerning Auction 901 (ETC) please 

call Erik Salovaara at (202) 418–0660. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Auction 901 ETC Public 

Notice released on February 24, 2012. 

The complete text of the Auction 901 

ETC Public Notice, including an 

attachment and related Commission 

documents, is available for public 

inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday 

through Thursday or from 8 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC 

Reference Information Center, 445 12th 

Street SW., Room CY–A257, 

Washington, DC 20554. The Auction 

901 ETC Public Notice and related 

Commission documents also may be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554, telephone 202–488–5300, fax 

202–488–5563, or you may contact BCPI 

at its Web site: http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering 

documents from BCPI, please provide 

the appropriate FCC document number, 

for example, DA 12–271. The Auction 

901 ETC Public Notice and related 

documents also are available on the 

Internet at the Commission’s Web site: 

http://wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the 

search function for Dockets, AU 12–25, 

WC 09–197 and WT 10–208 on the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS) web page at 

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 

1. Any party that wishes to participate 

in Auction 901 for Connect America 

Fund (CAF) Mobility Fund Phase I 

support must be designated as an 

eligible telecommunications carrier in 

any geographic area for which it seeks 

such support, with one exception for 

Tribal entities. Under the exception, a 

Tribally-owned or controlled entity may 

participate with respect to its Tribal 

lands, if prior to filing an application, it 

has a pending petition but has not yet 

been designated as an ETC for the 

relevant Tribal lands. An entity covered 

by this exception must be designated as 

an ETC before it may receive Mobility 

Fund Phase I support. Interested parties 

should ascertain whether they have the 

necessary ETC designation or need to 

seek such designation. Common carriers 

subject to the jurisdiction of a state in 

which they seek designation should 

petition that state’s commission for 

designation as an ETC to provide voice 

service. Common carriers not subject to 

the jurisdiction of the relevant state 

commission should petition the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) for designation as an ETC. 

2. Auction 901 is scheduled to begin 

on September 27, 2012. Any party that 

wishes to participate in Auction 901 

with respect to an area for which it is 

not already designated an ETC should 

initiate the designation process as soon 

as possible to increase the likelihood 

that the process will be completed prior 

to the deadline for submitting an 

application for Auction 901. The 

deadline for applications to participate 

in Auction 901 will be set when the 

Bureaus release a public notice 

announcing procedures for the auction. 

Auction applications in spectrum 

license auctions typically must be filed 

two to three months prior to the start of 

an auction. 

3. The Auction 90 ETC Public Notice 

describes the Commission’s designation 

process, including the requirements for 

seeking ETC designation from the 

Commission. Parties should refer to 

relevant Commission rules and orders to 

ensure that they meet all the 

requirements for ETC designation. To 

the extent that any part of the 

descriptive overview in the Auction 901 

ETC Public Notice may be construed to 

be inconsistent with the terms of the 

Commission’s orders or rules, the orders 

and rules govern. The Bureaus provide 

information on how to facilitate 

petitions by any party wishing to seek 

designation as an ETC prior to applying 

for Auction 901. A party’s designation 

as an ETC may be conditioned upon the 

party winning support from the 

Mobility Fund in Auction 901. A 

current ETC that meets all other 

applicable requirements may participate 

in Auction 901 with respect to areas 

within its current ETC service area 

without petitioning for any change to its 

ETC status. 

4. A party that seeks an ETC 

designation from the Commission must 

certify compliance with certain 

threshold conditions in order for its 

petition to be considered. More 

specifically, an ETC petition to the 

Commission must contain the following: 

(1) A certification and brief statement of 

supporting facts demonstrating that the 

petitioner is not subject to the 

jurisdiction of a state commission; (2) a 

certification that the petitioner offers or 

intends to offer all services designated 

for support by the Commission pursuant 

to 47 U.S.C. 254(c); (3) a certification 

that the petitioner offers or intends to 

offer the supported services either using 

its own facilities or a combination of its 

own facilities and resale of another 

carrier’s services; (4) a description of 

how the petitioner advertises the 

availability of supported services and 

the charges therefore using media of 

general distribution; and (5) a detailed 

description of the geographic service 

area for which the petitioner requests an 

ETC designation from the Commission. 

