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Diplomatic Conference will be 

convened in November 2007 if such 

agreement is achieved. If no such 

agreement is achieved, all further 

discussions will be based on Document 

SCCR/15/2. The first special session of 

the SCCR will be held from January 17 

to 19, 2007. 

WIPO posts various documents from 

their meetings, such as reports, member 

state submissions, meeting agendas, and 

texts prepared by the Chair of the SCCR. 

The most recent text available from July 

31, 2006 — the Revised Draft Basic 

Proposal (Document SCCR/15/2) –– can 

be found at www.wipo.int/meetings/en/ 

doc_details.jsp?doc_id=64712. WIPO 

has not yet made available a draft report 

from the 2006 General Assemblies, but 

preparatory documents for the 

Assemblies are available at 

www.wipo.int/meetings/en/ 

details.jsp?meeting_id=11023. 

Throughout this process in WIPO, 

many points of view have been 

represented, including those of 

developed and developing countries, 

and many non–governmental 

organizations (NGOs), and numerous 

industry, creator and content owner 

groups. The USPTO and USCO have 

participated in several informal and 

formal meetings with interested parties 

such as broadcasters, netcasters, telecom 

companies, Internet service providers, 

content industries, creators and other 

NGOs, in order to obtain views and 

information relevant to the deliberations 

in the SCCR on this proposed treaty. 

In order to allow further opportunity 

for interested parties to comment, 

USPTO and USCO are convening this 

roundtable to provide another forum for 

such parties to provide their views of 

and additional information related to 

the proposed treaty. In particular, the 

participants should be prepared to 

identify and discuss more fully the 

issues and problems associated with the 

Revised Draft Basic Proposal (Document 

SCCR/15/2). 

Dated: December 7, 2006 

David O. Carson, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E6–21130 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–S 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE: Weeks of December 11, 18, 25, 

2006, January 1, 8, 15, 2007. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of December 11, 2006 

Monday, December 11, 2006 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Status of 

Decommissioning Activities (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: Keith 

McConnell, 301–415–7295). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Threat Environment 

Assessment (Closed—Ex. 1). 

1:30 p.m. 

Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1 & 3). 

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Status of Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

Programs (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Barbara Williams, 301–415–7388). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Thursday, December 14, 2006 

9:25 a.m. 

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative). 

a. Hydro Resources, Inc. (Crownpoint, 

NM) Intervenors’ Petition for 

Review of LBP–06–19 (Final Partial 

Initial Decision—NEPA Issues) 

(Tentative). 

b. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, 

LLC, & Entergy Nuclear Operations, 

Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Station), LBP–06–20 (Sept. 

22, 2006), reconsid’n denied (Oct. 

30, 2006) (Tentative). 

9:30 a.m. 

Meeting with Advisory Committee on 

Nuclear Waste (ACNW) (Public 

Meeting) (Contact: John Larkins, 

301–415–7360). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of December 18, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of December 18, 2006. 

Week of December 25, 2006—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of December 25, 2006. 

Week of January 1, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 1, 2007. 

Week of January 8, 2007—Tentative 

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart 

(Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Catherine Haney, 301 415–1453). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Thursday, January 11, 2007 

1:30 p.m. 

Periodic Briefing on New Reactor 

Issues (Public Meeting) (Contact: 

Donna Williams, 301 415–1322). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address— http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of January 15, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of January 15, 2007. 

* * * * * 

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. 

* * * * * 

Additional Information: Affirmation 

of Hydro Resources, Inc. (Crownpoint, 

NM) Intervenors’ Petition for Review of 

LBP–06–19 (Final Partial Initial 

Decision—NEPA Issues) tentatively 

scheduled on Thursday, December 7, 

2006 at 9:25 a.m. has been rescheduled 

tentatively on Thursday, December 14, 

2006 at 9:25 a.m. 

Discussion of Management Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 2) previously scheduled on 

Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. 

has been cancelled. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

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

policy-making/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify the 

NRC’s Disability Program Coordinator, 

Deborah Chan, at 301–415–7041, TDD: 

301–415–2100, or by e-mail at 

DLC@nrc.gov. Determinations on 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. 

* * * * * 

This notice is distributed by mail to 

several hundred subscribers; if you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969). 

In addition, distribution of this meeting 

notice over the Internet system is 


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1Attachment 1 contains sensitive information 

and will not be released to the public. 

2Person means (1) any individual, corporation, 

partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public 

or private institution, group, government agency 

other than the Commission or the Department, 

except that the Department shall be considered a 

person with respect to those facilities of the 

Department specified in section 202 of the Energy 

Reorganization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1244), any 

State or any political subdivision of, or any political 

entity within a State, any foreign government or 

nation or any political subdivision of any such 

government or nation, or other entity; and (2) any 

legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of 

the foregoing. 

available. If you are interested in 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

Dated: December 7, 2006. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–9653 Filed 12–8–06; 10:10 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[EA–06–289] 

In the Matter of All Licensees Who 

Possess Radioactive Material In 

Quantities of Concern and All Other 

Persons Who Obtain Safeguards 

Information Described Herein; Order 

Imposing Requirements for the 

Protection of Certain Safeguards 

Information (Effective Immediately) 

