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and a default definition based on the 

ANSI 14–33 standard. 

III. Further Information 

Documents related to this action are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg/spent-fuel.html. From 

this site, you can access the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS), which 

provides text and image files of NRC’s 

public documents. The ADAMS 

accession numbers for the documents 

related to this notice are provided in the 

following table. If you do not have 

access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room (PDR) Reference 

staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, 

or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Interim Staff 

Guidance 

ADAMS 

Accession No. 

Interim Staff Guidance–1 Revision 2 .............................. ML063410468 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. Comments and 

questions on the draft SFPO ISG–1 Rev 

2 should be directed to the NRC contact 

listed below by January 29, 2007. 

Comments received after this date will 

be considered if it is practical to do so, 

but assurance of consideration cannot 

be given to comments received after this 

date. Robert Einziger PhD, Sr., Materials 

Engineer, Structural, Mechanics, and 

Materials Branch, Division of Spent 

Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20005–

0001. Comments can also be submitted 

on the form provided at the Web site, by 

fax, or e-mail, which are as follows: 

telephone: (301) 415–2597; fax number: 

(301) 415–8555; e-mail: REE1@nrc.gov. 

Submittals should be in either Word or 

WordPerfect; no PDF files. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of December, 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Gordon Bjorkman, 

Chief, Structural Mechanics, and Materials 

Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 

Transportation Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E6–21153 Filed 12–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL 

REVIEW BOARD 

Repository Development; Yucca 

Mountain, NV 

Board Meeting: January 24, 2007—Las 

Vegas, Nevada. 

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical 

Review Board will meet to discuss U.S. 

Department of Energy efforts to develop 

the proposed Yucca Mountain 

repository. 

Pursuant to its authority under 

section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, 

Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act 

of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 

Technical Review Board will meet in 

Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, 

January 24, 2007. The meeting agenda 

will include updates on Department of 

Energy (DOE) technical and scientific 

activities to the proposed repository for 

spent nuclear fuel and high-level 

radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain in 

Nevada. The meeting will be open to the 

public, and opportunities for public 

comment will be provided. The Board is 

charged by Congress with reviewing the 

technical and scientific validity of 

activities undertaken by DOE related to 

nuclear waste disposal as stipulated in 

the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments 

Act of 1987. 

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 

8 a.m. and to continue until 

approximately 6 p.m. It will be held at 

the Atrium Suites Hotel; 4255 South 

Paradise Road; Las Vegas, NV 89109; 

(tel.) 702–369–4400; (fax) 702–369–

3770. 

A final agenda detailing meeting 

times, topics, and participants will be 

available approximately one week 

before the meeting data. Copies of the 

meeting agenda can be requested by 

telephone or obtained from the Board’s 

Web site at nwtrb.gov. 

Time will be set aside at the end of 

the day for public comments. Those 

wanting to speak are encouraged to sign 

the ‘‘Public Comment Register’’ at the 

check-in table. A time limit may have to 

be set on individual remarks, but 

written comments of any length may be 

submitted for the record. Interested 

parties also will have the opportunity to 

submit questions in writing to the 

Board. As time permits, submitted 

questions relevant to the discussion may 

be asked by Board members. 

Transcripts of the meetings will be 

available on the Board’s Web site, by 

e-mail, on computer disk, and on a 

library-loan basis in paper format from 

Davonya Barnes of the Board’s staff, 

beginning on February 19, 2007. 

A block of rooms has been reserved at 

the Atrium Suites Hotel for meeting 

participants. When making a 

reservation, please state that you are 

attending the Nuclear Waste Technical 

Review Board meeting. Reservations 

should be made by January 8, 2007, to 

ensure receiving the meeting rate. 

For more information, please contact 

Karyn Severson, NWTRB External 

Affairs; 2300 Clarendon Boulevard; 

Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201–3367; 

(tel.) 703–235–4473; (fax) 703–235–

4495. 

Dated: December 8, 2006. 

William D. Barnard, 

Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical 

Review Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–9650 Filed 12–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–AM–M 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation (OPIC). 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provision of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), agencies are required to 

publish a Notice in the Federal Register 

notifying the public that Agency is 

preparing an information collection 

request for OMB review and approval 

and to request public review and 

comment on the submission. 

Comments are being solicited on the 

need for the information, its practical 

utility, the accuracy of the Agency’s 

burden estimate, and on ways to 

minimize the reporting burden, 

including automated collection 

techniques and uses of other forms of 

technology. The proposed form under 

review is summarized below. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within 60 calendar days of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form 

and the request for review prepared for 

submission to OMB may be obtained 

from the Agency submitting officer. 

Comments on the form should be 

submitted to the Agency Submitting 

Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie 

Bryant, Record Manager, Overseas 

Private Investment Corporation, 1100 

New York Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20527; 202–336–8563. 

Summary Form Under Review: 

Type of Request: Revised form. 

Title: OPIC Self-Monitoring 

Questionnaire. 

Form Number: OPIC–162. 


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1Applicant states that as of September 30, 2006, 

approximately 95.7% of its portfolio was trading on 

the Mexican Stock Exchange with the balance 

trading on securities markets in the United States. 

Frequency of Use: Annually for 

duration of project. 

Type of Respondents: Business or 

other institution (except farms); 

individuals. 

Standard Industrial Classification 

Codes: All. 

Description of Affected Public: U.S. 

companies or citizens investing 

overseas. 

