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ex parte rule, the following are 

designated as adjudicatory personnel for 

purposes of this proceeding: The 

Administrative Law Judges and their 

staff, the Environmental Appeals Board 

and its staff, the Administrator and 

certain members of her immediate 

office, and the General Counsel and 

certain members of his immediate 

office. None of the persons identified as 

adjudicatory personnel may discuss the 

merits of the proceeding with any 

person with an interest in the 

proceeding, or representative of such 

person, except in compliance with 40 

CFR 164.7. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 29, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02500 Filed 2–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9776–3] 

Request for Nominations of Experts to 

the EPA Office of Research and 

Development’s Board of Scientific 

Counselors 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking 

nominations for technical experts to 

serve on its Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC), a federal advisory 

committee to the Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). Submission of 

nominations is preferred via the BOSC 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/osp/ 

bosc/nomination.htm. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 1, 2013, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public needing 

additional information regarding this 

Notice and Request for Nominations 

may contact Mr. Greg Susanke, Office of 

Science Policy, Office of Research and 

Development, Mail Code 8104–R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: 

(202) 564–9945; via fax at: (202) 565– 

2911; or via email at: 

susanke.greg@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the BOSC can 

be found at the following Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The BOSC is a chartered Federal 

Advisory Committee that was 

established by the EPA to provide 

independent scientific and technical 

peer review, advice, consultation, and 

recommendations about ORD. As a 

Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC 

conducts business in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related 

regulations. 

The BOSC is comprised of an 

Executive Committee and six supporting 

subcommittees currently being formed. 

Each of these subcommittees will focus 

on one of ORD’s research programs: Air, 

Climate, and Energy Research Program; 

Chemical Safety for Sustainability 

Research Program; Homeland Security 

Research Program; Human Health Risk 

Assessment Research Program; Safe and 

Sustainable Water Resources Research 

Program; and Sustainable and Healthy 

Communities Research Program. Please 

visit http://www.epa.gov/ord/researchprograms.htm to learn more about these 

programs. 

Members of the BOSC are recognized 

experts in various scientific, 

engineering, and social science fields. 

EPA will consider nominees from 

academia, industry, business, public 

and private research institutes or 

organizations, government (federal, 

state, local, and tribal) and nongovernment organizations, and other 

relevant interest areas. Members are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator for 

a period of three years and serve as 

special government employees. 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. 

Expertise Sought 

EPA’s BOSC Staff Office is seeking 

nominations of nationally and 

internationally recognized scientists and 

engineers having experience and 

expertise in one or more of the 

following areas: 

• Atmospheric Science 

—aerosol chemistry 

—aerosol physical science 

—air quality modeling 

—atmospheric chemistry 

—atmospheric physics 

• Biology 

—biogeochemistry 

—cell biology 

—endocrinology (endocrine 

disruptors) 

—microbiology/molecular biology 

—pharmacokinetics 

—systems biology 

• Chemistry 

—analytical chemistry 

—combustion chemistry 

—environmental chemistry 

—green chemistry 

—physical chemistry 

—water chemistry 

• Climate Change/Global Change 

—adaption 

—modeling 

—variability 

—greenhouse gas technology 

assessment 

• Ecology 

—aquatic ecology (freshwater, 

wetland) 

—ecosystem services 

—hydrology/hydraulics (watershed 

modeling) 

—plant/forestry ecology 

—water resources 

—soil biogeochemistry 

—system ecology 

—landscape ecology 

—urban ecology 

• Engineering 

—biochemical engineering 

—bioenvironmental engineering 

—civil engineering (drinking water 

treatment and distribution, 

stormwater treatment, wastewater 

treatment, storm-, and wastewater 

infrastructure) 

—chemical engineering 

—combustion engineering 

—environmental engineering 

(decontamination, clean-up, 

management) 

—industrial engineering 

—mechanical engineering 

• Information Science 

—information technology 

—information visualization 

—research communication 

—spatial analysis 

—uncertainty analysis 

• Nanotechnology 

• Public Health 

—children’s health 

—community health 

—environmental health 

—epidemiology/molecular 

epidemiology 

—exposure science (assessment, 

predictive) 

• Risk Assessment (cumulative risk 

assessment, mixtures risk 

assessment, ecological risk 

assessment, human health risk 

assessment) 

• Sustainability 

—community/urban level planning 

and sustainability 

—industrial (industrial ecology, life 

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systems engineering) 

