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community-based/grassroots 

organizations to identify and address 

environmental justice concerns? 

2. What organizational, regulatory, or 

policy hurdles exist that impede, 

complicate, or discourage tribal 

governments and indigenous 

organizations from effectively working 

together to address environmental and 

public health concerns. 

3. What are the recommended means 

and mechanisms for EPA to coordinate 

and collaborate with other federal 

agencies to effectively provide 

environmental justice for indigenous 

people? 

For additional information about 

registering to attend the meeting or to 

provide public comment, please see the 

‘‘Registration’’ and SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION sections below. Due to a 

limited number of telephone lines, 

attendance will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. Pre-registration is required. 

Registration for the teleconference 

meeting closes at 11 a.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, September 17, 2012. The 

deadline to sign up for public comment, 

or to submit written public comments, 

is also Monday, September 17, 2012. 

DATES: The NEJAC teleconference 

meeting on Friday, September 21, 2012, 

will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

Registration: To register by email, 

send an email to NEJACTelecon

Sept2012@AlwaysPursuing

Excellence.com with ‘‘Register for the 

NEJAC September 2012 Teleconference’’ 

in the subject line. Please provide your 

name, organization, city and state, email 

address, and telephone number for 

follow-up. To register by phone or fax, 

send a fax (please print) or leave a voice 

message with your name, organization, 

city and state, email address, and 

telephone number at 877–773–1489. 

Please specify which meeting you are 

registering to attend (e.g., NEJAC 

September 2012 Teleconference). Please 

also state whether you would like to be 

put on the list to provide public 

comment, and whether you are 

submitting written comments before the 

Monday, September 17, 2012, deadline. 

Non-English speaking attendees wishing 

to arrange for a foreign language 

interpreter may also make appropriate 

arrangements using the email address or 

telephone/fax number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or correspondence 

concerning the teleconference meeting 

should be directed to Mr. Aaron Bell, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

by mail at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW. (MC2201A), Washington, DC 

20460; by telephone at 202–564–1044; 

via email at Bell.Aaron@epa.gov; or by 

fax at 202–564–1624. Additional 

information about the NEJAC and 

upcoming meetings is available on the 

following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

environmentaljustice/nejac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Charter of the NEJAC states that the 

advisory committee shall provide 

independent advice to the 

Administrator on areas that may 

include, among other things, ‘‘advice 

about broad, cross-cutting issues related 

to environmental justice, including 

environment-related strategic, scientific, 

technological, regulatory, and economic 

issues related to environmental justice.’’ 

A. Public Comment: Members of the 

public who wish to attend the Friday, 

September 21, 2012, public 

teleconference or provide public 

comment must pre-register by 11 a.m. 

Eastern Time on Monday, September 17, 

2012. Individuals or groups making 

remarks during the public comment 

period will be limited to five minutes. 

To accommodate the large number of 

people who want to address the NEJAC, 

only one representative of a particular 

community, organization, or group will 

be allowed to speak. Written comments 

also can be submitted for the record. 

The suggested format for individuals 

providing public comments is as 

follows: name of speaker; name of 

organization/community; city and state; 

and email address; brief description of 

the concern, and what you want the 

NEJAC to advise EPA to do. Written 

comments received by 11 a.m. Eastern 

Time on Monday, September 17, 2012, 

will be included in the materials 

distributed to the members of the 

NEJAC prior to the teleconference. 

Written comments received after that 

time will be provided to the NEJAC as 

time allows. All written comments 

should be sent to EPA’s support 

contractor, APEX Direct, Inc., via email 

or fax as listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

B. Information about Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information about access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Ms. Estela Rosas, EPA 

Contractor, APEX Direct, Inc., at 877– 

773–1489 or via email at NEJACTelecon

Sept2012@AlwaysPursuing

Excellence.com. To request special 

accommodations for a disability, please 

contact Ms. Rosas at least seven working 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All requests should be sent to the 

address, email, or phone/fax number 

listed in the ‘‘Registration’’ section 

above. 

Dated: August 22, 2012. 

Victoria Robinson, 

Designated Federal Officer, National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21343 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9723–7] 

Proposed Administrative Settlement 

Agreement Under Section 122 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act for the Federal Creosote 

Superfund Site, Located in Manville, 

Somerset County, NJ 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed 

administrative settlement and 

opportunity for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) is proposing to enter into an 

administrative settlement agreement 

(‘‘Settlement Agreement’’) with Rustic 

Mall, LLC and Mr. Joseph Wilf (the 

‘‘Settling Parties’’) pursuant to Section 

122 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9622. The 

Settlement Agreement provides for 

Settling Parties’ payment of certain 

response costs incurred at the Federal 

Creosote Superfund Site located within 

the Borough of Manville, Somerset 

County, New Jersey (‘‘Site’’). 

In accordance with Section 122(i) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), this notice 

is being published to inform the public 

of the proposed Settlement Agreement 

and of the opportunity to comment. For 

thirty (30) days following the date of 

publication of this notice, EPA will 

receive written comments relating to the 

proposed Settlement Agreement. EPA 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that the proposed settlement is 

inappropriate, improper or inadequate. 

