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The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and bio-sketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

this Federal Register notice, and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the SAB Web site at 

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

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 this expert 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; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, (f) for the Panel as a whole, 

diversity of 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: October 20, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27073 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS10–7] 

Modification of the Annual National 

Registry Fee 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) 

of the Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council. 

ACTION: Notice of modification of the 

annual National Registry fee to $40. 

SUMMARY: Under authority in the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank 

Reform Act), the ASC modified the 

annual National Registry fee (Registry 

fee) to $40 from the current $25 amount 

at its meeting on October 13, 2010. The 

ASC raised the Registry fee to support 

its supervisory activities, including 

additional authority and responsibility 

under the Dodd-Frank Reform Act. The 

modified Registry fee of $40 is effective 

on January 1, 2012. As of January 1, 

2012, for all new appraiser credentials 

and all renewals of existing credentials, 

States are required to collect and 

transmit to the ASC the modified 

Registry fee of $40. 

The National Registry is a database of 

all State licensed and certified 

appraisers who are eligible to perform 

appraisals for federally related 

transactions. Through the National 

Registry, lenders and consumers can 

readily determine whether an appraiser 

holds the appropriate credential and 

remains in good standing with the State. 

Each State maintains procedures for 

certifying, licensing, supervising and 

disciplining appraisers. The ASC is 

responsible for monitoring States’ 

appraiser regulatory programs. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James R. Park, Executive Director, at 

(202) 595–7575, or Alice M. Ritter, 

General Counsel, at (202) 595–7577, via 

Internet e-mail at jim@asc.gov and 

alice@asc.gov, respectively, or by U.S. 

Mail at Appraisal Subcommittee, 1401 

H Street, NW., Suite 760, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title XI of 

the Financial Institutions Reform, 

Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 

(Title XI), as amended, requires the ASC 

to maintain a national registry of State 

licensed and certified appraisers and to 

ensure that each State agency transmits 

to the ASC, along with an annual 

Registry fee, a roster of State certified 

and licensed appraisers who are eligible 

to perform appraisals in federally 

related transactions. 

Title XI, as amended by the DoddFrank Reform Act, allows the ASC to 

modify the Registry fee to an amount 

not more than $40. With approval of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council, the ASC has 

authority to modify the Registry fee 

above $40 to an amount not to exceed 

$80. 

At its meeting on October 13, 2010, 

the ASC approved a modification of the 

annual Registry fee to $40 from the 

current $25 amount, which had 

remained unchanged since 1989. The 

ASC raised the Registry fee to support 

its supervisory activities, including 

additional authority and responsibility 

under the Dodd-Frank Reform Act. 

As addressed in ASC Policy 

Statement 8, National Registry of State 

Certified and Licensed Appraisers, Title 

XI requires States to transmit to the ASC 

a roster listing individuals who have 

received a State certification or license 

to perform appraisals and a Registry fee 

from those individuals. The Registry fee 

and roster requirements apply to all 

individuals who receive State 

certifications or licenses originally or by 

reciprocity. Moreover, the Registry fee is 

due to the ASC from each State in 

which an appraiser is certified or 

licensed. 

To provide a reasonable transition 

period for implementation by the States 

of the modified Registry fee, the fee 

increase is effective on January 1, 2012. 

Accordingly, on or after January 1, 2012, 

for all new appraiser credentials and all 

renewals of existing credentials, States 

are required to collect and transmit to 

the ASC the modified Registry fee of $40 

in order for a credential to be reflected 

on the National Registry. 

For States that issue multi-year 

certifications or licenses that do not 

require renewal in 2012, the modified 

Registry fee is due to the ASC on the 

date that the credential is renewed by 

the State. For example, if a State 

remitted $50 to the ASC in 2011 for a 

two-year certification, the ASC would 

accept the amount as payment in full of 

the annual Registry fee for calendar 

years 2011 and 2012. The State would 

not have to collect the $15 difference in 

the Registry fee amount for 2012. Upon 


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renewal of the two-year credential in 

2013, the State would be required to 

remit $80 to the ASC in order for the 

appraiser to remain on the National 

Registry in 2013 and 2014. 

From the ASC’s Web site (http:// 

www.asc.gov), the public can access the 

National Registry for information on a 

credentialed appraiser. Certain personal 

information about an individual 

appraiser is protected by the Privacy 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and is not available 

to the public. 

By the Appraisal Subcommittee. 

Dated: October 20, 2010. 