I 

The Licensees, identified in 

Attachment 1 1 to this Order, hold 

licenses issued in accordance with the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, by the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC 

or Commission) or an Agreement State, 

authorizing them to possess and transfer 

items containing radioactive material 

quantities of concern. The NRC intends 

to issue security Orders to these 

licensees in the near future. Orders will 

be issued to both NRC and Agreement 

State materials licensees who may 

transport radioactive material quantities 

of concern. The Orders will require 

compliance with specific Additional 

Security Measures to enhance the 

security for transport of certain 

radioactive material quantities of 

concern. The NRC will issue Orders to 

both NRC and Agreement State 

licensees under its authority to protect 

the common defense and security, 

which has not been relinquished to the 

Agreement States. The Commission has 

determined that these documents will 

contain Safeguards Information (SGI), 

will not be released to the public, and 

must be protected from unauthorized 

disclosure. Therefore, the Commission 

is imposing the requirements, as set 

forth in Attachments 2 and 3 to this 

Order and in Order EA–06–290, so that 

affected Licensees can receive these 

documents. This Order also imposes 

requirements for the protection of SGI in 

the hands of any person,2 whether or 

not a licensee of the Commission, who 

produces, receives, or acquires SGI. 

II 

The Commission has broad statutory 

authority to protect and prohibit the 

unauthorized disclosure of SGI. Section 

147 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

as amended, grants the Commission 

explicit authority to ‘‘* * * issue such 

orders, as necessary to prohibit the 

unauthorized disclosure of safeguards 

information * * *’’ This authority 

extends to information concerning 

transfer of special nuclear material, 

source material, and byproduct material. 

Licensees and all persons who produce, 

receive, or acquire SGI must ensure 

proper handling and protection of SGI 

to avoid unauthorized disclosure in 

accordance with the specific 

requirements for the protection of SGI 

contained in Attachments 2 and 3 to 

this Order. The Commission hereby 

provides notice that it intends to treat 

violations of the requirements contained 

in Attachments 2 and 3 to this Order 

applicable to the handling and 

unauthorized disclosure of SGI as 

serious breaches of adequate protection 

of the public health and safety and the 

common defense and security of the 

United States. Access to SGI is limited 

to those persons who have established 

a need-to-know the information, are 

considered to be trustworthy and 

reliable, and meet the requirements of 

Order EA–06–290. A need-to-know 

means a determination by a person 

having responsibility for protecting SGI 

that a proposed recipient’s access to SGI 

is necessary in the performance of 

official, contractual, or licensee duties 

of employment. Licensees and all other 

persons who obtain SGI must ensure 

that they develop, maintain and 

implement strict policies and 

procedures for the proper handling of 

SGI to prevent unauthorized disclosure, 

in accordance with the requirements in 

Attachments 2 and 3 to this Order. All 

licensees must ensure that all 

contractors whose employees may have 

access to SGI either adhere to the 

licensee’s policies and procedures on 

SGI or develop, maintain and 

implement their own acceptable 

policies and procedures. The licensees 

remain responsible for the conduct of 

their contractors. The policies and 

procedures necessary to ensure 

compliance with applicable 

requirements contained in Attachments 

2 and 3 to this Order must address, at 

a minimum, the following: the general 

performance requirement that each 

person who produces, receives, or 

acquires SGI shall ensure that SGI is 

protected against unauthorized 

disclosure; protection of SGI at fixed 

sites, in use and in storage, and while 

in transit; correspondence containing 

SGI; access to SGI; preparation, 

marking, reproduction and destruction 

of documents; external transmission of 

documents; use of automatic data 

processing systems; removal of the SGI 

category; the need-to-know the 

information; and background checks to 

determine access to the information. 

In order to provide assurance that the 

licensees are implementing prudent 

measures to achieve a consistent level of 

protection to prohibit the unauthorized 

disclosure of Safeguards Information, all 

licensees who hold licenses issued by 

the NRC or an Agreement State 

authorizing them to possess and who 

may transport items containing 

radioactive material quantities of 

concern shall implement the 

requirements identified in Attachments 

2 and 3 to this Order. The Commission 

recognizes that licensees may have 

already initiated many of the measures 

set forth in Attachments 2 and 3 to this 

Order for handling of SGI in 

conjunction with current NRC license 

requirements or previous NRC Orders. 

Additional measures set forth in 

Attachments 2 and 3 to this Order 

should be incorporated into the 

licensee’s current program for SGI. In 

addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202, I 

find that in light of the common defense 

and security matters identified above, 

which warrant the issuance of this 

Order, the public health, safety and 

interest require that this Order be 

effective immediately. 

III 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81, 

147, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182 and 186 of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, and the Commission’s 

regulations in 10 CFR 2.202, 10 CFR 

Part 30, 10 CFR Part 32, 10 CFR Part 35, 

and 10 CFR Part 70, it is hereby ordered, 

effective immediately, that all licensees 

identified in attachment 1 to this order 

and all other persons who produce, 

receive, or acquire the additional 

security measures identified above 

(whether draft or final) or any related 

SGI shall comply with the requirements 

of attachments 2 and 3 to this order. 

The Director, Office of Federal and 

State Materials and Environmental 


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