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To meet the Congressional request, 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) developed a draft 

research plan. This plan described an 

approach to gather existing data and 

information including a stakeholder 

input process; to catalog potential risks 

to drinking water supplies from 

hydraulic fracturing; to identify data 

gaps; and to develop research questions, 

research needs, and research products. 

ORD requested SAB advice regarding 

the planned research. The SAB 

Environmental Engineering Committee 

discussed its advice on April 7–8, 2010 

(75 FR 9205–9206). Background 

information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the SAB Web site at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

Hydraulic%

20Fracturing?OpenDocument. 

(2) Review of the Arsenic Cancer 

Assessment: EPA is currently in the 

process of updating the 1988 IRIS 

cancer assessment for inorganic arsenic. 

The EPA evaluated and implemented 

the National Research Council 

recommendations in their report titled 

Arsenic in Drinking Water: 2001 Update 

and in 2005 requested the SAB review 

the Agency’s draft cancer assessment for 

inorganic arsenic. The SAB review 

report (Advisory on EPA’s Assessments 

of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and 

Inorganic Arsenic: A Report of the US 

EPA Science Advisory Board, EPA– 

SAB–07–008) was finalized in 2007. 

EPA’s Office of Research 

Development has recently completed a 

2010 draft titled: ‘‘Toxicological Review 

of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support of the 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’. ORD 

requested that the SAB evaluate and 

comment on EPA’s interpretation and 

implementation of the key SAB (2007) 

recommendations. ORD requested a 

review focusing in three areas of the 

draft cancer assessment of inorganic 

arsenic: Evaluation of epidemiological 

literature; dose-response modeling 

approaches; and the sensitivity analysis 

of the exposure assumptions used in the 

risk assessment. 

A work group of the chartered SAB 

discussed its review on April 6–7, 2010 

(75 FR 9205–9206). Background 

information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the SAB Web site at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.

nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Rev%20Tox%20

Review%20Inorg%20Arsenic

?OpenDocument. 

(3) Chartered SAB’s draft report on 

strategic research directions and 

integrated transdisciplinary research: 

Since 2007 EPA’s ORD has requested 

SAB advice on strategic research 

directions. ORD requested advice on the 

overall strategic direction of the 

program in relation to EPA’s overall 

mission and components of EPA’s 

research program. The draft report was 

developed after SAB discussions with 

ORD about strategic research directions 

on November 9–10, 2009 (74 FR 52805– 

52806) and April 5–6, 2010 (75 FR 

11883–11884). 

Background information about this 

advisory activity can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa

.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/Research%20Directions

?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and other materials in support of 

the teleconference will be placed on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab 

in advance of the teleconference. 

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 comments for a Federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. They should 

send their comments directly to the 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

relevant advisory committee. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting time to make an oral 

presentation at a public SAB 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes, with no more than one-half 

hour for all speakers. Those interested 

in being placed on the public speakers 

list should contact Dr. Nugent at the 

contact information provided above by 

June 9, 2010. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by June 9, 2010. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO via e-mail to nugent.angela

@epa.gov (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are asked to provide versions 

of each document submitted with and 

without signatures, because the SAB 

Staff Office does not publish documents 

with signatures on its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Angela 

Nugent at (202) 343–9981 or nugent.

angela@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact her preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the teleconference, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: May 10, 2010. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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[FRL–9152–4] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts for 

the SAB Arsenic Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office is requesting public 

nominations of experts to form an SAB 

panel to review EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) assessment 

for inorganic arsenic (noncancer). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by June 7, 2010 per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Dr. Sue 

Shallal, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 343–9977; 

by fax at (202) 233–0643; or via e-mail 

at shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

EPA SAB Web site at http://www.

epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

revising an assessment for arsenic in 

support of EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS). The National 

Research Council (NRC) published 

reports on the health effects of arsenic 

in 1999 and 2001. Since 2001, 

information has been developed for 

dermal hyperpigmentation, keratosis, 

and epidemiology of inorganic arsenic 

that may impact EPA’s 1988 values. The 

IRIS Program is preparing an assessment 

which will incorporate available 

noncancer health effects information for 

inorganic arsenic, as well as new risk 

assessment methods. ORD has requested 

that the SAB conduct the external peer 

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The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice, consultation and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB Staff Office will form an expert 

panel to review ORD’s draft IRIS 

Toxicological Review of Inorganic 

Arsenic (noncancer). The Arsenic 

Review Panel is being asked to comment 

on the scientific soundness of the 

Agency’s draft assessment. The SAB 

panel will comply with the provisions 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and all appropriate SAB 

procedural policies. Upon completion, 

the panel’s report will be submitted to 

the chartered SAB for final approval for 

transmittal to the EPA Administrator. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The EPA draft IRIS Toxicological 

Review of Inorganic Arsenic 

(noncancer) will be made available by 

ORD at the following URL http:// 

epa.gov/ncea (under ‘‘Recent 

Additions’’). Availability of the draft 

Toxicological Review will be 

announced in a separate Federal 

Register Notice. For questions 

concerning the review materials, please 

contact Dr. Janice S. Lee, at (919) 541– 

9458, or lee.janices@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise and research experience with 

inorganic arsenic in one or more of the 

following areas: Epidemiology; clinical 

medicine; dermatology; toxicology and 

mechanisms of action; toxicokinetics; 

and risk assessment and biostatistics. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

Arsenic Review Panel in the areas of 

expertise described above. Nominations 

should be submitted in electronic 

format (which is preferred over hard 

copy) following the instructions for 

‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels 

and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed’’ 

provided on the SAB Web site. The 

instructions 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 

receive full consideration, nominations 

should include all of the information 

requested. 

EPA’s SAB 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; sources of recent grants 

and/or contracts; and a biographical 

sketch of the nominee indicating current 

position, educational background, 

research activities, 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 SAB Web site, should contact Dr. 

Shallal, DFO, as indicated above in this 

notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

June 7, 2010. 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. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

the Federal Register notice and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff will be posted on the SAB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/sab. Public 

comments on this List of Candidates 

will be accepted for 21 calendar 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 subcommittee or review panel 

includes candidates who possess the 

necessary domains of knowledge, the 

relevant scientific perspectives (which, 

among other factors, may be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

establishing the Inorganic Arsenic 

(noncancer) Review Panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the list 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 lack of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in advisory committees 

and panels for the Panel as a whole, and 

(f) diversity of and balance among 

scientific expertise and viewpoints. 

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 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/sab/pdf/epaform3110–48.pdf. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects 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 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ 

ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: May 10, 2010. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Final Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: Application for Issuing 

Bank Credit Limit (IBCL) Under Bank 

Letter of Credit Policy. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

The Application for Issuing Bank 

Credit Limit (IBCL) Under Bank Letter 

of Credit Policy will be used by entities 

involved in the export of US goods and 

services. 

We have made the following changes 

to this application: 

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obtain and fulfill your export sales 

covered by this letter of credit? 

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