Deborah S. Merkle, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27054 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6700–01–P 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE 

AGENCY 

[No. 2010–N–16] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposals, Submissions, 

and Approvals 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

ACTION: Submission of information 

collection for Approval from the Office 

of Management and Budget. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance 

Agency (FHFA) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for emergency review, revisions 

to the information collection, ‘‘Survey of 

FHLBank Economic Development 

Programs,’’ OMB No. 2590–0010. 

Specifically, FHFA requests review of 

the use of surveys at an agencysponsored conference being held 

October 25–26, 2010. The surveys will 

be used for open-forum discussions at 

the conference, and will be distributed 

prior to the conference with the intent 

that they will help to initiate and focus 

the discussions. The surveys are part of 

the collection of information that was 

previously submitted for emergency 

review and subsequently approved on 

August 19, 2010, under OMB No. 2590– 

0010, in connection with open-forum 

discussions that were held in August 

and September, 2010. Since that 

approval, one of the surveys has been 

substantively revised for its use in 

October, therefore FHFA is requesting 

emergency review of these revisions, in 

addition to the general use of the 

surveys in October. This revision did 

not result in a change in burden. The 

collection of information is due to 

expire April 30, 2011. To allow 

interested persons to comment on this 

information collection, FHFA is 

publishing this notice and plans to 

submit a request for a three-year 

extension of OMB’s approval. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection should be addressed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Federal Housing Finance 

Agency, Washington, DC 20503, Fax: 

202–395–6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please 

also submit comments to FHFA using 

any one of the following methods and 

include ‘‘Comments: Survey of FHLBank 

Economic Development Programs, No. 

2010–N–16’’ as the subject: 

• E-mail: RegComments@fhfa.gov; 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• U.S. Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal 

Housing Finance Agency, Fourth Floor, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

We will post all public comments we 

receive without change, including any 

personal information you provide, such 

as your name and address, on the FHFA 

Web site at http://www.fhfa.gov. In 

addition, copies of all comments 

received will be available for 

examination by the public on business 

days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 

3 p.m., at the Federal Housing Finance 

Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552. To make 

an appointment to inspect comments, 

please call the Office of General Counsel 

at 202–414–6924. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 27, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about this 

information collection, or to obtain a 

copy with applicable supporting 

documentation, contact Charles 

McLean, Associate Director, Office of 

Housing and Community Investments, 

(202) 408–2537, 

Charles.McLean@fhfa.gov. 

Overview of the Information Collection 

Title of the Collection: Survey of 

FHLBank Economic Development 

Programs. 

OMB No.: 2590–0010, 

Expires: April 30, 2011. 

Need and Use of the Information 

Collection: The Office of Housing and 

Community Investment (OHCI) of FHFA 

is conducting research and outreach 

initiatives to determine ways to enhance 

the Federal Home Loan Banks’ 

(FHLBanks) capacity to meet the 

nation’s unmet economic development 

credit needs. At the conclusion of these 

processes, OHCI expects to propose for 

public comment amendments to the 

Community Investment Cash Advance 

(CICA) Regulation in late 2011. 

Amending the regulation will update 

the regulatory standards to reflect 

current community and economic 

development investment strategies and 

priorities, and clarify a regulation that 

may be difficult to apply. 

OHCI is conducting research and 

outreach initiatives in two phases. The 

first phase consisted of two on-line 

surveys and open-forum discussion 

sessions held in August and September 

2010 at Federal Home Loan Banks in 

Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Atlanta, 

Boston, Dallas, and Des Moines. The 

open-forum discussion sessions were 

attended by approximately 120 

community and economic development 

practitioners and experts from all 

segments of the community 

development field. 

This request for an emergency ICR 

approval is for the second phase of the 

research and outreach initiatives. OHCI 

will host an Economic Development 

Conference in October 2010. This 

conference will be attended by OHCI 

staff, FHLBank staff and approximately 

100 individuals representing economic 

development organizations from all 

segments of the community 

development field. Participants will 

discuss current and future national 

economic development issues, financing 

challenges, opportunities in the field, 

and best practices. OHCI staff will send 

four surveys electronically. At the 

conference, OHCI staff will conduct 

concurrent open-forum discussions and 

use the survey responses to initiate the 

discussions. The discussions will center 

on opportunities and challenges in 

using FHLBank financing to fund 

economic development projects and 

activities that will create jobs and spur 

economic growth. Information from the 

discussions at the FHLBanks and at the 

conference will be used to inform OHCI 

how the CICA regulation may be 

enhanced. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Costs: FHFA estimates that there will 

be no annualized capital/start-up costs 

for the respondents to collect and 

submit this information. 

Type of Respondents: Federal Home 

Loan Bank Members, Economic and 

Community Development Trade 

Associations, State and Local Economic 

Development Authorities, and 

Economists. 


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