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projected to be greater than those 

associated with the proposed action. In 

the case of the latter, radiological 

impacts and transportation risks would 

be similar to those associated with the 

proposed action with higher 

implementation costs. 

Conclusion 

The NRC staff has concluded that the 

proposed action will not significantly 

impact the quality of the human 

environment, and that the proposed 

action is the preferred alternative. 

Agencies and Persons Consulted 

NRC provided a draft of this 

Environmental Assessment to the State 

of Idaho Department of Environmental 

Quality and the Texas Department of 

State Health Services for review on 

February 5, 2007. Minor comments 

received from both agencies via e-mail 

have been incorporated herein or 

otherwise resolved. 

The NRC staff has determined that the 

transportation of the subject material 

over preexisting rail transportation 

routes for disposal at a preexisting 

facility is not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of any endangered 

species or threatened species or result in 

the destruction or adverse modification 

of the habitat of such species. Therefore, 

no further consideration is required 

under Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act. The NRC staff has also 

determined that the proposed action is 

not the type of activity that has the 

potential to cause effects on historic 

properties. Therefore, no further 

consultation is required under Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

III. Finding of No Significant Impact 

The NRC staff has prepared this EA in 

support of the proposed action. On the 

basis of this EA, the NRC finds that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts resulting from the proposed 

action and that preparation of an 

environmental impact statement is not 

warranted. Accordingly, the NRC has 

determined that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact is appropriate. 

IV. Further Information 

Documents related to this action are 

available electronically in the NRC’s 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, 

you can access NRC’s Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The documents associated 

with this action are: 

(1) Letter dated October 27, 2006, 

from LeTourneau to Texas DSHS and 

NRC requesting exemptions to allow 

transfer of material to USEI for 

processing and disposal. 

(ML063260540), 

(2) Letter dated November 14, 2006, 

from E. Bailey, Texas DSHS to W. Maier, 

NRC Region IV requesting NRC 

determination whether or not wastes 

may be disposed of at USEI facility and 

a condition for DSHS approval of waste 

removal. (ML070540192), 

(3) Letter dated February 1, 2007, 

from E. Bailey, Texas DSHS to W. Maier, 

NRC Region IV clarifying terms of 

approval for waste removal. 

(ML070540194), 

(4) Technical Review and Safety 

Evaluation Report of LeTourneau 

proposal by NRC staff dated February 

22, 2007 (ML070530623), 

(5) Title 10, Code of Federal 

Regulations, part 30, ‘‘Rules of General 

Applicability to Domestic Licensing of 

Byproduct Material.’’

If you do not have access to ADAMS, 

or if there are problems accessing 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference Staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737 or e-mail pdr@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

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

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th 

Day of March, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Scott Flanders, 

Deputy Director, Environmental Protection 

and Performance Assessment Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of Federal 

and State Materials and Environmental 

Management. 

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[Docket No. 50–400] 

Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, and 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct the Scoping Process for 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–63 

for an Additional 20-Year Period 

Carolina Power & Light Company 

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, 

Unit 1 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or the Commission) 

is considering an application for the 

renewal of operating license NPF–63, 

which authorizes the Carolina Power & 

Light Company (CP&L), doing business 

as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., to 

operate the Shearon Harris Nuclear 

Power Plant, (HNP), Unit 1, at 2900 

megawatts thermal. The renewed 

license would authorize the applicant to 

operate the HNP, Unit 1, for an 

additional 20 years beyond the period 

specified in the current license. HNP, 

Unit 1, is located in Wake County, 

North Carolina, and its current 

operating license expires on October 24, 

2026. 

On November 16, 2006, the 

Commission’s staff received an 

application from CP&L to renew 

operating license NPF–63 for HNP, Unit 

1, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Part 54 (10 CFR 

Part 54). A notice of receipt and 

availability of the license renewal 

application (LRA) was published in the 

Federal Register on December 11, 2006 

(71 FR 71586). A notice of acceptance 

for docketing of the application for 

renewal of the facility operating license 

was published in the Federal Register 

on January 12, 2007, (72 FR 1562). 

