Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 79 / Tuesday, April 24, 2012 / Notices 24555 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7853] 

Determination on Foreign Military 

Financing Assistance for Egypt 

Pursuant to section 7041(a)(1)(C) of 

the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Div. I, Pub. L. 

112–74) (‘‘the Act’’), I hereby determine 

that it is in the national security interest 

of the United States to waive the 

requirements of section 7041(a)(1)(B) of 

the Act with respect to the provision of 

Foreign Military Financing for Egypt, 

and I hereby waive this restriction. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and, along with 

the accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, shall be reported to 

Congress. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9870 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–31–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

Meeting No. 12–02 

April 26, 2012 

The TVA Board of Directors will hold 

a public meeting on April 26, 2012, in 

the Grand Ballroom at the General 

Morgan Inn, 111 North Main Street, 

Greeneville, Tennessee. The public may 

comment on any agenda item or subject 

at a public listening session which 

begins at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Following the 

end of the public listening session, the 

meeting will be called to order to 

consider the agenda items listed below. 

On-site registration will be available 

until 15 minutes before the public 

listening session begins at 8:30 a.m. 

(ET). Pre-registered speakers will 

address the Board first. TVA 

management will answer questions from 

the news media following the Board 

meeting. 

Status: Open. 

Agenda 

Chairman’s Welcome. 

Old Business 

Approval of minutes of February 16, 

2012, Board Meeting 

New Business 

1. Report from President and CEO 

2. Financial Update 

3. Report of the Finance, Rates, and 

Portfolio Committee 

A. Proposed contract with Holtec, 

Inc., for Dry Cask Storage of Spent 

Nuclear Fuel 

B. Proposed Optional Wholesale Rates 

C. Contract amendments with two 

directly served industrial customers 

D. Proposed contract with Energy 

Northwest for uranium and 

uranium enrichment services 

4. Joint Report of the Finance, Rates, 

and Portfolio Committee and the 

Nuclear Oversight Committee 

A. Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 

Cost and Schedule Estimate 

5. Report of the Nuclear Oversight 

Committee 

A. Nuclear Safety Policy 

6. Report of the People and Performance 

Committee 

7. Report of the Audit, Risk, and 

Regulation Committee 

8. Report of the External Relations 

Committee 

A. Renewal of the Regional Resource 

Stewardship Council Charter 

For more information: Please call 

TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000, 

Knoxville, Tennessee. People who plan 

to attend the meeting and have special 

needs should call (865) 632–6000. 

Anyone who wishes to comment on any 

of the agenda in writing may send their 

comments to: TVA Board of Directors, 

Board Agenda Comments, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Ralph E. Rodgers, 

General Counsel and Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9918 Filed 4–20–12; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), 

as Amended: Request for Public 

Comments Regarding Beneficiary 

Countries 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

203(f) of the ATPA, as amended, 19 

U.S.C. 3202(f)(2), the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) is requesting the views of 

interested parties on whether the 

remaining designated beneficiary 

country (as of May 15, 2012), Ecuador, 

is meeting the eligibility criteria under 

the ATPA. (See 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B)). 

This information will be used in the 

preparation of a report to the Congress 

on the operation of the program. 

DATES: Public comments are due at 

USTR by noon, May 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2012–0006. If you are unable to 

provide submissions through 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Bennett Harman, at (202) 395–9446 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bennett Harman, Deputy Assistant 

USTR for Latin America, at (202) 395– 

9446. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

ATPA, as amended by the Andean 

Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 

Act of 2002 (ATPDEA) in the Trade Act 

of 2002, 19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq., provides 

trade benefits for eligible Andean 

countries. The original Act allowed only 

Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru to 

be considered as beneficiary countries if 

they met eligibility requirements laid 

out in 19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B). 

In Proclamation 8323 of November 25, 

2008, the President determined that 

Bolivia no longer satisfies the eligibility 

criteria related to counternarcotics and 

suspended Bolivia’s status as a 

beneficiary country for purposes of the 

ATPA and ATPDEA. In a June 30, 2009 

report to Congress, the President did not 

determine that Bolivia satisfies the 

requirements set forth in section 203(c) 

of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3202(c)) for 

being designated as a beneficiary 

country. Therefore, as provided for in 

section 208(a)(3) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 

3206(a)(3)), no duty free treatment or 

other preferential treatment extended 

under the ATPA remained in effect with 

respect to Bolivia after June 30, 2009. 

Further, Section 201 of the Omnibus 

Trade Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–344), 

which re-authorized the ATPDEA, 

terminated any duty free treatment or 

other preferential treatment available 

under ATPDEA to Peru, effective 

December 31, 2010. 

