2292 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–692 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9618–6] 

Request for Nominations for Peer 

Reviewers for the Draft Research 

Report Entitled, ‘‘Investigation of 

Ground Water Contamination Near 

Pavillion, WY ’’ 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites public 

nominations of scientific experts to be 

considered as peer reviewers for the 

external review of the draft research 

report entitled, ‘‘Investigation of Ground 

Water Contamination near Pavillion, 

Wyoming.’’ The draft research report 

was prepared by the National Risk 

Management Research Laboratory 

(NRMRL), within the EPA Office of 

Research and Development (ORD), and 

by EPA Region 8. EPA released the draft 

report for public comment on December 

14, 2011 (see Federal Register Vol. 76, 

No. 240 at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

pkg/FR-2011-12-14/pdf/FR-2011-12- 

14.pdf). This draft report is not final as 

described in EPA’s Information Quality 

Guidelines, and it does not represent 

and should not be construed to 

represent final Agency policy or views. 

Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), 

an EPA contractor for external peer 

review, will organize and conduct the 

external peer review. Nominees must 

have expertise in the areas described 

under ‘‘Expertise Sought’’ below, be free 

of any conflict of interest, and be 

available to participate in a one- to twoday peer review meeting that will take 

place in March or April, 2012 (exact 

date to be determined based on reviewer 

availability). ERG will consider and 

screen all nominated candidates against 

the selection criteria described under 

‘‘Reviewer Selection’’ below. A second 

Federal Register notice will be 

published about one month prior to the 

external peer review meeting to provide 

the meeting date, location, and 

registration information. Additional 

details about the peer review process 

can be found at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/ 

si_public_pr_agenda.cfm. 

The public comment period for 

‘‘Investigation of Ground Water 

Contamination near Pavillion, 

Wyoming’’ began December 14, 2011, 

and ends January 27, 2012. Peer 

reviewers will be provided with all 

public comments for their consideration 

as they review the research report. 

DATES: Nominations for scientific peer 

review should be submitted via email as 

soon as they are available, but no later 

than February 17, 2012. Nominations 

should consist of the nominee’s full 

name and their current email address or 

other contact information. 

ADDRESSES: Peer reviewer nominations 

(including full name, email, and if 

available phone number) should be sent 

to peerreview@erg.com via email 

(preferred) or via facsimile at (781) 674– 

2906, Attn: Pavillion Peer Review. 

Background: Pavillion, Wyoming is 

located in Fremont County, about 20 

miles northwest of Riverton. The 

concern at the site is potential ground 

water contamination, based on resident 

complaints about smells, tastes, and 

adverse changes in water quality of their 

domestic wells. ORD and Region 8 have 

been collaborating to conduct a ground 

water investigation to better understand 

the basic ground water hydrology and 

how the constituents of concern may be 

occurring in the aquifer. A draft 

research report entitled ‘‘Investigation of 

Ground Water Contamination near 

Pavillion, Wyoming’’ was released on 

December 8, 2011. Prior to the release of 

the draft report, a public meeting was 

held November 9, 2011, to discuss 

findings and interpretations of data from 

the Pavillion site. The draft report and 

further information can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/

wy/pavillion/. 

Expertise Sought: EPA is seeking 

candidates who are nationally and/or 

internationally recognized scientists 

and/or engineers, who can conduct a 

scientifically thorough and unbiased 

review of the document. Any qualified 

person may be nominated to be 

considered for this peer review. 

Individuals may self-nominate. 

Candidates must have a medium to 

high degree of experience and expertise 

(and numerous publications, research 

projects, or field experience) in one or 

more of the following areas: 

—Petroleum Engineering (Natural gas, 

oil). 

—Petroleum Geology (Particularly in 

hydraulic fracturing and well-testing 

mechanical integrity). 

—Hydrology/hydrogeology (In or near 

drilling areas). 

—Geophysics, Environmental 

Engineering (As related to drilling and 

its effects). 

—Water Quality (Studies of 

contaminated ground water, etc.). 

—Organic/Inorganic Chemistry and 

Geochemistry (Chemical fate and 

transport, oxidation/reduction 

reactions, hydraulic fracturing 

chemistry and/or gas-liquid exchange 

and solubility). 

—Conducting laboratory and/or field 

research on physical and 

biogeochemical processes in 

subsurface environments. 

—Conducting computer-based research 

on physical and biogeochemical 

processes in subsurface environments. 

—Conducting laboratory and/or fieldbased research in hydraulic 

fracturing. 

—Conducting peer reviews of scientific 

and/or technical research studies and 

results for scientific/technical journal 

publications. 

