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evaluation methodology; professional 

development for teachers and other 

education professionals; and (g) 

targeting under-represented audiences, 

including low-income, multi-cultural, 

senior citizens and other adults. 

The NEEAC staff office is also looking 

for individuals who demonstrate the 

ability to make the time commitment, 

strong leadership skills, strong 

analytical skills, strong communication 

and writing skills, the ability to stand 

apart and evaluate programs in an 

unbiased manner, team players, have 

the conviction to follow-through and to 

meet deadlines, and the ability to 

review items on short notice. 

How to Submit Applications: Any 

interested and qualified individuals 

may be considered for appointment on 

the National Environmental Education 

Advisory Council. Applications should 

be submitted in electronic format to the 

Designated Federal Officer 

potter.ginger@epa.gov) and contain the 

following: contact information 

including name, address, phone and fax 

numbers and an e-mail address; a 

curriculum vita or resume; the specific 

area of expertise in environmental 

education and the sector/slot the 

applicant is applying for; recent service 

on other national advisory committees 

or national professional organizations; 

and a one-page commentary on the 

applicant’s philosophy regarding the 

need for, development, implementation 

and/or management of environmental 

education nationally. Additionally, a 

supporting letter of endorsement is 

required. This letter may also be 

submitted electronically as described 

above. 

Persons having questions about the 

application procedure or who are 

unable to submit applications by 

electronic means, should contact Ginger 

Potter, DFO, at the contact information 

provided above in this notice. Nonelectronic submissions must contain the 

same information as the electronic. The 

NEEAC Staff Office will acknowledge 

receipt of the application. The NEEAC 

Staff Office will develop a short list for 

more detailed consideration. Short list 

candidates will be required to fill out 

the Confidential Disclosure Form for 

Special Government Employees Serving 

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 include 

membership on a Federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities and 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. 

Dated: June 24, 2009. 

Ginger Potter, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office Request for Nominations of 

Experts To Augment the 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The SAB Staff Office is 

requesting the nomination of experts to 

augment the Environmental Economics 

Advisory Committee (EEAC) to review 

an EPA white paper on deriving 

estimates for the value of mortality risk 

reduction for use in cost-benefit analysis 

of EPA rules and regulations. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by July 29, 2009, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 343–9867; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at 

Stallworth.holly@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: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) historically 

has used a value of statistical life (VSL) 

to express the benefits of mortality risk 

reductions in monetary terms for use in 

benefit cost analyses of its rules and 

regulations. EPA has used a central 

default value (adjusted for inflation) in 

its primary analyses since 1999. Since 

then, EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Economics (NCEE) has 

sought advice from the SAB 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee (SAB–EEAC) on various 

approaches to deriving VSL, including 

the use of meta analysis and appropriate 

methodologies for valuing life 

extensions of different lengths. EPA is 

now preparing a white paper which 

proposes a revision of the VSL based on 

recent literature as well as historical 

advice from the EEAC. NCEE has 

requested an SAB peer review of the 

white paper, which will include a 

description of the approach used for 

deriving estimates for mortality risk 

valuation, a list of selection criteria 

detailing how the Agency selected 

studies for inclusion in the analysis, and 

the VSL that results from the revised 

approach. Background information on 

the use of VSL in EPA analyses may be 

found at http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/

epa/eed.nsf/webpages/Mortality

%20Risk%20Valuation.html. 

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. In 

response to NCEE’s request, the SAB 

Staff Office will augment the SAB 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee (EEAC) with additional 

experts to review EPA’s draft paper on 

VSL. The current membership of the 

EEAC may be found at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/

WebCommitteesSubcommittees/

Environmental%20Economics%20

Advisory%20Committee. The 

augmented EEAC will comply with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and all 

appropriate EPA and 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. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise in the valuation of mortality 

risk reduction, including the use of 

stated preference and revealed 

preference (i.e., hedonic wage) methods 

for estimating the value of mortality risk 

reductions. In addition, we also seek 

nominations of nationally recognized 

individuals with expertise in metaanalytic techniques. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

augmented EEAC 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 form 

can be accessed through the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the 

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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 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. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than July 29, 2009. 

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 EPA 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 augmented EEAC, 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, viewpoints, 

etc. 

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: July 1, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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FED Consulting, Inc.; Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be 

transferred to FED Consulting, Inc. in 

accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 

2.308(i)(2). FED Consulting, Inc. has 

been awarded multiple contracts to 

perform work for OPP, and access to 

this information will enable FED 

Consulting, Inc. to fulfill the obligations 

of the contract. 

DATES: FED Consulting, Inc. will be 

given access to this information on or 

before July 13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Felicia Croom, Information Technology 

and Resources Management Division 

(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–0786; e-mail address: 

croom.felicia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

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OPP–2009–0143. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

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operation of this Docket Facility are 

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Under these contract numbers, the 

contractor will perform the following: 

Under Contract No. EP–W–08–053, 

FED Consulting, Inc. was acquired to 

provide official records support and 

maintenance to the nine offices within 

the Office of Enforcement Compliance 

and Assurance (OECA). This 

maintenance includes inventory and 

retirement of records and the 

development and revision of OECA’s 

records guidance manual. OECA has a 

wide range of specialized records which 

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