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engineers who published their work in 

the peer-reviewed literature. The STAA 

Program is an agency-wide competition 

to promote and recognize scientific and 

technological achievements by EPA 

employees. The STAA program is 

administered and managed by the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). Each year the SAB has been 

asked to review the EPA’s STAA 

nominations and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

for monetary awards. The SAB Staff 

Office is seeking nominations of experts 

for the SAB 2015 STAA Committee, 

which operates under the auspices of 

the SAB. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

experts to form the SAB 2015 STAA 

Committee in the following disciplines 

as they relate to human health and the 

environment: Air pollution exposure; 

chemistry and geochemistry; chemical 

engineering; civil and environmental 

engineering; ecology; environmental 

economics; groundwater and surface 

water contaminant fate and transport; 

human health effects and risk 

assessment; hydrology and 

hydrogeology; monitoring and 

measurement methods for air and water; 

risk management; transport and fate of 

contaminants; water quality; and water 

and wastewater treatment processes. 

The SAB Staff Office is especially 

interested in scientists with expertise 

described above who have knowledge 

and experience in air quality; aquatic 

and ecological toxicology; chemical 

safety; climate change; community 

environmental health; dosimetry and 

inhalation toxicology; drinking water; 

ecological modeling; ecological risk 

assessment; ecosystem services; energy 

and the environment; epidemiology; 

green chemistry; homeland security; 

human health dosimetry; mechanisms 

of toxicity and carcinogenicity; 

metabolism; statistics; sustainability; 

toxicokinetics; toxicology; waste and 

waste management; and water re-use. 

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 2015 STAA Committee identified in 

this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred over hard copy) following the 

instructions for Nomination to Advisory 

Panels and Ad Hoc Committees, 

provided on the SAB Web site (see the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the 

blue navigational bar at http://

www.epa.gov/sab). To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include the information requested 

below. 

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 

resume or 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 Mr. 

Edward Hanlon as indicated above in 

this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

December 19, 2014. 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 

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. 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 committee 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. 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 committee 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 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 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 from the following URL 

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

sabproduct.nsf/Web/

ethics?OpenDocument. 

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 Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Thomas Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28157 Filed 11–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Publication of Federal 

Accounting Standards Advisory Board 

(FASAB) Annual Report and ThreeYear Plan 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3511(d), the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as 

amended, and the FASAB Rules of 

Procedure, as amended in October, 

2010, notice is hereby given that the 

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 

Board (FASAB) has published The 

Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014 and 

Three-Year Plan. The combined report 

allows stakeholders to consider 

FASAB’s progress and invites them to 

advise the Board about its plans. Your 

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annual report and the Board’s project 

priorities for the next three years are 

requested by January 31, 2015. 

The Report and Three-Year Plan are 

available at http://www.fasab.gov/

about/our-annual-reports/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director, 

441 G St. NW., Mail Stop 6H19, 

Washington, DC 20548 or call 202–512– 

7350. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Pub. L. 92–463. 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

Charles Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28058 Filed 11–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1610–02–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0208] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

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 (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), 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 collections. 

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 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 comments should be 

submitted on or before December 29, 

2014. 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 contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

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

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the Web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0208. 

Title: Section 73.1870, Chief 

Operators. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 18,498 respondents; 36,996 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.166– 

26 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 484,019 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection of 

information is contained in Sections 

154(i) of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 73.1870 

requires that the licensee of an AM, FM, 

or TV broadcast station designate a chief 

operator of the station. Section 

73.1870(b)(3) requires that this 

designation must be in writing and 

posted with the station license. Section 

73.1870(c)(3) requires that the chief 

operator, or personnel delegated and 

supervised by the chief operator, review 

the station records at least once each 

week to determine if required entries are 

being made correctly, and verify that the 

station has been operated in accordance 

with FCC rules and the station 

authorization. Upon completion of the 

review, the chief operator must date and 

sign the log, initiate corrective action 

which may be necessary and advise the 

station licensee of any condition which 

is repetitive. The posting of the 

designation of the chief operator is used 

by interested parties to readily identify 

the chief operator. The review of the 

station records is used by the chief 

operator, and FCC staff in 

investigations, to ensure that the station 

is operating in accordance with its 

station authorization and the FCC rules 

and regulations. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of 

the Managing Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28159 Filed 11–26–14; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications will also be 

available for inspection at the offices of 


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