EPA’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at EPA Region 2, 290 

Broadway, 17th floor, New York, New 

York 10007–1866. 

DATES: Comments must be provided by 

September 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the Federal Creosote Superfund Site, 

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2012 and should be sent to the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Regional Counsel, New Jersey 

Superfund Branch, 290 Broadway—17th 

Floor, New York, NY 10007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of 

the proposed administrative settlement, 

as well as background information 

relating to the settlement, may be 

obtained from Elizabeth La Blanc, 

Assistant Regional Counsel, New Jersey 

Superfund Branch, Office of Regional 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

Telephone: 212–637–3106. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth La Blanc, Assistant Regional 

Counsel, New Jersey Superfund Branch, 

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 17th 

Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New 

York 10007–1866. Telephone: 212–637– 

3106. 

Dated: August 8, 2012. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Emergency and Remedial Response 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–21351 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9722–1] 

Request for Additional Nominations of 

Candidates for the EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB), Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites public 

nominations of additional scientific 

experts to be considered for 

appointment to the EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

(CAAC) to provide advice through the 

chartered SAB regarding Toxicological 

Reviews of environmental chemicals 

available on EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

September 19, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nominators unable to submit 

nominations electronically as described 

below may submit a paper copy to the 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

committee, Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO by 

email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov or contact 

him by telephone at 202–564–2050. 

Background: The chartered SAB (the 

Board) was established in 1978 by the 

Environmental Research, Development 

and Demonstration Act (42 U.S.C. 4365) 

to provide independent advice to the 

Administrator on general scientific and 

technical matters underlying the 

Agency’s policies and actions. Members 

of the SAB and its subcommittees 

constitute a distinguished body of nonEPA scientists, engineers, economists, 

and social scientists that are nationally 

and internationally-recognized experts 

in their respective fields from academia, 

industry, state, and tribal governments, 

research institutes, and nongovernmental organizations. Members 

are appointed by the EPA Administrator 

for a period of three years. The SAB 

conducts business in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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

regulations. Generally, SAB meetings 

are announced in the Federal Register, 

conducted in public view, and provide 

opportunities for public input during 

deliberations. All the work of the SAB 

subcommittees is performed under the 

direction of the Board. The chartered 

Board provides strategic advice to the 

EPA Administrator on a variety of EPA 

science and research programs and 

reviews and approves all SAB 

subcommittee and panel reports. 

Additional information about the SAB 

Federal Advisory Committees may be 

found on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

The U.S. EPA SAB Staff Office 

announced in a Federal Register Notice 

(Vol. 76, No. 223, pp. 71561–62) 

published on November 18, 2011, that it 

was forming a new committee under the 

auspices of the SAB to provide advice 

to EPA through the chartered SAB 

regarding the development of IRIS 

Toxicological Reviews. The SAB Staff 

Office sought public nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized experts with knowledge in 

human health risk assessment and 

expertise in a range of disciplines 

including, but not limited to: public 

health; epidemiology; toxicology; 

modeling; biostatistics; and risk 

assessment. The SAB Staff Office 

invited public comments on the list of 

candidates being considered for 

appointment to the CAAC, which was 

announced in a Federal Register Notice 

(Vol. 77, No. 40, p. 12302) published on 

February 29, 2012. The list of 

candidates is available at: http:// 

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

WebBOARD/CAACListofCandidates/ 

$File/ 

bio%20list%20of%20candidateswmemo022912.pdf. The SAB Staff Office 

is seeking additional scientific experts 

to be considered for appointment to the 

CAAC. 

Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff 

Office is seeking nominations of 

additional experts to serve on the SAB 

CAAC with expertise in health 

disparities to sensitive and susceptible 

populations. There is no need to 

resubmit nominations for individuals 

already on the list of candidates. For 

further information, please contact Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, DFO, by telephone at 202– 

564–2050 or by email at 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. 

Selection criteria include: 

—Demonstrated scientific credentials 

and disciplinary expertise in their 

own fields; 

—Willingness to commit time to the 

committee and demonstrated ability 

to work constructively and effectively 

on committees; 

—Absence of financial conflicts of 

interest; 

—Absence of an appearance of a lack of 

impartiality; 

—Background and experiences that 

would contribute to the diversity of 

perspectives on the committee, e.g., 

geographic, economic, social, cultural, 

educational backgrounds, and 

professional affiliations; and 

—For the committee as a whole, 

consideration of the collective breadth 

and depth of scientific expertise; and 

a balance of scientific perspectives. 

How to Submit Nominations: Any 

interested person or organization may 

nominate qualified persons to be 

considered for appointment to this 

advisory committee. Individuals may 

self-nominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) following the instructions for 

‘‘Nominating Experts to the Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee’’ 

provided on the SAB Web site. The form 

can be accessed through the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the 

blue navigational bar on the SAB Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. To be 

considered, all nominations should 

include the information requested. 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. 

Nominators are asked to identify the 

specific committee for which nominees 

are to be considered. The following 

information should be provided on the 

nomination form: contact information 

about the person making the 

nomination; contact information about 

the nominee; the disciplinary and 

specific areas of expertise of the 


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