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exclusively by panels of reviewers who 

gather, usually in Arlington, VA, to 

discuss their advice as well as to deliver 

it. About 35% are reviewed first by mail 

reviewers expert in the particular field, 

then by panels, usually of persons with 

more diverse expertise, who help the 

NSF decide among proposals from 

multiple fields or sub-fields. Finally, 

about 15% are reviewed exclusively by 

mail. 

Use of the Information 

The information collected is used to 

support grant programs of the 

Foundation. The information collected 

on the proposal evaluation forms is used 

by the foundation to determine the 

following criteria when awarding or 

declining proposals submitted to the 

Agency: (1) What is the intellectual 

merit of the proposed activity? (2) What 

are the broader impacts of the proposed 

activity? 

The information collected on reviewer 

background questionnaire (NSF 428A) is 

used by managers to maintain an 

automated database of reviewers for the 

many disciplines represented by the 

proposals submitted to the Foundation. 

Information collected on gender, race, 

and ethnicity is used in meeting NSF 

needs for data to permit response to 

Congressional and other queries into 

equity issues. These data also are used 

in the design, implementation, and 

monitoring of NSF efforts to increase the 

participation of various groups in 

science, engineering, and education. 

Confidentiality 

When a decision has been made 

(whether an award or a declination), 

verbatim copies of reviews, excluding 

the names of the reviewers, and 

summaries of review panel 

deliberations, if any, are provided to the 

PI. A proposer also may request and 

obtain any other releasable material in 

NSF’s file on their proposal. Everything 

in the file except information that 

directly identifies either reviewers or 

other pending or declined proposals is 

usually releasable to the proposer. 

While listings of panelists’ names are 

released, the names of individual 

reviewers, associated with individual 

proposals, are not released to anyone. 

Because the Foundation is committed 

to monitoring and identifying any real 

or apparent inequities based on gender, 

race, ethnicity, or disability of the 

proposed principal investigator(s)/ 

project director(s) or the co-principal 

investigator(s)/co-project director(s), the 

Foundation also collects information 

regarding race, ethnicity, disability, and 

gender. This information also is 

protected by the Privacy Act. 

Burden on the Public: For the Grant 

Proposal Guide, NSF estimates that an 

average of 120 hours is expended for 

each proposal submitted. An estimated 

40,000 proposals are during the course 

of one year for a total of 4,800,000 

public burden hours annually. 

For the proposal review process, NSF 

estimates that anywhere from one hour 

to twenty hours may be required to 

review a proposal. It is estimated that 

approximately five hours are required to 

review an average proposal. Each 

proposal receives an average of 6.3 

reviews, with a minimum requirement 

of three reviews for an estimated total of 

600,000 hours. The estimated burden for 

the Reviewer Background Information 

(NSF 428A) is estimated at 5 minutes 

per respondent with up to 10,000 

potential new reviewers for a total of 83 

hours. The estimated total is 600,083 for 

the reviewer process and the reviewer 

background information. 

The estimated aggregated total for 

both the Grant Proposal Guide and the 

proposal review process is 5,400,083 

hours. 

Dated: August 3, 2006. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act; Federal Register Notice 

DATE: Weeks of August 7, 14, 21, 28; 

September 4, 11, 2006. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of August 7, 2006 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of August 7, 2006. 

Week of August 14, 2006—Tentative 

Thursday, August 17, 2006 

10 a.m.—Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative). 

a. Louisiana Energy Services, LP 

(National Enrichment Facility) 

Docket No. 70–3103–ML, Petitions 

for Review of LBP–06–15. 

(Tentative). 

b. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. (Diablo 

Canyon ISFSI), Docket No. 72–26–

ISFSI ‘‘Motion by San Luis Obispo 

Mothers for Peace, Sierra Club, and 

Peg Pinard for Declaratory and 

Injunctive Relief with respect to 

Diablo Canyon ISFSI’’ (Tentative). 

c. AmerGen Energy Company, LLC 

(License Renewal for Oyster Creek 

Nuclear Generating Station) Docket 

No. 50–0219, Legal challenges to 

LBP–06–07 and LBP–06–11 

(Tentative). 

Week of August 21, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of August 21, 2006. 

Week of August 28, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of August 28, 2006. 

Week of September 4, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of September 4, 2006. 

Week of September 11, 2006—Tentative 

Monday, September 11, 2006 

9:30 a.m.—Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1). 

1:30 p.m.—Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1 & 3). 

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 

9:30 a.m.—Meeting with Organization of 

Agreement States (OAS) and 

Conference of Radiation Control 

Program Directors (CRCPD) (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Shawn Smith, 

(301) 414–2620). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

1 p.m.—Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1). 

*The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Michelle Schroll, (301) 415–1662. 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/ 

policy-making/schedule.html. 

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contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

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Dated: August 3, 2006. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–6786 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Initiation of Reviews and 

Request for Public Comments 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Initiation of Reviews and 

Request for Comments on the Eligibility 

of Certain GSP Beneficiaries and 

Existing Competitive Need Limitation 

(CNL) Waivers. 