The license renewal process proceeds 

along two tracks, one for review of 

safety issues (10 CFR Part 54) and 

another for environmental issues (10 

CFR Part 51). An applicant must 

provide the NRC an evaluation that 

addresses the technical aspects of plant 

aging and describes the aging 

management programs and activities 

that will be relied on to manage aging. 

In addition, to support plant operation 

for the additional 20 years, the licensee 

must prepare an evaluation of the 

potential impact on the environment. 

The NRC reviews the application, 

documents its reviews in a safety 

evaluation report and supplemental 

environmental impact statement, and 

performs verification inspections at the 

applicant’s facilities. If the NRC 

approves a renewed license, the licensee 

must continue to comply with all 

existing regulations and commitments 

associated with the current operating 

license as well as those additional 

activities required as a result of license 

renewal. The licensee’s activities 

continue to be subject to NRC oversight 

in the period of extended operation. 

Before issuance of the requested 

renewed license, the NRC will have 

made the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s rules 

and regulations. In accordance with 10 

CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a 

renewed license on the basis of its 

review if it finds that actions have been 


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1 If the request/petition is filed by e-mail or 

facsimile, an original and two copies of the 

document must be mailed within 2 (two) business 

days thereafter to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001; Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications 

Staff. 

identified and have been or will be 

taken with respect to: (1) Managing the 

effects of aging during the period of 

extended operation on the functionality 

of structures and components that have 

been identified as requiring aging 

management review; and (2) timelimited aging analyses that have been 

identified as requiring review, such that 

there is reasonable assurance that the 

activities authorized by the renewed 

license will continue to be conducted in 

accordance with the current licensing 

basis (CLB), and that any changes made 

to the plant’s CLB will comply with the 

Act and the Commission’s regulations. 

In addition, the Commission must find 

that applicable requirements of Subpart 

A of 10 CFR Part 51 have been satisfied, 

and that matters raised under 10 CFR 

2.335 have been addressed. 

Within 60 days after the date of 

publication of this Federal Register 

notice, any person whose interest may 

be affected by this proceeding and who 

desires to participate as a party in the 

proceeding must file a written request 

for a hearing or a petition for leave to 

intervene with respect to the renewal of 

the license. Interested parties must file 

requests for a hearing or a petition for 

leave to intervene in accordance with 

the Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for 

Domestic Licensing Proceedings and 

Issuance of Orders’’ described in 10 CFR 

Part 2. Those interested should consult 

a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which 

is available at the Commission’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852 and is 

accessible through the Internet at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/part002/part002–

0309.html. Persons who do not have 

access to the Internet or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

should contact the NRC’s PDR Reference 

staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 

or 301–415–4737, or via e-mail at 

PDR@nrc.gov. If a request for a hearing 

or a petition for leave to intervene is 

filed within the 60-day period, the 

Commission or a presiding officer 

designated by the Commission or by the 

Chief Administrative Judge of the 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

Panel will rule on the request and/or 

petition, and the Secretary or the Chief 

Administrative Judge of the Atomic 

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a 

notice of a hearing or an appropriate 

order. If no request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene is filed 

within the 60-day period, the NRC may, 

upon completion of its evaluations and 

upon making the findings required 

under 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54, renew 

the license without further notice. 

As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a 

petition for leave to intervene shall set 

forth with particularity the interest of 

the petitioner in the proceeding, and 

how that interest may be affected by the 

results of the proceeding, taking into 

consideration the limited scope of 

matters that may be considered 

pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54. The 

petition must specifically explain the 

reasons why intervention should be 

permitted with particular reference to: 

(1) The requester/petitioner’s right 

under the Act to be made a party to the 

proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of 

the requester/petitioner’s property, 

financial, or other interest in the 

proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of 

any decision or order which may be 

entered in the proceeding on the 

requester/petitioner’s interest. The 

petition must also set forth the specific 

contentions that the petitioner/requester 

seeks to have litigated at the proceeding. 

Each contention must consist of a 

specific statement of the issue of law or 

fact to be raised or controverted. In 

addition, the requester/petitioner shall 

briefly explain the bases of each 

contention and concisely state the 

alleged facts or the expert opinion that 

supports the contention on which the 

requester/petitioner intends to rely in 

proving the contention at the hearing. 

