Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 24, 2012 / Notices 24555 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7853] 

Determination on Foreign Military 

Financing Assistance for Egypt 

Pursuant to section 7041(a)(1)(C) of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Div. I, Pub. L. 

112–74) (‘‘the Act’’), I hereby determine 

that it is in the national security interest 

of the United States to waive the 

requirements of section 7041(a)(1)(B) of 

the Act with respect to the provision of 

Foreign Military Financing for Egypt, 

and I hereby waive this restriction. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, along with 

the accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be reported to 

Congress. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9870 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–31–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

Meeting No. 12–02 

April 26, 2012 

The TVA Board of Directors will hold 

a public meeting on April 26, 2012, in 

the Grand Ballroom at the General 

Morgan Inn, 111 North Main Street, 

Greeneville, Tennessee. The public may 

comment on any agenda item or subject 

at a public listening session which 

begins at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Following the 

end of the public listening session, the 

meeting will be called to order to 

consider the agenda items listed below. 

On-site registration will be available 

until 15 minutes before the public 

listening session begins at 8:30 a.m. 

(ET). Pre-registered speakers will 

address the Board first. TVA 

management will answer questions from 

the news media following the Board 

meeting. 

Status: Open. 

Agenda 

Chairman’s Welcome. 

Old Business 

Approval of minutes of February 16, 

2012, Board Meeting 

New Business 

1. Report from President and CEO 

2. Financial Update 

3. Report of the Finance, Rates, and 

Portfolio Committee 

A. Proposed contract with Holtec, 

Inc., for Dry Cask Storage of Spent 

Nuclear Fuel 

B. Proposed Optional Wholesale Rates 

C. Contract amendments with two 

directly served industrial customers 

D. Proposed contract with Energy 

Northwest for uranium and 

uranium enrichment services 

4. Joint Report of the Finance, Rates, 

and Portfolio Committee and the 

Nuclear Oversight Committee 

A. Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 

Cost and Schedule Estimate 

5. Report of the Nuclear Oversight 

Committee 

A. Nuclear Safety Policy 

6. Report of the People and Performance 

Committee 

7. Report of the Audit, Risk, and 

Regulation Committee 

8. Report of the External Relations 

Committee 

A. Renewal of the Regional Resource 

Stewardship Council Charter 

For more information: Please call 

TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000, 

Knoxville, Tennessee. People who plan 

to attend the meeting and have special 

needs should call (865) 632–6000. 

Anyone who wishes to comment on any 

of the agenda in writing may send their 

comments to: TVA Board of Directors, 

Board Agenda Comments, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Ralph E. Rodgers, 

General Counsel and Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9918 Filed 4–20–12; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), 

as Amended: Request for Public 

Comments Regarding Beneficiary 

Countries 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

203(f) of the ATPA, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 3202(f)(2), the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) is requesting the views of 

interested parties on whether the 

remaining designated beneficiary 

country (as of May 15, 2012), Ecuador, 

is meeting the eligibility criteria under 

the ATPA. (See 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)). 

This information will be used in the 

preparation of a report to the Congress 

on the operation of the program. 

DATES: Public comments are due at 

USTR by noon, May 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2012–0006. If you are unable to 

provide submissions through 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Bennett Harman, at (202) 395–9446 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bennett Harman, Deputy Assistant 

USTR for Latin America, at (202) 395– 

9446. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

ATPA, as amended by the Andean 

Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 

Act of 2002 (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act 

of 2002, 19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq., provides 

trade benefits for eligible Andean 

countries. The original Act allowed only 

Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru to 

be considered as beneficiary countries if 

they met eligibility requirements laid 

out in 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B). 

In Proclamation 8323 of November 25, 

2008, the President determined that 

Bolivia no longer satisfies the eligibility 

criteria related to counternarcotics and 

suspended Bolivia’s status as a 

beneficiary country for purposes of the 

ATPA and ATPDEA. In a June 30, 2009 

report to Congress, the President did not 

determine that Bolivia satisfies the 

requirements set forth in section 203(c) 

of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3202(c)) for 

being designated as a beneficiary 

country. Therefore, as provided for in 

section 208(a)(3) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

3206(a)(3)), no duty free treatment or 

other preferential treatment extended 

under the ATPA remained in effect with 

respect to Bolivia after June 30, 2009. 

Further, Section 201 of the Omnibus 

Trade Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–344), 

which re-authorized the ATPDEA, 

terminated any duty free treatment or 

other preferential treatment available 

under ATPDEA to Peru, effective 

December 31, 2010. 

On February 12, 2011, the trade 

benefits conferred under the ATPDEA 

lapsed but were re-instated retroactively 

on October 21, 2011 for eligible 

countries via section 501 of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement Implementation Act (19 

U.S.C. 3805 Note). Since January 1, 

2011, only Ecuador and Colombia have 

been eligible beneficiary countries, 

pursuant to statute. Colombia will no 

longer be an eligible beneficial country 

under the ATPDEA as of May 15, 2012, 

when the U.S.–Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement enters into force 

(19 U.S.C. 3805 Note). 

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