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Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

meeting agenda, charge questions, and 

other materials for the teleconferences 

will be placed on the SAB Web site at 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

conducting this advisory activity, EPA’s 

charge, or meeting materials. Input from 

the public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB to 

consider. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

for the relevant advisory committee 

directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to five minutes per 

speaker. To be placed on the public 

speaker list for the September 7, 2012 

meeting, interested parties should notify 

Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by email no 

later than August 31, 2012. To be placed 

on the public speaker list for the 

November 2, 2012 teleconference, 

interested parties should notify Dr. 

Holly Stallworth by October 26, 2012. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements for these teleconferences 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office by the same deadlines given 

above for requesting oral comments. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO via email (acceptable file 

format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, 

WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich 

Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/ 

XP format). 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. 

Stallworth at the phone number or 

email address noted above, preferably at 

least ten days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: July 23, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18796 Filed 7–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9709–3] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent 

Decree; Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 

7413(g), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree to address a 

lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. 

Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-2000 (RMC) (D. 

DC). On January 16, 2012, Plaintiff filed 

a First Amended complaint alleging that 

EPA failed to take action on certain state 

implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) 

submissions for the States of Georgia 

and Alabama by the statutory deadline 

established by CAA section 110(k)(2), 42 

U.S.C. 7410(k)(2). The proposed consent 

decree establishes deadlines for EPA to 

take action on the SIP submittals. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2012–0597, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Anderson, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–3137; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: anderson.steve@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club 

seeking to compel the Administrator to 

take final action under sections 

110(k)(2) and (3) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 

7410(k)(2) and (3), to approve or 

disapprove, in whole or in part, 

numerous SIP submittals in the States of 

Georgia and Alabama identified in the 

proposed consent decree. EPA has taken 

final action to approve several SIP 

submissions from the States of Georgia 

and Alabama. On December 29, 2011, 

the State of Georgia withdrew its 

previously submitted 1997 annual 

particulate matter (‘‘PM2.5’’) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(‘‘NAAQS’’) attainment demonstration, 

contingency measures, reasonably 

available control measures/reasonably 

available control technology (‘‘RACM/ 

RACT’’) and reasonable further progress 

(‘‘RFP’’) requirements for the Metro 

Atlanta area. The State of Georgia did 

not withdraw any portions of its 

previous submittal for the Metro Atlanta 

area that pertain to emissions 

inventories. On February 16, 2012 the 

State of Georgia withdrew its previously 

submitted 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS 

attainment demonstration and volatile 

organic compound (‘‘VOC’’) and 

nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’) contingency 

measures for the Metro Atlanta area. 

The proposed consent decree 

provides various dates by which EPA 

shall sign one or more final rules to 

approve or disapprove, in whole or in 

part, pursuant to CAA section 110(k)(2) 

and (3), each SIP submission or portion 

thereof on which EPA has not yet taken 

final action. If any State withdraws any 

of the SIP submittals described in the 

proposed consent decree, then EPA’s 

obligation to take the corresponding 

action on such SIP submittal is 

automatically terminated. 

The proposed consent decree requires 

that, following signature of each final 

rule described in the proposed consent 

decree, EPA shall promptly deliver the 

notice to the Office of the Federal 

Register for review and publication in 

the Federal Register. After EPA fulfills 

its obligations under the proposed 

consent decree, the consent decree shall 

be terminated and the case dismissed 

with prejudice. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 


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consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2012–0597) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: July 26, 2012. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18794 Filed 7–31–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Policy Statement Concerning 

Assistance to Troubled Farm Credit 

System Institutions 

AGENCY: Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Policy statement; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation (Corporation or 

FCSIC) published for comment a draft 

Policy Statement Concerning Assistance 

to Troubled Farm Credit System 

(System) Institutions to replace the 

Corporation’s present Policy Statement 

Concerning Stand-Alone Assistance. 

The draft revised policy statement 

provides additional transparency 

concerning the Corporation’s authority 

to provide assistance, discusses how the 

least-cost test might be performed, 

enhances the criteria of what is to be 

included in assistance proposals, and 

adds a new section discussing 

assistance agreements. We are extending 

the comment period so that all 

interested parties will have additional 

time to provide comments. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 22, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

mailed or delivered to James M. Morris, 

General Counsel, Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation, McLean, 

Virginia 22102. Copies of all comments 

will be available for examination by 

interested parties in the offices of the 

Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wade Wynn, Senior Risk Analyst, and 

James M. Morris, General Counsel, Farm 

Credit System Insurance Corporation, 

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, 

Virginia 22102, (703) 883–4380, TDD 

(703) 883–4390. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

21, 2012, the FCSIC published for 

comment a draft Policy Statement 

Concerning Assistance to Troubled 

System Institutions to replace the 

Corporation’s present Policy Statement 

Concerning Stand-Alone Assistance.1

The FCSIC received several comment 

letters, including the Farm Credit 

Council and two System banks 

requesting that the Corporation extend 

the comment period by 90 days. 

Because of the significance and 

complexity of the issues and the 

implications associated with providing 


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