Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 2909 

receiving this Commission meeting 

schedule electronically, please send an 

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov. 

January 18, 2007. 

R. Michelle Schroll, 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–279 Filed 1–19–07; 11:11 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

PEACE CORPS 

Proposed Information Collection 

Requests 

AGENCY: Peace Corps. 

ACTION: Notice of public use form 

review request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB control 

number 0420–0533)) 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1981 (44 U.S.C, 

Chapter 35), the Peace Corps has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

approval of information collections, 

OMB Control Number 0420–0533, the 

Peace Corps Crisis Corps Volunteer 

Application Form. This is a renewal of 

an active information collection. The 

purpose of this information collection is 

necessary in order to identify 

prospective, interested, and available 

returned Peace Corps Volunteers who 

are completing their services for Crisis 

Corps Volunteer Service. The 

information is used to determine 

availability, suitability, and potential 

Crisis Corps placement applicants. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for 

public comment on whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Peace Corps, 

including whether their information 

will have practical use; the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

the clarity of the information to be 

collected; and, ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques, when appropriate, and other 

forms of information technology. 

A copy of the information collection 

may be obtained from Ms. Mary 

Angelini, Director of the Crisis Corps, 

Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street, NW., 

Room 7305, Washington, DC 20526. Ms. 

Angelini may be contacted by telephone 

at 202–692–2250. Comments on the 

form should also be addressed to the 

attention of Ms. Angelini and should be 

received on or before march 26, 2007. 

Information Collection Abstract 

Title: Peace Corps’ Crisis Corps 

Volunteer Application Form. 

Need for and Use of this Information: 

The Peace Corps/Crisis Corps need this 

information in order to identify 

prospective, interested, and available 

returned Peace Corps Volunteers and 

Volunteers who are completing their 

service for Crisis Corps Volunteer 

service. The information is used to 

determine availability, suitability, and 

potential for Crisis Corps placement of 

applicants. 

Respondents: Returned Peace Corps 

Volunteers (RPCVs) who have 

successfully completed their service and 

Volunteers currently completing their 

service who are interested in applying 

for Peace Corps/Crisis Corps service. 

Respondent’s Obligation to Reply: 

Voluntary, but required to obtain 

benefits. 

Burden on the Public: 

a. Annual reporting burden: 42 hours. 

b. Annual record keeping burden: 0 

hours. 

c. Estimated average burden per 

response: 5 minutes. 

d. Frequency of response: one time. 

e. Estimated number of likely 

respondents: 507. 

f. Estimated cost to respondents: 

$2.26. 

Dated: This notice is issued in Washington, 

DC on December 20, 2006. 

Wilbert Bryant, 

Associate Director for Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–254 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6051–01–M 

POSTAL SERVICE 

No FEAR Act Notice 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Notification and Federal 

Employee Antidiscrimination and 

Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) 

requires that each Federal agency 

provide notice to all employees, former 

employees, and applicants for 

employment about the rights and 

remedies available to them under the 

anti-discrimination laws and 

whistleblower protection laws that 

apply to them. This document fulfills 

the Postal ServiceTM’s requirement 

under the regulations promulgated by 

the Office of Personnel Management to 

publish the initial notice of such rights 

and remedies in the Federal Register. 

DATES: This notice is effective January 

23, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Martin, National EEO Compliance 

and Appeals Programs by telephone 

202–268–3830; by e-mail at 

lynn.martin@usps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

‘‘Notification and Federal Employee 

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 

of 2002,’’ Public Law 107–174, (No 

FEAR Act) was enacted by Congress on 

May 15, 2002, for the purpose of, inter 

alia, holding Federal agencies 

accountable for violations of 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws. Sections 101(1) and 

101(6) of the Act state that ‘‘Federal 

agencies cannot be run effectively if 

those agencies practice or tolerate 

discrimination,’’ and that ‘‘notifying 

Federal employees of their rights under 

discrimination and whistleblower laws 

should increase Federal agency 

compliance with the law.’’ Section 202 

of the Act requires that written 

notification be provided to Federal 

employees, former Federal employees, 

and applicants for Federal employment 

of the rights and protections available to 

them under the applicable Federal antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws. Under section 204 of 

the No FEAR Act, the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) 

promulgated regulations to carry out the 

notification requirements of the Act. 

This initial notice is being published in 

accordance with the final OPM 

regulations at 5 CFR 724.202. This 

notice specifically describes the antidiscrimination laws and regulations and 

the whistleblower protection regulations 

that apply to Postal Service employees. 

It also describes the methods to be used 

by Postal Service employees to file 

complaints under the applicable laws 

and regulations. 

No FEAR Act Notice 

On May 15, 2002, Congress enacted 

the ‘‘Notification and Federal Employee 

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 

of 2002,’’ which is now known as the 

No FEAR Act. One purpose of the Act 

is to ‘‘require that Federal agencies be 

accountable for violations of 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws.’’ Public Law 107–174, 

Summary. In support of this purpose, 

Congress found that ‘‘agencies cannot be 

run effectively if those agencies practice 

or tolerate discrimination.’’ Public Law 

107–174, Title I, General Provisions, 

section 101(1). 

The Act also requires the United 

States Postal Service (Postal Service) to 

provide this notice to Postal Service 

employees, former Postal Service 

employees and applicants for Postal 

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