—energy 

—energy and water relationship 

• Toxicology 

—computational toxicology 

(computational biology, genomics, 

proteomics, metabonomics, 

computational chemistry, highthroughput bioassays, informatics, 

bioinformatics, predictive 

toxicology) 

—ecotoxicology 

—developmental/reproductive 

toxicology 

—immunotoxicology 

—molecular toxicology 

—neurotoxicology 

—pulmonary/cardiovascular 

toxicology 

—carcinogenesis 

• Science Policy/Public Policy 

—science policy 

—public policy 

—environmental justice 

—science program evaluation 

• Social Science 

—community disaster recovery and 

resiliency 

—economics (ecological economics, 

environmental economics, natural 

resource economics, human health 

economics) 

—socioeconomics 

—sociology 

• Behavioral Science 

—psychology 

—ecopsychology 

—environmental psychology 

—conservation psychology 

—social neuroscience 

—risk perception 

—risk/crisis communication 

—community decision making 

• Decision Science 

—decision analysis 

—value of information 

—decision support system 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate themselves or qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Nominations should be 

submitted via the BOSC Web site 

(which is preferred over hard copy) at: 

http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/ 

nomination.htm. Nominations should 

be submitted in time to arrive no later 

than April 1, 2013. To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include all of the information requested. 

EPA’s BOSC 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; subcommittee 

preference; the nominee’s curriculum 

vita and/or resume; and additional 

information that would be useful for 

considering the nomination such as 

background and qualifications (e.g., 

current position, educational 

background, expertise, research areas), 

experience relevant to one or more of 

ORD’s research programs, service on 

other advisory committees and 

professional societies, and availability 

to participate as a member of the 

committee/subcommittee. Persons 

having questions about the nomination 

procedures, or who are unable to submit 

nominations through the BOSC Web 

site, should contact Mr. Greg Susanke, 

as indicated above in this notice. 

Selection Criteria 

The BOSC is a balanced and diverse 

expert committee. The committee and 

each of its subcommittees possess 

necessary domains of expertise, depth 

and breadth of knowledge, and diverse 

and balanced scientific perspectives. 

Nominations will be evaluated on the 

basis of several criteria including: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience; (b) 

availability to serve and willingness to 

commit time to the committee 

(approximately one to three meetings 

per year including both face-to-face 

meetings and teleconferences); (c) 

absence of financial conflicts of interest; 

(d) absence of an appearance of a lack 

of impartiality; (e) skills working on 

committees and advisory panels; and (f) 

background and experiences that would 

contribute to the diversity of viewpoints 

on the committee/subcommittees, e.g., 

workforce sector, geographical location, 

social, cultural, and educational 

backgrounds, and professional 

affiliations. 

The BOSC 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 that 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/osp/bosc/pdf/EPA_3110- 

48.pdf. 

Dated: January 29, 2013. 

Fred S. Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02495 Filed 2–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[Public Notice: 2013–0109] 

Application for Final Commitment for a 

Long-Term Loan or Financial 

Guarantee in Excess of $100 million: 

AP086911XX and AP087599XX 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to inform the 

public, in accordance with Section 

3(c)(10) of the Charter of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (‘‘ExIm Bank’’), that Ex-Im Bank has received 

an application for final commitment for 

a long-term loan or financial guarantee 

in excess of $100 million (as calculated 

in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of 

the Charter). Comments received within 

the comment period specified below 

will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank 

Board of Directors prior to final action 

on this Transaction. 

Reference: AP086911XX and 

AP087599XX. 

Purpose and Use: 

Brief description of the purpose of the 

transaction: 

To support the export of U.S. 

manufactured commercial aircraft to 

Israel. 

Brief non-proprietary description of 

the anticipated use of the items being 

exported: 

To be used for short-haul passenger 

air service between Israel and 

destinations in Europe. 

To the extent that Ex-Im Bank is 

reasonably aware, the item(s) being 

exported are not expected to produce 

exports or provide services in 

competition with the exportation of 

goods or provision of services by a 

United States industry. 

Parties: 

Principal Supplier: The Boeing 

Company. 

Obligor: EL AL Israel Airlines, Ltd. 

Guarantor(s): N/A. 

Description of Items Being Exported: 

Boeing 737 aircraft. 

Information on Decision: Information 

on the final decision for this transaction 

will be available in the ‘‘Summary 

Minutes of Meetings of Board of 

Directors’’ on http://www.exim.gov/ 

articles.cfm/board%20minute. 


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