64726 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 20, 2010 / Notices 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Registration review, Pesticides and 

pests, methamidophos. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26453 Filed 10–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9215–6] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts To 

Serve on the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) Air 

Monitoring and Methods 

Subcommittee (AMMS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

public nominations of experts to serve 

on the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Air Monitoring and 

Methods Subcommittee (AMMS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by November 10, 2010, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2073; 

by fax at (202) 565–2098 or via e-mail 

at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC can 

be found on the EPA CASAC Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) was 

established under section 109(d)(2) of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 

U.S.C. 7409) as an independent 

scientific advisory committee. CASAC 

provides advice, information and 

recommendations on the scientific and 

technical aspects of air quality criteria 

and national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 

and 109 of the Act. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires 

that the Agency periodically review and 

revise, as appropriate, the air quality 

criteria and the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants. EPA’s Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS) requests independent review 

and advice from CASAC on the 

following subjects: 

• Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)-Sulfur 

Oxides (SOX) Monitoring and Network 

Design—A review of candidate methods 

for assessing levels of N and S 

deposition; specifically constituents 

such as particulate sulfate, total 

oxidized nitrogen (NOy), sulfur dioxide 

(SO2), and ammonia gas and ammonia 

ion combined (NHX) in the assessment 

of an Atmospheric Acidification 

Potential Index, and the potential 

network design for a monitoring system 

in support of a secondary NOX/SOX

NAAQS. 

• Photochemical Assessment 

Monitoring Stations (PAMS): Network 

Re-engineering—Advice on potential 

revisions to the technical and regulatory 

aspects of the PAMS program; including 

changes to required measurements and 

associated network design requirements 

and a review of appropriate technology, 

sampling frequency, and overall 

program objectives in the context of the 

most recently revised ozone NAAQS 

and changes to atmospheric chemistry 

that have occurred over the past 10–15 

years in the most significantly impacted 

areas. 

• Network Design Guidance 

Development for Near-road Ambient Air 

Monitoring Requirements: Multipollutant Focus—Review of the progress 

of a pilot monitoring study including 

site selection, planned measurements, 

and timeline; review of EPA’s Near-road 

Network Design Technical Assistance 

Document (first Draft) including 

assessment of procedures for identifying 

maximum site location(s) including 

dispersion modeling and evaluation of 

potential biasing factors and 

recommended measurements for nearroad compliance network; and a review 

of the role of alternative technology 

such as passive measurement in 

compliance and research monitoring 

studies. 

• Methods for Volatile Organic 

Compounds (VOCs)—Advice on 

potential improvements to TO–15 with 

particular emphasis on improving the 

characterization of acrolein; review 

method revisions for canister cleaning 

procedures, preparation of calibration 

standards, performance testing 

protocols, and subsequent changes to air 

quality system reporting procedures; 

advice on improvements for TO–13A 

methodology for compounds such as 

naphthalene, other polyaromatic 

hydrocarbons (PAHs) and branched 

PAHs; and advice on role of new 

technology in characterizing volatile 

and semi-volatile compounds on a realtime or near real-time basis. 

In response to OAQPS request, the 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office is 

requesting public nominations of 

scientific and technical experts to form 

a new subcommittee of the CASAC to 

provide advice on the four advisory 

topics as described above. This 

subcommittee, the CASAC Air 

Monitoring and Methods Subcommittee 

(AAMS) may in the future address 

additional monitoring and methods 

issues related to other criteria pollutants 

and hazardous air pollutants. The 

AMMS will provide independent advice 

to the Administrator through the 

CASAC, a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee, under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.). The AMMS will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

recognized, national experts in one or 

more of the following disciplines: 

Atmospheric sciences, dispersion 

modeling, atmospheric chemistry, 

ecosystem modeling, aquatic chemistry, 

environmental science and engineering, 

risk assessment, and statistical analysis. 

In particular, we seek nominees with 

knowledge of ambient air monitoring 

methods for criteria pollutants and air 

toxics, ambient air network design, 

environmental data analysis, quality 

assurance, dispersion modeling, 

emission inventories for point and 

mobile sources, source apportionment 

techniques, atmospheric chemistry, 

meteorology, and assessment of 

ecosystem impacts. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate individuals 

qualified in the area of science as 

described above to be considered for 

appointment to augment the Council for 

this review. Candidates also may 

nominate themselves. 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’’ 

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

casac. To receive full consideration, 

nominations should include all of the 

information requested, and should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

November 10, 2010. EPA values and 

welcomes diversity. In an effort to 

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1 12 U.S.C. 2155(a)(2) and (d). 

candidates, EPA encourages 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

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 grant 

and/or contract support; 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. 

