Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 98 / Tuesday, May 22, 2007 / Notices 28729 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of May 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Nancy L. Salgado, 

Chief, Operator Licensing and Human 

Performance Branch, Division of Inspection 

and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E7–9848 Filed 5–21–07; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket No. NAFTA/DS–USA–Mex–2007–

2008–01] 

NAFTA Dispute Settlement Proceeding 

by Mexico Regarding U.S. Measures 

Affecting Sweetener Trade With 

Mexico and Related NAFTA Dispute 

Settlement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

providing notice that on March 15, 

2007, Mexico requested consultations, 

under Article 2006 of the North 

American Free Trade Agreement 

(‘‘NAFTA’’), regarding certain U.S. 

measures, proposed measures, and 

actions alleged to be affecting the 

markets for sugar, syrup goods and high 

fructose corn syrup or alleged to be 

inconsistent with NAFTA dispute 

settlement obligations. USTR invites 

written comments from the public 

concerning the issues raised in this 

dispute. 

DATES: Although USTR will accept any 

comments received during the course of 

the consultations, comments should be 

submitted on or before June 4, 2007 to 

be assured of timely consideration by 

USTR. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted (i) electronically, to 

FR0710@ustr.eop.gov, with ‘‘U.S. Sugar 

Measures (USA–Mex–2007–2008–01)’’

in the subject line, or (ii) by fax, to 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–3640, with 

a confirmation copy sent electronically 

to the electronic mail address above, in 

accordance with the requirements for 

submission set out below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy A. Karpel, Assistant General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC (202) 395–3150. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is 

providing notice that Mexico has 

requested consultations pursuant to 

Chapter Twenty of the NAFTA 

‘‘Institutional Arrangements and 

Dispute Settlement Procedures’’

(Chapter Twenty). 

Major Issues Raised by Mexico 

On March 15, 2007, Mexico requested 

consultations with the United States 

regarding certain U.S. measures, 

proposed measures, and actions alleged 

to be affecting the markets for sugar, 

syrup goods and high fructose corn 

syrup or alleged to be inconsistent with 

NAFTA dispute settlement obligations. 

The measures at issue include, but are 

not limited to: (i) The alleged refusal of 

the United States to grant Mexican 

origin sugar access to the U.S. market in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Annex 703.2 and (ii) the alleged U.S. 

declining to appoint panelists and 

otherwise refusing to cooperate in the 

establishment of a panel and the 

operation of the dispute settlement 

mechanism of Chapter Twenty. 

Mexico cites to the provisions of 

Chapters Three, Seven and Twenty of 

the NAFTA relating to trade in sugar, 

syrup goods and high fructose corn 

syrup. 

Public Comment: Requirements for 

Submissions 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments concerning 

the issues raised in the dispute. 

Comments should be submitted (i) 

electronically, to FR0710@ustr.eop.gov, 

with ‘‘U.S. Sugar Measures (USA–Mex–

2007–2008–01)’’ in the subject line, or 

(ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 

395–3640, with a confirmation copy 

sent electronically to the electronic mail 

address above. 

USTR encourages the submission of 

documents in Adobe PDF format as 

attachments to an electronic mail. 

Interested persons who make 

submissions by electronic mail should 

not provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Comments must be in English. A 

person requesting that information 

contained in a comment submitted by 

that person be treated as confidential 

business information must certify that 

such information is business 

confidential and would not customarily 

be released to the public by the 

submitter. Confidential business 

information must be clearly designated 

as such and ‘‘Business Confidential’’

must be marked at the top and bottom 

of the cover page and each succeeding 

page. Persons who submit confidential 

business information are encouraged 

also to provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information. 

Information or advice contained in a 

comment submitted, other than business 

confidential information, may be 

determined by USTR to be confidential 

in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of 

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

2155(g)(2)). If the submitter believes that 

information or advice may qualify as 

such, the submitter—

(1) Must clearly so designate the 

information or advice; 

(2) Must clearly mark the material as 

‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the 

top and bottom of the cover page and 

each succeeding page; and 

(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the 

information or advice. 

USTR will maintain a file on this 

dispute settlement proceeding, 

accessible to the public, in the USTR 

Reading Room, which is located at 1724 

F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. 

The public file will include nonconfidential comments received by 

USTR from the public with respect to 

the dispute; if an arbitral panel is 

convened, the U.S. submissions, the 

submissions or non-confidential 

summaries of submissions received 

from other participants in the dispute; 

and the report of the panel. The USTR 

Reading Room is open to the public, by 

appointment only, from 10 a.m. to noon 

and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. An appointment to review the 

public file (Docket NAFTA/DS–USA–

Mex–2007–2008–01 U.S. Sugar 

Measures Dispute) may be made by 

calling the USTR Reading Room at (202) 

395–6186. 

Daniel Brinza, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 07–2554 Filed 5–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W7–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

NAME OF AGENCY: Postal Regulatory 

Commission 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 

at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: Commission conference room, 

901 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20268–0001. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Personnel 

matters—selection of Inspector General. 


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