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and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information’’ (CBI). If a person making 

comments wants EPA to base its 

decision in part on a submission labeled 

CBI, then a non-confidential version of 

the document that summarizes the key 

data or information should be submitted 

for the public docket. To ensure that 

proprietary information is not 

inadvertently placed in the docket, 

submissions containing such 

information should be sent directly to 

the contact person listed above and not 

to the public docket. Information 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

will be disclosed by EPA only to the 

extent allowed and by the procedures 

set forth in 40 CFR part 2. If no claim 

of confidentiality accompanies the 

submission when EPA receives it, EPA 

will make it available to the public 

without further notice to the person 

making comments. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12717 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9921–01–OA] 

Request for Nominations for a Science 

Advisory Board Panel on BenMAP and 

Benefits Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office is expanding its 

request for nominations previously 

announced on April 5, 2022. The EPA 

SAB Staff Office previously requested 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

a panel to review EPA’s new cloudbased Environmental Benefits and 

Mapping (BenMAP) tool, an opensource computer program that calculates 

estimated air pollution-related deaths 

and illnesses and their associated 

economic values. In that notice, the SAB 

Staff Office indicated its intention to 

announce a separate panel that would 

address the approach EPA takes for 

selecting and applying evidence in its 

PM2.5 and Ozone (O3) benefits 

assessments. Because the two panels 

would require substantially similar 

expertise, the SAB Staff Office has now 

determined that it is appropriate to 

combine them into a single panel with 

a more comprehensive charge. The 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office is 

soliciting additional candidates to 

complement those nominated for the 

review of BenMAP. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by June 27, 2002 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

request for nominations may contact Dr. 

Bryan Bloomer, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board via telephone/voice mail (202) 

564–4222, or email at bloomer.bryan@

epa.gov. General information 

concerning the EPA SAB can be found 

at https://sab.epa.gov. For information 

concerning EPA’s technical support 

document, please contact Mr. Neal Fann 

via telephone/voice mail at (919) 541– 

0209 or email at fann.neal@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, and recommendations to the 

EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Staff Office is forming an 

expert panel, the SAB BenMAP and 

Benefits Methods Panel, under the 

auspices of the Chartered SAB. The 

BenMAP and Benefits Methods Panel 

will provide advice through the 

chartered SAB. The SAB will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

The SAB BenMAP and Benefits 

Methods Panel will conduct the review 

of EPA’s BenMAP tool as described 

previously in 87 FR 19680–19681. 

BenMAP is an open-source computer 

program that calculates the number and 

economic value of air pollution-related 

deaths and illnesses. In addition, the 

SAB BenMAP and Benefits Methods 

Panel will review EPA’s technical 

support document Estimating PM2.5- 

and Ozone-Attributable Health Benefits 

as requested by the EPA’s Office of Air 

and Radiation. Collectively, the SAB 

BenMAP and Benefits Methods Panel 

will review both EPA’s approach for 

selecting and applying the evidence 

used to quantify and monetize air 

pollution-related effects and how the 

BenMAP tool performs these 

calculations. With today’s notice, the 

SAB Staff Office is expanding its 

solicitation of April 5, 2022 (87 FR 

19680–19681) so that a broader panel, 

the BenMAP and Benefits Methods 

Panel, can also review EPA’s selection 

of human health endpoints, risk 

estimates and monetized values in an 

air pollution benefits assessment, as 

well as the agency’s characterization of 

uncertainty inherent in EPA benefits 

assessments. These additional topics 

will be in combination with the panel’s 

review of the BenMAP tool. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise in the following disciplines: 

air pollution epidemiology; biostatistics; 

risk assessment; demographics; public 

health data science; uncertainty 

analysis; and environmental economics, 

particularly, the valuation of benefits 

from pollution reductions. The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominees from 

the listed disciplines above, with 

expertise that emphasizes the health 

effects of air pollution and the 

development of economic values for 

reductions in air pollution. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the SAB panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form on the SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on 

Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees, 

Panels, and Membership’’ following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc 

Committees Being Formed,’’ provided 

on the SAB website (see the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link under 

‘‘Current Activities’’ at https://

sab.epa.gov). To be considered, 

nominations should include the 

information requested below. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. All 

qualified candidates are encouraged to 

apply regardless of sex, race, disability, 

or ethnicity. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

June 27, 2022. 

The following information should be 

provided on the nomination form: 

contact information for the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information for the nominee; and the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee. Nominees will 

be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and 

will be asked to provide a recent 

curriculum vitae and a narrative 

biographical summary that include the 

following: current position, educational 

background; research activities; sources 

of research funding for the last two 

years; and recent service on other 


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national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB website, should contact the 

DFO at the contact information noted 

above. The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

Notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates for the panel on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Public comments on the List of 

Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. 

The public will be requested to provide 

relevant information or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced review panel includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the Lists of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used 

for panel membership include: (a) 

scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; and 

(f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and scientific points of view. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Environmental Protection 

Agency Special Government 

Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This 

confidential form is required and allows 

government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded through the ‘‘Ethics 

Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the 

SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. This 

form should not be submitted as part of 

a nomination. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review panels is 

described in the following document: 

Overview of the Panel Formation 

Process at the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA– 

SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12703 Filed 6–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0506 and OMB 3060–0938; FR 

ID 90817] 

Information Collections Being 

Reviewed by the Federal 

Communications Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before August 12, 

2022. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0506. 

Title: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 302– 

FM—FM Station License Application. 

Form Number: FCC Form 2100, 

Schedule 302–FM. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 925 respondents; 925 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1–2 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,135 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: $801,500. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i), 303 and 308 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

adopted the FM Broadcast Directional 

Antenna Performance Verification 

Order, FCC 22–38, adopted May 19, 

2022, and released on May 19, 2022, 

where the Commission revised its 

broadcast radio rules and procedures to 

allow for FM antenna directional 

pattern verification by computer 

modeling. This represents an update 

from the previous requirement that an 

FM or LPFM directional antenna’s 

performance be verified by the 

‘‘measured relative field pattern’’ and 

brings our rules for those services into 

regulatory conformity with our rules 

governing AM and DTV directional 

antennas. The Commission expects that 

this change in how the antenna 

manufacturer may validate its FM 

directional antenna studies would 

provide an FM license applicant with 

greater flexibility in antenna siting and 

reduce the overall costs of designing 

and building an FM directional antenna, 

and station construction. 


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