The requester/petitioner must also 

provide references to those specific 

sources and documents of which the 

requester/petitioner is aware and on 

which the requester/petitioner intends 

to rely to establish those facts or expert 

opinion. The requester/petitioner must 

provide sufficient information to show 

that a genuine dispute exists with the 

applicant on a material issue of law or 

fact. Contentions shall be limited to 

matters within the scope of the action 

under consideration. The contention 

must be one that, if proven, would 

entitle the requester/petitioner to relief. 

A requester/petitioner who fails to 

satisfy these requirements with respect 

to at least one contention will not be 

permitted to participate as a party. 

The Commission requests that each 

contention be given a separate numeric 

or alpha designation within one of the 

following groups: (1) Technical 

(primarily related to safety concerns), 

(2) environmental, or (3) miscellaneous. 

As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two 

or more requesters/petitioners seek to 

co-sponsor a contention or propose 

substantially the same contention, the 

requesters/petitioners must jointly 

designate a representative who shall 

have the authority to act for the 

requesters/petitioners with respect to 

that contention. 

Those permitted to intervene become 

parties to the proceeding, subject to any 

limitations in the order granting leave to 

intervene, and have the opportunity to 

participate fully in the conduct of the 

hearing. A request for a hearing or a 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by either: (1) First class mail 

addressed to the Office of the Secretary 

of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, 

express mail, and expedited delivery 

services to the Office of the Secretary, 

Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff; (3) e-mail 

addressed to the Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or (4) facsimile 

transmission addressed to the Office of 

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC, 

Attention: Rulemaking and 

Adjudications Staff at 301–415–1101 

(verification number is 301–415–1966).1

Requesters/petitioners must send a copy 

of the request for hearing and petition 

for leave to intervene to the Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; copies should be 

transmitted either by facsimile to 301–

415–3725 or via e-mail to 

OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. Requesters/ 

petitioners must also send a copy of the 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene to the attorney for the 

licensee, Mr. John H. O’Neil, Jr., 

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 2300 

N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

Untimely requests and/or petitions 

and contentions will not be entertained 

absent a determination by the 

Commission, the presiding officer, or 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 

that the petition, request and/or 

contentions should be granted based on 

a balancing of the factors specified in 10 

CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (viii). 

In addition, this notice informs the 

public that the NRC will be preparing an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

related to the review of the LRA and 

provides the public an opportunity to 

participate in the environmental 

scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 

51.29. In accordance with 10 CFR 


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51.95(c), the NRC will prepare an EIS 

that will be used as a supplement to the 

Commission’s NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’

(GEIS), dated May 1996. Pursuant to 10 

CFR 51.26, and as part of the 

environmental scoping process, the NRC 

staff intends to hold a public scoping 

meeting. In addition, as outlined in 36 

CFR 800.8(c), ‘‘Coordination with the 

National Environmental Policy Act,’’ the 

NRC plans to coordinate compliance 

with Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act in meeting the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) 

and 10 CFR 54.23, CP&L prepared and 

submitted the environmental report (ER) 

as part of the LRA. The LRA and the ER 

are publicly available at the NRC’s PDR, 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, or from ADAMS. The ADAMS 

Accession Numbers for the LRA and the 

ER are ML063350270 and 

ML063350276, respectively. The public 

may also view the LRA and the ER on 

the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/ 

applications.html. In addition, the LRA 

and the ER are available to the public 

near HNP, Unit 1, at the Eva. H. Perry 

Library, 2100 Shepherd’s Vineyard 

Drive, Apex, North Carolina 27502. 

Alternatives to the proposed action 

include no action and reasonable 

alternative energy sources. The NRC is 

required by 10 CFR 51.95(c) to prepare 

a supplement to the GEIS in connection 

with the renewal of an operating 

license. This notice is being published 

in accordance with 10 CFR 51.26. 

