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Ruidoso included a performance 

guarantee in the request for proposal 

(RFP) as well as the original 

specification. Enviroquip’s performance 

guarantee applies to the entire MBR 

system, including all components 

supplied by Enviroquip, which would 

be voided by substitution of other 

components. The potential voiding of 

the performance raises a valid issue 

regarding availability of alternative 

aeration blowers. The existence of such 

a performance guarantee supports 

treating the entire MBR system as a 

unitary whole, rather than a collection 

of individual components. Therefore, 

EPA Region 6 concludes that only the 

‘‘Enviroquip MBR System—as a whole’’ 

meets the ‘‘specifications in project 

plans and design.’’ 

The April 28, 2009 EPA HQ 

Memorandum, Implementation of Buy 

American provisions of Public Law 

111–5, the ‘‘American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009’’, defines 

reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the 

quantity of iron, steel, or relevant 

manufactured good is available or will 

be available at the time needed and 

place needed, and in the proper form or 

specification as specified in the project 

plans and design.’’ Ruidoso has 

incorporated specific technical design 

requirements for the installation of the 

MBR system at its WWTP. 

The purpose of the ARRA is to 

stimulate economic recovery, in part, by 

funding current infrastructure 

construction, not to delay projects that 

are ‘‘shovel ready’’ by requiring utilities, 

such as Ruidoso, to revise their 

standards and specifications, institute a 

new bidding process, and potentially 

choose a more costly, less efficient 

project. The imposition of ARRA Buy 

American requirements on such projects 

otherwise eligible for State Revolving 

Fund assistance would result in 

unreasonable delay and thus displace 

the ‘‘shovel ready’’ status for this 

project. To further delay construction is 

in direct conflict with the fundamental 

economic purpose of the ARRA, which 

is to create or retain jobs. 

The Region 6 Water Quality 

Protection Division has reviewed this 

waiver request, and to the best of my 

knowledge at the time of review, has 

determined that the supporting 

documentation provided by Ruidoso is 

sufficient to meet the criteria listed 

under ARRA, Section 1605(b), Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 2 CFR 176.60–176.170., 

and in the April 28, 2009, 

‘‘Implementation of Buy American 

provisions of Public Law 111–5, the 

‘‘American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009’’ Memorandum: Iron, steel, 

and the manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality. 

The basis for this project waiver is the 

authorization provided in ARRA, 

Section 1605(b)(2). Due to the lack of 

production of this product in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities and of a satisfactory 

quality in order to meet Ruidoso’s 

technical specifications, a waiver from 

the Buy American requirement is 

justified. 

EPA headquarters’ March 31, 2009 

Delegation of Authority Memorandum 

provided Regional Administrators with 

the authority to issue exceptions to 

Section 1605 of 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, 

Ruidoso is hereby granted a waiver from 

the Buy American requirements of 

ARRA, Section 1605(a) of Public Law 

111–5 for the purchase of ‘‘Enviroquip 

MBR system’’ using ARRA funds, as 

specified in Ruidoso’s request of July 6, 

2009. This supplementary information 

constitutes the detailed written 

justification required by ARRA, Section 

1605(c), for waivers ‘‘based on a finding 

under subsection (b).’’ 

Authority: Public Law 111–5, section 

1605. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Lawrence E. Starfield, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8970–3] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office; Request for Nominations of 

Experts for the SAB Methanol 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 health 

effects assessment for Methanol. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by November 10, 2009 per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 343–9946; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at 

hanlon.edward@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: EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) is an 

electronic database containing 

descriptive and quantitative 

toxicological information on human 

health effects that may result from 

chronic exposure to various substances 

in the environment. This information 

supports human health risk 

assessments, and includes hazard 

identification and dose-response data 

and derivations of oral reference doses 

(RfDs) and inhalation reference 

concentrations (RfCs) for noncancer 

effects and oral slope factors and oral 

and inhalation unit risks for cancer 

effects. IRIS is prepared and maintained 

by EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). NCEA is updating 

the health effects information that 

supported the1988 IRIS Toxicological 

Assessment for Methanol, and has 

requested that SAB conduct a review of 

its updated Assessment. 

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 Assessment for Methanol. 

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 Methanol 

Review Panel is being asked to comment 

on the scientific soundness of the 

Agency’s draft IRIS review. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The EPA draft IRIS Toxicological 

Review document to be reviewed by the 

Methanol Review Panel will be made 

available by ORD at the following URL: 

http://epa.gov/ncea (under ‘‘Recent 

Additions’’). For questions concerning 

the review materials, please contact Dr. 


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Jeffrey Gift, ORD, at (919) 541–4828, or 

gift.jeff@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise in the assessment of health 

effects for Methanol in one or more of 

the following areas: Metabolism, 

toxicokinetics, toxicology, mechanisms 

of toxicity and carcinogenicity, 

epidemiology, statistics, and risk 

assessment. In addition, the SAB is 

requesting nominations of experts in the 

areas of lymphoma pathology and 

rodent infectious diseases, including 

Mycoplasma pulmonis. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

Methanol 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 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, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than November 10, 2009. 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 ‘‘Short 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 Methanol Panel, the 

SAB Staff Office will consider public 

comments on the ‘‘Short 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, for the Panel as a 

whole, (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: October 13, 2009 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–25169 Filed 10–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Notice of Open Special Meeting of the 

Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory 

Committee (SAAC) of the ExportImport Bank of the United States 

(Export-Import Bank) 

SUMMARY: The Sub-Saharan Africa 

Advisory Committee was established by 

Public Law 105–121, November 26, 

1997, to advise the Board of Directors on 

the development and implementation of 

policies and programs designed to 

support the expansion of the Bank’s 

financial commitments in Sub-Saharan 

Africa under the loan, guarantee, and 

insurance programs of the Bank. 

Further, the committee shall make 

recommendations on how the Bank can 

facilitate greater support by U.S. 

commercial banks for trade with SubSaharan Africa. 

Time and Place: November 4, 2009, at 

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting will 

be held at the Export-Import Bank in 

Room 1143, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571. 

Agenda: Presentation on recent 

developments in Sub-Saharan Africa 

markets by Export-Import Bank staff; 

discussion and update on the 2008 

committee recommendations to U.S. 

Congress followed by an update on a 

new Sub-Saharan Africa special 

initiative; and an update on the Bank’s 

on-going business development 

initiatives. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be open to public participation, and the 

last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral 

questions or comments. Members of the 

public may also file written statement(s) 

before or after the meeting. If any person 

wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign 

language interpreter) or other special 

accommodations, please contact, prior 

to November 4, 2009, Barbara Ransom, 

Room 1209, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571, Voice: (202) 

565–3525 or TDD (202) 565–3377. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Barbara 

Ransom, Room 1209, 811 Vermont 


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