SUMMARY: Legislation authorizing the 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP) program expires on December 31, 

2006. In connection with Congress’

consideration of reauthorization of the 

program, the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) requested public 

comments on October 6, 2005, relating 

to whether the Administration’s 

operation of the program should be 

changed so that benefits are not focused 

on trade from a few countries and that 

developing countries that traditionally 

have not been major traders under the 

program receive benefits. Based on 

information obtained thus far, the TPSC 

has decided to initiate a further review 

and request additional comments to 

determine whether major beneficiaries 

of the program have expanded exports 

or have progressed in their economic 

development within the meaning of the 

statute to the extent that their eligibility 

should be limited, suspended, or 

withdrawn, pursuant to section 502(d) 

of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2462(d)). For the purpose of identifying 

beneficiary countries that are subject to 

this review and on which we are 

seeking comments, the TPSC looked at 

a country’s total volume of trade under 

the GSP program, the World Bank’s 

classification of the country’s level of 

income, and the country’s share of 

world goods exports. The TPSC is also 

conducting a review of existing 

competitive need limitation (CNL) 

waivers and requesting comments on 

whether any waivers should be 

terminated, pursuant to section 

503(d)(5) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

2463(d)(5)), because they are no longer 

warranted due to changed 

circumstances. All public comments 

must be received by September 5, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

FR0052@USTR.EOP.GOV. For 

assistance or if unable to submit 

comments by e-mail, contact the GSP 

Subcommittee, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative; USTR 

Annex, Room F–220; 1724 F Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20508 (Tel. 202–

395–6971). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the GSP Subcommittee, Office 

of the United States Trade 

Representative; USTR Annex, Room F–

220; 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20508 (Telephone: 202–395–6971, 

Facsimile: 202–395–9481). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP 

Subcommittee is seeking written 

comments on whether to limit, suspend, 

or withdraw the eligibility of those GSP 

beneficiary countries for which the total 

value of U.S. imports under GSP 

exceeded $100 million in 2005, and (a) 

which the World Bank classified as an 

upper-middle-income economy in 2005; 

or (b) that accounted for more than 0.25 

percent of world goods exports in 2005, 

as reported by the World Trade 

Organization. Thus, the TPSC is seeking 

comments on the eligibility status of the 

following GSP beneficiary developing 

countries: Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, 

India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, 

Philippines, Romania, Russia, South 

Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and 

Venezuela. The TPSC is also seeking 

comments on whether any of the 83 

existing competitive need limitation 

(CNL) waivers are no longer warranted 

due to changed circumstances. 

Country Eligibility Review 

The GSP statute authorizes the 

President to withdraw, suspend, or limit 

the application of duty-free treatment 

with respect to any country based on 

statutory eligibility criteria. See section 

502(d) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2462(d)). 

These criteria include: (1) The effect 

such action will have on furthering the 

economic development of developing 

countries through the expansion of their 

exports; (2) the extent of the beneficiary 

developing country’s competitiveness 

with respect to eligible articles; and (3) 

a country’s level of economic 

development, including its per capita 

gross national product, the living 

standards of its inhabitants, and any 

other economic factors which the 

President deems appropriate. The GSP 

Subcommittee is seeking comments on 

whether the eligibility of any of these 

beneficiaries should be limited, 

suspended, or withdrawn based on the 

statutory eligibility criteria enumerated 

in sections 501(1) and (4) and section 

502(c)(2) of the Act. 

CNL Waiver Review 

Section 503(c)(2)(A) of the Act sets 

out the two competitive need 

limitations (CNLs) applicable to eligible 

articles from beneficiary developing 

countries (other than sub-Saharan 

African and least-developed 

beneficiaries). When the President 

determines that a beneficiary 

developing country exported to the 

United States during a calendar year 

either (1) A quantity of a GSP-eligible 

article having a value in excess of the 

applicable amount for that year ($120 

million for 2005), or (2) a quantity of a 

GSP-eligible article having a value equal 

to or greater than 50 percent of the value 

of total U.S. imports of the article from 

all countries (the ‘‘50 percent CNL’’), the 

President must terminate GSP duty-free 

treatment for that article from that 

beneficiary developing country by no 

later than July 1 of the next calendar 

year. 

Under section 503(d) of the 1974 Act, 

the President may waive the application 

of section 503(c)(2) if the President (1) 

Receives the advice of the International 

Trade Commission (ITC) on whether 

any industry in the United States is 

likely to be adversely affected by such 

waiver; (2) determines, based on the 

considerations in section 501 and 502(c) 

of the Act and the advice of the ITC that 

such waiver is in the national economic 

interest of the United States; and (3) 

publishes the determination in the 

Federal Register. CNL waivers were first 

authorized by Congress in 1984. 

Nineteen GSP beneficiaries currently 

benefit from 83 CNL waivers. Under 

section 503(d)(5) of the Act, a waiver 

may be terminated if the President 

determines that it is no longer 

warranted due to changed 

circumstances. The GSP Subcommittee 

is seeking comments on whether any of 

the 83 existing waivers should be 

terminated pursuant to this provision of 

the statute. For a list of existing CNL 

waivers, see ‘‘CNL Waivers’’, http:// 

www.ustr.gov/TradelDevelopment/ 

PreferencelPrograms/GSP/ 

SectionlIndex.html. 

Requirements for Submission 

In order to facilitate prompt 

processing of submissions, USTR 

strongly urges and prefers electronic 

e-mail submissions only in response to 


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