The NRC staff will first conduct a 

scoping process for the supplement to 

the GEIS and, as soon as practicable 

thereafter, will prepare a draft 

supplement to the GEIS for public 

comment. Participation in the scoping 

process by members of the public and 

local, State, tribal, and Federal 

Government agencies is encouraged. As 

described in 10 CFR 51.29, the NRC staff 

will use the scoping process for the 

supplement to the GEIS to accomplish 

the following: 

a. Define the proposed action which 

is to be the subject of the supplement to 

the GEIS. 

b. Determine the scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS and identify the 

significant issues to be analyzed in 

depth. 

c. Identify and eliminate from 

detailed study those issues that are 

peripheral or insignificant. 

d. Identify any environmental 

assessments and other ElSs that are 

being or will be prepared that are 

related to, but are not part of, the scope 

of the supplement to this GEIS. 

e. Identify other environmental 

review and consultation requirements 

related to the proposed action. 

f. Indicate the relationship between 

the timing of the preparation of the 

environmental analyses and the 

Commission’s tentative planning and 

decision-making schedule. 

g. Identify any cooperating agencies 

and, as appropriate, allocate 

assignments for preparation and 

schedules for completing the 

supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and 

any cooperating agencies. 

h. Describe how the NRC will prepare 

the supplement to the GEIS and any 

contractor assistance to be used. 

The NRC invites the following entities 

to participate in scoping: 

a. The applicant, CP&L. 

b. Any Federal agency that has 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impact involved, or that is authorized to 

develop and enforce relevant 

environmental standards. 

c. Affected State and local 

government agencies, including those 

authorized to develop and enforce 

relevant environmental standards. 

d. Any affected Indian tribe. 

e. Any person who requests or has 

requested an opportunity to participate 

in the scoping process. 

f. Any person who has petitioned or 

intends to petition for leave to 

intervene. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the 

scoping process for an EIS may include 

a public scoping meeting to help 

identify significant issues related to a 

proposed activity and to determine the 

scope of issues to be addressed in an 

EIS. The NRC will hold public meetings 

for the HNP, Unit 1, license renewal 

supplement to the GEIS, at the New 

Horizons Fellowship, 820 East Williams 

St., Apex, North Carolina 27502 on 

Wednesday, April 18, 2007. There will 

be two identical meetings to 

accommodate interested parties. The 

first meeting will convene at 1:30 p.m. 

and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as 

necessary. The second meeting will 

convene at 7 p.m. and will continue 

until 10 p.m., as necessary. Both 

meetings will be transcribed and will 

include: (1) An overview by the NRC 

staff of the NRC’s license renewal 

review process; (2) an overview by the 

NRC staff of the NEPA environmental 

review process, the proposed scope of 

the supplement to the GEIS, and the 

proposed review schedule; and (3) the 

opportunity for interested government 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

to submit comments or suggestions on 

the environmental issues or the 

proposed scope of the supplement to the 

GEIS. Additionally, the NRC staff will 

host informal discussions 1 hour before 

the start of each session at the same 

location. The staff will not accept formal 

comments on the proposed scope of the 

supplement to the GEIS during these 

informal discussions. For comments to 

be considered, persons must provide 

them either at the transcribed public 

meetings or in writing, as discussed 

below. 

For more information about the 

proposed action, the scoping process, 

and the EIS, interested persons should 

contact the NRC Environmental Project 

Manager, Mr. Samuel Hernandez, at 

Mail Stop O–11F1, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852; by telephone at 1–800–368–

5642, extension 4049; or via e-mail at 

shq@nrc.gov. Persons may register to 

attend or present oral comments at the 

meetings on the scope of the NEPA 

review by contacting Mr. Hernandez. 

Members of the public may also register 

to speak at the meeting within 15 

minutes of the start of each meeting. 

Individual oral comments may be 

limited by the time available, depending 

on the number of persons who register. 

Members of the public who have not 

registered may also have an opportunity 

to speak, if time permits. The NRC will 

consider public comments in the 

scoping process for the supplement to 

the GEIS. If members of the public need 

special equipment or accommodations 

to attend or present information at the 

public meeting, they should contact Mr. 

Hernandez no later than April 11, 2007, 

so that the NRC staff can determine if it 

can accommodate the request. 