Stallworth, DFO, at the contact 

information provided above in this 

notice. Non-electronic submissions 

must follow the same format and 

contain the same information as the 

electronic. 

The SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of the nomination 

and inform nominees of the 

Subcommittee for which they have been 

nominated. From the nominees 

identified by respondents to this 

Federal Register notice and other 

sources, the SAB Staff Office will 

develop a list of candidates for more 

detailed consideration. The list of 

candidates will be posted on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac 

and will include, for each candidate, the 

nominee’s name and biosketch. Public 

comments on the list of candidates will 

be accepted for 21 calendar days. During 

this comment period, the public will be 

requested to provide information, 

analysis, or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates for the Committee. 

For the SAB Staff Office, a balanced 

Committee is characterized by inclusion 

of 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. Public 

responses to the list of candidates will 

be considered in the selection of the 

Committee, along with information 

provided by candidates and information 

gathered by SAB Staff independently 

concerning the background of each 

candidate (e.g., financial disclosure 

information and computer searches to 

evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement 

with the topic under review). Specific 

criteria to be used in evaluation of an 

individual Committee member include: 

(a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (c) scientific 

credibility and impartiality; (d) 

availability and willingness to serve; (e) 

ability to work constructively and 

effectively in committees; and (f) for the 

Committee as a whole, diversity of 

scientific expertise and viewpoints. 

Prospective candidates will be 

required to fill-out 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. Ethics 

information, including EPA Form 3110– 

48, is available on the SAB Web site at 

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

sabproduct.nsf/Web/ 

ethics?OpenDocument. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26448 Filed 10–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

RIN 3052–AC64 

Joint and Several Liability Reallocation 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of approval of the draft 

joint and several liability reallocation 

agreement. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA or we) is 

announcing that it has given approval of 

a Joint and Several Liability 

Reallocation Agreement (Agreement) to 

be entered into by all of the banks 

(System Banks) of the Farm Credit 

System (Farm Credit or System) and the 

Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding 

Corporation (Funding Corporation). The 

Agreement is designed to establish a 

procedure for non-defaulting banks to 

pay maturing System-wide debt on 

behalf of defaulting banks prior to a 

statutory joint and several call by the 

FCA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Wilson, Financial Analyst, Office 

of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4204, TTY (703) 883– 

4434, or Rebecca S. Orlich, Senior 

Counsel, Office of General Counsel, 

Farm Credit Administration, McLean, 

VA 22102–5090, (703) 883–4020, TTY 

(703) 883–4020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCA 

published the draft Agreement in the 

Federal Register on August 18, 2010 (75 

FR 51061) with a request for public 

comment. The draft Agreement had a 

30-day comment period that ended on 

September 17, 2010. See 75 FR 51061 

for the text of the entire Agreement, 

along with our preamble describing the 

background of the Agreement and 

providing other information. We 

received no public comments on the 

Agreement. 

The Agreement is a voluntary 

agreement by the System Banks and the 

Funding Corporation that uses a debtbased formula to allocate payments of 

non-defaulting banks should a System 

bank default on a maturing insured 

consolidated or System-wide debt 

obligation and the amount of the default 

exceeds the amount available in the 

Farm Credit Insurance Fund to pay 

defaulted insured debt obligations. The 

parties to the draft Agreement submitted 

it to the FCA for approval under 

§ 627.2750(h) of our regulations and also 

requested the Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) to 

provide an expression of non-objection 

to the Agreement. The FCSIC insures 

consolidated and System-wide 

obligations using funds in the Farm 

Credit Insurance Fund. The Agreement 

will terminate if the FCA withdraws its 

approval, and the FCA retains full 

authority and responsibility to invoke 

statutory joint and several calls as 

prescribed under section 4.4(a)(2) and 

(d) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as 

amended (Act).1 The FCA and the 

FCSIC are not parties to the Agreement. 

The System Banks and Funding 

Corporation are also making conforming 

amendments to the Market Access 

Agreement (MAA) by adding three new 

sections to it. The conforming 

amendments are merely to ensure that 

provisions in the MAA do not prevent 

necessary payments under the 

Agreement. The FCA will publish the 

conforming MAA amendments in a 

separate Federal Register document. 

The FCA believes that holders of 

System-wide debt obligations are 

unlikely to be harmed by this 

Agreement. The Agreement could create 


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