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1605 of the ARRA within the geographic 

boundaries of their respective regions 

and with respect to requests by 

individual grant recipients. Having 

established both a proper basis to 

specify the particular good required for 

this project, and that this manufactured 

good was not available from a producer 

in the United States, LaSalle is hereby 

granted a waiver from the Buy American 

requirements of Section 1605(a) of 

Public Law 111–5 for the purchase of 

the MBR membrane racks using ARRA 

funds as specified in the community’s 

request of September 10, 2009. This 

supplementary information constitutes 

the detailed written justification 

required by Section 1605(c) for waivers 

‘‘based on a finding under subsection 

(b).’’ 

Authority: Pub. L. 111–5, section 1605. 

Dated: January 7, 2010. 

Bharat Mathur, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2541 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9110–9] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office Request for Nominations of 

Experts for the SAB Lead (Pb) 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 

Ad Hoc Panel to review EPA’s draft 

technical analyses which will be used to 

support the development of lead-based 

paint dust hazard standards and leadsafe work practice standards. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by February 26, 2010 per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 343–9878; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at 

yeow.aaron@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: 

Background: Human exposure to lead 

may cause a variety of adverse health 

effects, particularly in children. EPA’s 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT) regulates toxic 

substances, such as lead, through the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 

In 2001, EPA established standards for 

lead-based paint hazards, which include 

lead in residential dust. OPPT is 

developing draft technical analyses that 

will be used to support: (a) Possible 

revision of existing residential leadbased paint dust hazard standards, (b) 

the development of new lead-based 

paint dust hazard standards for public 

and commercial buildings, and (c) the 

development of lead-safe work practice 

standards for renovations of public and 

commercial buildings. OPPT has 

requested that the SAB conduct a 

review of these draft technical analyses. 

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 OPPT’s draft technical 

analyses. 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. The SAB Lead 

Review Panel is being asked to comment 

on the scientific soundness of the 

Agency’s draft technical analyses. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The EPA draft technical analyses to be 

reviewed by the SAB Panel will be 

made available on the SAB Web site. 

For questions concerning the review 

materials, please contact Dr. Jennifer 

Seed, at (202) 564–7634, or 

seed.jennifer@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise in one or more of the 

following areas, particularly with 

respect to lead: dust transport, exposure 

assessment, epidemiology, general 

toxicology, neurotoxicology, pediatrics, 

biokinetic modeling, biostatistics, and 

risk assessment. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

SAB 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 vitae; 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 Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, DFO, as indicated above in 

this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

February 26, 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, can be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

establishing the SAB 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 


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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 on 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory panels for the Panel as a 

whole; and (f) diversity 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 January 28, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2535 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009-0889; FRL–8811–9] 

Policy Paper on Revised Risk 

Assessment Methods for Workers, 

Children of Workers in Agricultural 

Fields, and Pesticides with No Food 

Uses; Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of December 9, 2009, 

making available for comment a policy 

paper entitled ‘‘Revised Risk Assessment 

Methods for Workers, Children of 

Workers in Agricultural Fields, and 

Pesticides with No Food Uses,’’ that 

describes how the Agency plans to use 

revised methods in conducting risk 

assessments for pesticide uses and 

exposures not governed by the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). 

Implementing this policy will increase 

protections, especially for agricultural 

workers and children of workers in 

agricultural fields. The December 9, 

2009 notice announced the availability 

of the policy paper and opened a public 

comment period of 60 days (until 

February 8, 2010). Today’s notice 

extends the comment period for an 

additional 60 days, from February 8, 

2010, to April 12, 2010. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2009-0889, must be received on or 

before April 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

document of December 9, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Smegal, Health Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–0175; e-mail address: 

smegal.deborah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register of December 9, 2009 (74 FR 

65121) (FRL–8803–2). In that document, 

a comment period of 60 days was 

established. Subsequent to publication, 

a number of stakeholders requested the 

extension of the original comment 

period, citing the far-reaching 

implications of the policy and its 

relationship to several other key Agency 

initiatives that are currently under 

development and available for 

comment. EPA is hereby extending the 

comment period, which was set to end 

on February 8, 2010, to April 12, 2010. 

To submit comments, or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the December 9, 2009 

Federal Register document. If you have 

questions, consult the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2400 Filed 2–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Federal Advisory Committee Act; 

Advisory Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the Federal Communications 

Commission’s (FCC) Advisory 

Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

(‘‘Diversity Committee’’) will hold a 

meeting on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 

at 2 p.m. in the Commission Meeting 

Room of the Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

This will be the fourth meeting of the 

full Diversity Committee under its 

renewed charter and new membership. 

DATES: March 24, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305 

(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Kreisman, 202–418–1605; 

Barbara.Kreisman@FCC.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

meeting the Constitutional, Broadband 

and Media Issues working groups will 

present best practices recommendations. 

Members of the general public may 

attend the meeting. The FCC will 

attempt to accommodate as many 

people as possible. However, 

admittance will be limited to seating 

availability. The public may submit 

written comments before the meeting to: 

Barbara Kreisman, the FCC’s Designated 

Federal Officer for the Diversity 

Committee by e-mail: 

Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov or U.S. 

Postal Service Mail (Barbara Kreisman, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554). 

Open captioning will be provided for 

this event. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Requests for such accommodations 

should be submitted via e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 


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