Members of the public may send 

written comments on the environmental 

scope of the HNP, Unit 1, license 

renewal review to: Chief, Rules and 

Directives Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop T–6D59, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and 

should cite the publication date and 

page number of this Federal Register 

notice. The public may also deliver 

comments to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T–

6D59, Two White Flint North, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 

during Federal workdays. To be 

considered in the scoping process, 

written comments should be 

postmarked within 60 days after the 


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date of publication of this Federal 

Register Notice. Electronic comments 

may be sent by e-mail to the NRC at 

ShearonHarrisEIS@nrc.gov, and should 

be sent no later than 60 days after the 

date of publication of this Federal 

Register Notice, to be considered in the 

scoping process. Comments will be 

available electronically and accessible 

through ADAMS. 

Participation in the scoping process 

for the supplement to the GEIS does not 

entitle participants to become parties to 

the proceeding to which the supplement 

to the GEIS relates. Matters related to 

participation in any hearing are outside 

the scope of matters to be discussed at 

this public meeting. 

At the conclusion of the scoping 

process, the NRC will prepare a concise 

summary of the determination and 

conclusions reached, including the 

significant issues identified, and will 

send a copy of the summary to each 

participant in the scoping process. The 

public may also view the summary in 

ADAMS. The staff will then prepare and 

issue for comment the draft supplement 

to the GEIS, which will be the subject 

of separate notices and separate public 

meetings. Copies will be available for 

public viewing at the above-mentioned 

addresses, and one copy per request will 

be provided free of charge, to the extent 

of supply. After receipt and 

consideration of the comments, the NRC 

will prepare a final supplement to the 

GEIS, which will also be available for 

public viewing. 

Information about the supplement to 

the GEIS, and the scoping process may 

be obtained from Mr. Hernandez at the 

telephone number or e-mail address 

given previously. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day 

of March, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Pao-Tsin Kuo, 

Director, Division of License Renewal, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

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Meeting on Materials, Metallurgy, and 

Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on 

Materials, Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels 

will hold a meeting on April 3, 2007, 

Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Tuesday, April 3, 2007—8:30 a.m. Until 

the Conclusion of Business. 

The Subcommittee will review the 

NRC staff’s proposed revisions to 

Standard Review Plan Section 4.2, 

‘‘Fuel Designs.’’ The Subcommittee will 

hear presentations by and hold 

discussions with representatives of the 

NRC staff, their contractors, 

representatives of the nuclear industry, 

and other interested persons regarding 

this matter. The Subcommittee will 

gather information, analyze relevant 

issues and facts, and formulate 

proposed positions and actions, as 

appropriate, for deliberation by the full 

Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official, Mr. Ralph Caruso 

(telephone 301/415–8065) five days 

prior to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted. 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

7:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes to the agenda. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Cayetano Santos, 

Acting Branch Chief, ACRS. 

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Planning and Procedures; Notice of 

Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning 

and Procedures will hold a meeting on 

April 4, 2007, Room T–2B1, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance, with the exception of 

a portion that may be closed pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 552b ( c) (2) and (6) to 

discuss organizational and personnel 

matters that relate solely to the internal 

personnel rules and practices of the 

ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–10 

a.m. 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

proposed ACRS activities and related 

matters. The Subcommittee will gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official, Mr. Sam Duraiswamy 

(telephone: 301–415–7364) between 

7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET) five days prior 

to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during those portions of the 

meeting that are open to the public. 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes in the agenda. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Cayetano Santos, 

Acting Branch Chief, ACRS. 

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Trade Policy Staff Committee: Seeking 

Resubmission of Any Comments from 

the Public Transmitted Prior to March 

14, 2007 on the 2005 WTO Ministerial 

Decision on Duty-Free Quota-Free 

Market Access for the Least Developed 

Countries 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for resubmission of 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) is advising the public 

of a technical malfunction in the e-mail 

address contained in the original notice 

requesting comments on considerations 

relating to the Decision that Members 

adopted at the Sixth Ministerial 

Conference of the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) in December 2005 

on duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) market 

access for the least-developed countries 

(LDCs). The original notice was 

published on January 18, 2007 (Federal 

Register Volume 72, Number 11, pages 

2316–2317). Any submission 

transmitted prior to March 14, 2007 was 


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