Reporting Hours: 6.5 hours per 

project. 

Number of Responses: 350 per year. 

Federal Cost: $35,000. 

Authority for Information Collection: 

Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), and 240A 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended. 

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The 

questionnaire is completed by OPICassisted investors annually. The 

questionnaire allows OPIC’s assessment 

of effects of OPIC-assisted projects on 

the U.S. economy and employment, as 

well as on the environment and 

economic development abroad. 

Dated: December 6, 2006. 

Eli Landy, 

Senior Counsel, Administrative Affairs, 

Department of Legal Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 06–9649 Filed 12–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

27592; 812–13294] 

The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, 

Inc.; Notice of Application 

December 7, 2006. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

APPLICANT: The Mexico Equity and 

Income Fund, Inc. (the ‘‘Fund’’). 

ACTIONS: Notice of application for an 

order under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of 

the Investment Company Act of 1940 

(the ‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from 

section 17(a) of the Act. 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant 

seeks an order that would permit inkind repurchases of shares of preferred 

stock of the Fund held by certain 

affiliated shareholders of the Fund. 

FILING DATES: The application was filed 

on May 16, 2006, and amended on 

November 17, 2006. 

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An 

order granting the requested relief will 

be issued unless the Commission orders 

a hearing. Interested persons may 

request a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 

should be received by the Commission 

by 5:30 p.m. on January 2, 2007, and 

should be accompanied by proof of 

service on applicants, in the form of an 

affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of 

service. Hearing requests should state 

the nature of the writer’s interest, the 

reason for the request, and the issues 

contested. Persons who wish to be 

notified of a hearing may request 

notification by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, 

NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

Applicant, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund 

Services, LLC, 615 East Michigan Street, 

2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce R. MacNeil, Senior Counsel, at 

(202) 551–6817, or Julia Kim Gilmer, 

Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6821 

(Division of Investment Management, 

Office of Investment Company 

Regulation). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a summary of the 

application. The complete application 

may be obtained for a fee at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Desk, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–0102 (tel. 202–551–5850). 

Applicant’s Representations 

1. The Fund, a Maryland corporation, 

is registered under the Act as a closedend management investment company. 

The Fund’s investment objective is to 

seek high total return through capital 

appreciation and current income by 

investing at least 80% of the Fund’s 

assets in equity, convertible and debt 

securities of Mexican companies and 

issuers. Applicant states that 

substantially all of its assets are invested 

in Mexican securities that are listed on 

the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de 

C.V. (the ‘‘Mexican Stock Exchange’’).1

The Fund has issued shares of common 

stock and preferred stock, both of which 

are listed and trade on the New York 

Stock Exchange. The preferred stock has 

the same rights and qualifications as the 

Fund’s common stock, with exceptions 

pertaining to liquidation, voting rights, 

conversion and the right to participate 

in the In-Kind Tender Offers (as defined 

below). Pichardo Asset Management, 

S.A. de C.V. is registered under the 

Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and 

serves as the investment manager to the 

Fund. 

2. The Fund proposes to repurchase 

all of its outstanding shares of preferred 

stock, through a series of semi-annual 

in-kind tender offers, which, in each 

case, will be for up to 25% of the Fund’s 

issued and outstanding shares of 

preferred stock (the ‘‘In-Kind Tender 

Offers’’). Each preferred stock 

shareholder participating in an In-Kind 

Tender Offer may tender their preferred 

stock for repurchase in-kind for a pro 

rata share of the Fund’s portfolio 

securities (with exceptions generally for 

odd lots, fractional shares and cash 

items) at a price equal to 99% of net 

asset value per share of the preferred 

stock. The In-Kind Tender Offers will be 

conducted in accordance with section 

23(c)(2) of the Act and rule 13e–4 under 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

3. Applicant states that the In-Kind 

Tender Offers are designed to 

accommodate the needs of both 

participating and non-participating 

shareholders. Under the In-Kind Tender 

Offers, only participating preferred 

stock shareholders will pay taxes on the 

gain on appreciated securities 

distributed in the In-Kind Tender 

Offers. Non-participating shareholders 

(both common and preferred) would 

avoid the imposition of a significant tax 

liability, which would occur if the Fund 

sold the appreciated securities to make 

payments in cash. Applicant further 

states that the In-Kind Tender Offers’ inkind payments will minimize market 

disruption, while allowing the Fund to 

avoid a cascade of distributions, 

required to preserve its tax status, that 

would reduce the size of the Fund 

drastically. Applicant also states that 

the In-Kind Tender Offers will benefit 

both the common and preferred 

shareholders by helping to preserve the 

value of the portfolio securities received 

by a participating preferred stockholder 

and the Fund’s common stock 

shareholders by helping to minimize 

any disruption to the Fund’s net asset 

value. Applicant requests relief to 

permit any preferred stock shareholder 

of the Fund who is an ‘‘affiliated 

person’’ of the Fund solely by reason of 

owning, controlling, or holding with the 

power to vote, 5% or more of the Fund’s 

outstanding voting securities 

(‘‘Affiliated Shareholder’’) to participate 

in the proposed In-Kind Tender Offers. 

Applicant’s Legal Analysis 

1. Section 17(a) of the Act prohibits 

an affiliated person of a registered 

investment company, or any affiliated 

person of the person, acting as 

principal, from knowingly purchasing 

or selling any security or other property 

from or to the company. Section 2(a)(3) 

of the Act defines an ‘‘affiliated person’’


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