Reviewer Selection: ERG will contact 

each nominee via email to request that 

they send to ERG a copy of their CV, fill 

out a calendar of availability, complete 

a detailed conflict-of-interest form, and 

fill out an expertise form. ERG will 

carefully consider all candidates 

nominated through this process and will 

conduct a parallel search for experts to 

assemble as broad a pool of initial 

candidates as possible. ERG will then 

screen all candidates against the criteria 

listed below to determine their 

suitability as peer reviewers. From 

among candidates who most strongly 

meet the selection criteria, ERG will 

select a final set of five to seven 

reviewers who, collectively, best 

provide expertise spanning the multiple 

areas listed above and, to the extent 

feasible, best provide a balance of 

perspectives. 

Selection Criteria 

—Demonstrated scientific credentials 

and disciplinary expertise in their 

field including: 

Æ Scientific credentials equivalent to 

a Ph.D. or P.E., Sc.D 

Æ Authorship on original publications 

and/or reviews in peer-reviewed 

scientific journals. 

Æ Significant professional 

accomplishments and recognition 

by professional societies. 

—Absence of financial conflicts of 

interest. 

—Absence of an appearance of lack of 

impartiality. 

—Willingness and availability to 

commit time to the scientific peer 

review and to meet all required 

deadlines. 

—Background experiences that would 

contribute to the diversity of 

perspectives of the peer reviewers. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 17, 2012 / Notices 2293 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held on December 

13, 2011, which includes the domestic policy 

directive issued at the meeting, are available on the 

Board’s Web site, www.federalreserve.gov. The 

minutes are also published in the Federal Reserve 

Bulletin and in the Board’s Annual Report. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Foster, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, P.O. Box 1198, Ada, 

OK 74821; telephone: (580) 436–8750: 

facsimile: (580) 436–8529; or email: 

foster.rebecca@epa.gov. To send Peer 

Review nomination, see ADDRESSES

section above. 

Dated: January 5, 2012. 

Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, 

Director, National Risk Management Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2012–716 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, January 19, 

2012 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 the Minutes 

for the Meeting of January 12, 2012. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–25: Atlas 

Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–26: 

Martin Freeman. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–27: New 

Mexico Voices for Children. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–28: 

Western Representation PAC. 

Management and Administrative 

Matters. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary, at (202) 694–1040, at least 

72 hours prior to the meeting date. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–881 Filed 1–12–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than January 

31, 2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 

(Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455 

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 

44101–2566: 

1. The FFD Financial Corporation 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 

(‘‘ESOP’’), and Enos L. Loader, both of 

Dover, Ohio, Richard A. Brinkman, 

Strasburg, Ohio, and Leonard L. Gundy, 

New Philadelphia, Ohio, as individuals 

and in their capacities as Trustees of the 

ESOP, Janet K. Loader. Dover, Ohio, and 

Rebecca J. Brinkman, Strasburg, Ohio, 

as individuals; to acquire voting shares 

of FFD Financial Corporation, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of First Federal Community Bank, NA, 

both in Dover, Ohio. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. Edward A. Cox, Jr., individually, 

and together with John M. Cox, both of 

Naples, Florida, as a group acting in 

concert; to acquire voting shares of 

Rush-Oak Corporation, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of Oak 

Bank, both in Chicago, Illinois. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 11, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–646 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of December 

13, 2011 

In accordance with Section 271.7(d) 

of its rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on December 13, 2011.1

‘‘The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long-run objectives, the 

Committee seeks conditions in reserve 

markets consistent with federal funds 

trading in a range from 0 to 1⁄4 percent. 

The Committee directs the Desk to 

continue the maturity extension 

program it began in September to 

purchase, by the end of June 2012, 

Treasury securities with remaining 

maturities of approximately 6 years to 

30 years with a total face value of $400 

billion, and to sell Treasury securities 

with remaining maturities of 3 years or 

less with a total face value of $400 

billion. The Committee also directs the 

Desk to maintain its existing policies of 

rolling over maturing Treasury 

securities into new issues and of 

reinvesting principal payments on all 

agency debt and agency mortgagebacked securities in the System Open 

Market Account in agency mortgagebacked securities in order to maintain 

the total face value of domestic 

securities at approximately $2.6 trillion. 

The Committee directs the Desk to 

engage in dollar roll transactions as 

necessary to facilitate settlement of the 

Federal Reserve’s agency MBS 

transactions. The System Open Market 

Account Manager and the Secretary will 

keep the Committee informed of 

ongoing developments regarding the 

System’s balance sheet that could affect 

the attainment over time of the 

Committee’s objectives of maximum 

employment and price stability.’’ 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, January 11, 2012. 

William B. English, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2012–742 Filed 1–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

[File No. 121 0022] 

AmeriGas Propane, L.P., AmeriGas 

Propane, Inc., Energy Transfer 

Partners, L.P., and Energy Transfer 

Partners GP, L.P.; Analysis of 

Proposed Agreement Containing 

Consent Order To Aid Public Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed Consent Agreement. 


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