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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: December 5, 2011. 

Patricia A. Embrey, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31822 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0977; FRL–9505–5] 

Request for Nominations of Experts to 

the Office of Research and 

Development’s Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Staff Office is 

requesting public nominations for 

technical experts to fill current 

vacancies on the BOSC Executive 

Committee. Nominations should be 

submitted via the BOSC Web site at 

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

nomination.htm. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by January 20, 2012, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public needing 

additional information regarding this 

Notice and Request for Nominations 

may contact Ms. Susan Peterson, Mail 

Code 8104–R, Office of Science Policy, 

Office of Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: 

(202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 565– 

2911; or via email at: 

peterson.susan@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the Board of 

Scientific Counselors can be found at 

the BOSC Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/osp/bosc. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The BOSC is a chartered Federal 

Advisory Committee that was 

established by the U.S. EPA to provide 

independent scientific and technical 

peer review, advice, consultation, and 

recommendations about the Office of 

Research and Development. 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 Executive Committee is 

comprised of approximately 20 

members who are recognized experts in 

various scientific, engineering, and 

social science fields. EPA is soliciting 

candidates to fill eight vacancies. EPA 

will consider candidates from the 

environmental scientific/technical 

fields, human health care professionals, 

academia, industry, public and private 

research institutes or organizations, 

non-government 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, 

engineers, and social scientists having 

experience and expertise in one or more 

of the following areas: Atmospheric 

Sciences (atmospheric chemistry, 

atmospheric physics, aerosol chemistry, 

aerosol physics); Analytical Chemistry; 

Green Chemistry; Endocrinology 

(endocrine disruptors); Pulmonary and 

Cardiovascular Toxicology; Systems 

Science (systems biology, systems 

ecology, landscape ecology); Social 

Sciences (sociology, economics, 

socioeconomics, environmental 

economics, ecological economics, 

natural resource economics); and 

Behavioral Sciences (psychology, 

environmental psychology, 

ecopsychology, conservation 

psychology, social neuroscience, risk 

perception, risk communication, crisis 

communication). 

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 January 13, 2012. 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; the nominee’s 

curriculum vita and/or resume; sources 

of recent grant and/or contract support; 

and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, and recent 

service on other national advisory 

committees or national professional 

organizations. Persons having questions 

about the nomination procedures, or 

who are unable to submit nominations 

through the BOSC Web site, should 

contact Ms. Susan Peterson, as indicated 

above in this notice. 

Selection Criteria 

The BOSC is a balanced and diverse 

expert committee. The committee 

collectively possesses the necessary 

domains of expertise, depth and breadth 

of knowledge, and diverse and balanced 

scientific perspectives. Selection criteria 

to be used for membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience; (b) 

availability to serve and willingness to 

commit time to the committee 

(approximately three to five meetings 

per year including both face-to-face 

meetings and teleconferences); (c) 


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1Section 327.4(g) of the FDIC’s regulations sets 

forth the DRR. There is no need to amend this 

provision, because the DRR for 2012 is the same as 

the current DRR. 

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, e.g., geographic, 

economic, social, cultural, 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: November 29, 2011. 

Fred Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31816 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of a Partially Open 

Meeting of the Board of Directors of the 

Export-Import Bank of the United 

States. 

TIME AND PLACE: Friday, December 9, 

2011 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be 

held at Ex-Im Bank in Room 1143, 811 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20571. 

OPEN AGENDA ITEM: Item No. 1: Ex-Im 

Bank Advisory Committee for 2012 

(Additional Members). 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will 

be open to public observation for Item 

No. 1 only. 

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further 

information, contact: Office of the 

Secretary, 811 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20571 (Number (202) 

565–3336). 

Lisa V. Terry, 

Assistant General Counsel (Acting). 

[FR Doc. 2011–31546 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–M 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Designated Reserve Ratio for 2012 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of Designated Reserve 

Ratio for 2012. 

Pursuant to the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Act, the Board of Directors of 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation designates that the 

Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the 

Deposit Insurance Fund shall remain at 

2 percent for 2012.1 The Board is 

publishing this notice as required by 

section 7(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 

1817(b)(3)(A)(i)). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munsell St. Clair, Chief, Banking and 

Regulatory Policy Section, Division of 

Insurance and Research, (202) 898– 

8967; Matthew Green, Chief, Fund 

Analysis and Pricing Section, Division 

of Insurance and Research, (202) 898– 

3670; or, Christopher Bellotto, Counsel, 

Legal Division, (202) 898–3801. 

Dated at Washington, DC this 7th day of 

December, 2011. 

By order of the Board of Directors. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31785 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE & TIME: Thursday, December 15, 

2011 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 December 1, 2011. 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–22: 

Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative, 

Inc. 

Election of Officers. 

Future Meeting Dates. 

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 and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, 

at least 72 hours prior to the hearing 

date. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer. Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31950 Filed 12–8–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than. January 6, 

2012. 


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