Petitioners also must certify that neither 

the petitioner nor any party to the 

application is subject to a denial of 

federal benefits, including Commission 

benefits, pursuant to section 5301 of the 

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, as 

implemented in 47 CFR 1.2002. 

5. ETCs must satisfy various service 

obligations, consistent with the public 

interest. A party petitioning for 

designation as an ETC therefore must 

also: (1) Certify that it will comply with 

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the support that it receives; (2) submit 

a five-year plan that describes with 

specificity proposed improvements or 

upgrades to the applicant’s network 

throughout its proposed service area, 

with an estimate of the area and 

population that will be served as a 

result of the improvements; (3) 

demonstrate how it will remain 

functional in emergency situations; and 

(4) demonstrate that it will satisfy 

consumer protection and service quality 

standards. 

6. Certain additional requirements 

apply for parties seeking ETC 

designation for a service area that 

includes an area served by a rural 

telephone company. In such cases, the 

party’s service area will be the rural 

telephone company’s study area unless 

and until the Commission and the 

relevant State establish a different 

definition of the study area, after taking 

into account factors established by a 

Federal State Joint Board instituted 

under the Communications Act. A 

petitioner seeking designation for a 

service area that includes, but is not the 

same as, a rural telephone company’s 

service area must request redefinition. If 

the Commission grants redefinition, it 

will then seek agreement from the state 

commission with jurisdiction over the 

rural telephone company, even if the 

petitioner itself is not subject to that 

state commission’s jurisdiction. 

7. Pleading Cycle. Consistent with 

existing Commission procedures 

regarding designation of eligible 

telecommunications carriers, upon 

receipt of a petition for designation 

pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 214(e)(6) in 

connection with Phase I of the Mobility 

Fund, the Commission will issue a 

public notice establishing a pleading 

cycle. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Gary D. Michaels, 

Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access 

Division, WTB. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5594 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Update to Notice of Financial 

Institutions for Which the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation has 

Been Appointed Either Receiver, 

Liquidator, or Manager 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Update listing of financial 

institutions in liquidation. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (Corporation) has been 

appointed the sole receiver for the 

following financial institutions effective 

as of the Date Closed as indicated in the 

listing. This list (as updated from time 

to time in the Federal Register) may be 

relied upon as ‘‘of record’’ notice that 

the Corporation has been appointed 

receiver for purposes of the statement of 

policy published in the July 2, 1992 

issue of the Federal Register (57 FR 

29491). For further information 

concerning the identification of any 

institutions which have been placed in 

liquidation, please visit the Corporation 

Web site at www.fdic.gov/bank/

individual/failed/banklist.html or 

contact the Manager of Receivership 

Oversight in the appropriate service 

center. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

Pamela Johnson, 

Regulatory Editing Specialist. 

INSTITUTIONS IN LIQUIDATION

[In alphabetical order] 

FDIC Ref. No. Bank name City State Date closed 

10426 ................................. Central Bank of Georgia ................................................ Ellaville ............................... GA 2/24/2012 

10427 ................................. Home Savings of America ............................................. Little Falls ........................... MN 2/24/2012 

[FR Doc. 2012–5636 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS12–04] 

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 8C, Washington, DC 20219. 

Date: March 14, 2012. 

Time: Immediately following the ASC 

open session. 

Status: Closed. 

Matters To Be Considered: 

February 8, 2012 minutes—Closed 

Session. 

Preliminary discussion of State 

Compliance Reviews. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

James R. Park, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5618 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS12–03] 

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 open session for its regular 

meeting: 

Location: OCC—250 E Street SW., 

Room 8C, Washington, DC 20219. 

Date: March 14, 2012. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered: 

Summary Agenda: 

February 8, 2012 minutes—Open 

Session. 

(No substantive discussion of the above 

items is anticipated. These matters will 

be resolved with a single vote unless a 

member of the ASC requests that an 

item be moved to the discussion 

agenda.) 

Discussion Agenda: 


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