On February 12, 2011, the trade 

benefits conferred under the ATPDEA 

lapsed but were re-instated retroactively 

on October 21, 2011 for eligible 

countries via section 501 of the United 

States-Colombia Trade Promotion 

Agreement Implementation Act (19 

U.S.C. 3805 Note). Since January 1, 

2011, only Ecuador and Colombia have 

been eligible beneficiary countries, 

pursuant to statute. Colombia will no 

longer be an eligible beneficial country 

under the ATPDEA as of May 15, 2012, 

when the U.S.–Colombia Trade 

Promotion Agreement enters into force 

(19 U.S.C. 3805 Note). 

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1Even though Dragon is a reentry vehicle and not 

a reusable launch vehicle, 14 CFR 435.35 

Section 203(f) of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 

3202(f)) requires the USTR, not later 

than June 30, 2012, to submit to 

Congress a report on the operation of the 

ATPA. Before submitting such report, 

USTR is required to request comments 

on whether beneficiary countries are 

meeting the criteria set forth in 19 

U.S.C. 3203(b)(6)(B) (which incorporates 

by reference the criteria set forth in 

sections 3202(c) and (d)). USTR refers 

interested parties to the Federal 

Register notice published on August 15, 

2002 (67 FR 53379), for a full list of the 

eligibility criteria. 

Public Comment Requirements for 

Submissions: Persons submitting 

written comments must do so in English 

and must identify (on the first page of 

the submission) ‘‘USTR Report on 

Operation of the Andean Trade 

Preference Act.’’ Persons may submit 

public comments electronically to 

www.regulations.gov docket number 

USTR–2012–0006. In order to be 

assured of consideration, comments 

should be submitted by noon, May 22, 

2012. 

To submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2012–0006 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

This Site’’ on the left side of the home 

page.) 

The www.regulations.gov site 

provides the option of providing 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

Comments’’ field, or by attaching a 

document using an ‘‘Upload File’’ field. 

It is expected that most comments will 

be provided in an attached document. If 

a document is attached, it is sufficient 

to type ‘‘see attached’’ in the ‘‘Type 

Comments’’ field. 

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 the submission must be 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

at the top and bottom of the cover page 

and each succeeding page. Any 

comment containing business 

confidential information must be 

submitted by fax to Bennett Harman at 

(202) 395–9675. A non-confidential 

summary of the confidential 

information must be submitted to 

www.regulations.gov. The nonconfidential summary will be placed in 

the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

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) Must provide a non-confidential 

summary of the information or advice. 

Any comment containing confidential 

information must be submitted by fax. A 

non-confidential summary of the 

confidential information must be 

submitted to www.regulations.gov. The 

non-confidential summary will be 

placed in the docket and open to public 

inspection. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

USTR strongly urges submitters to file 

comments through 

www.regulations.gov, if at all possible. 

Any alternative arrangements must be 

made with Bennett Harman in advance 

of transmitting a comment. Mr. Harman 

should be contacted at (202) 395–9446. 

General information concerning USTR 

is available at http://www.ustr.gov. 

Inspection of Submissions: 

Submissions in response to this notice, 

except for information granted 

‘‘business confidential’’ status, will be 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Such submissions 

may be viewed by entering the docket 

number USTR–2012–0006 in the search 

field at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Douglas Bell, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade 

Policy & Economics. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9838 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Waiver of Acceptable Risk Restriction 

for Launch and Reentry 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of waiver. 

SUMMARY: This notice concerns two 

petitions for waiver submitted to the 

FAA by Space Exploration Technologies 

Corp. (SpaceX): a petition to waive the 

restriction that the risk to the public 

from the launch of an expendable 

launch vehicle not exceed an expected 

average number of 0.00003 casualties (Ec

≤30 × 10¥6) from debris; and a petition 

to waive the restriction that the 

combined risk to the public from the 

launch and reentry of a reentry vehicle 

not exceed an expected average number 

of 0.00003 casualties (Ec ≤30 × 10¥6). 

The FAA grants both petitions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

waiver, contact Charles P. Brinkman, 

Licensing Program Lead, Commercial 

Space Transportation—Licensing and 

Evaluation Division, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–7715; email: 

Phil.Brinkman@faa.gov. For legal 

questions concerning this waiver, 

contact Laura Montgomery, Senior 

Attorney for Commercial Space 

Transportation, AGC–200, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, Regulations Division, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–3150; email: 

Laura.Montgomery@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 12, 2011, SpaceX 

submitted a petition, which it updated 

on February 9, 2012, to the Federal 

Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation (AST) requesting two 

waivers with respect to launch and 

reentry licenses for flight 003 of a 

Falcon 9 launch vehicle (Falcon 9 003) 

carrying a Dragon reentry vehicle. First, 

SpaceX requested a waiver of 14 CFR 

417.107(b)(1), which prohibits the 

launch of an expendable launch vehicle 

if the total expected average number of 

casualties (Ec) for the launch exceeds 

0.00003 for risk from debris. Second, 

SpaceX requested a waiver of 14 CFR 

431.35(b)(1)(i),1 which prohibits a 

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