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MD. Publicly available records will be 

accessible from the Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at the 

NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who 

do not have access to ADAMS or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS should 

contact the NRC PDR reference staff by 

telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of March 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Eric J. Leeds, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E9–5614 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Determinations Under the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

August 4, 2006, concerning a 

determination under the African Growth 

and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in respect 

of Burkina Faso. The document did not 

expressly include a modification to list 

Burkina Faso in note 2(d) to Subchapter 

XIX of chapter 98 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Baltzan, Office of the General 

Counsel, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, (202) 395–3582. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register Notice of 

August 4, 2006, the USTR determined 

that Burkina Faso had met certain 

customs requirements under the AGOA. 

President Bush had by Proclamation 

7853 previously designated Burkina 

Faso as a lesser developed beneficiary 

country for purposes of what was then 

Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA. U.S. 

Note 2(d) to Subchapter XIX of chapter 

98 of the HTSUS provides that countries 

qualifying for designation as a lesser 

developed beneficiary country shall be 

enumerated therein. The Federal 

Register notice reflecting the USTR’s 

determination in respect of Burkina 

Faso did not expressly modify that Note 

to include Burkina Faso. Accordingly, 

Note 2(d) to subchapter XIX of chapter 

98 of the HTSUS is modified by 

inserting ‘‘Burkina Faso’’ in alphabetical 

sequence in the list of countries. 

Peter F. Allgeier, 

Acting United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. E9–5595 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W9–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Generalized System of Preferences 

(GSP): Notice Regarding the Review of 

Country Practice Petitions for the 2008 

Annual Review 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

accepted petitions in the context of 

earlier GSP Annual Reviews, which are 

continuing to be evaluated in the 2008 

GSP Annual Review, to modify the GSP 

status of certain GSP beneficiary 

developing countries because of country 

practices. This notice sets forth the 

schedule for comment and public 

hearings on these petitions, for 

requesting participation in the hearings, 

and for submitting pre-hearing and posthearing briefs and comments. This 

notice also announces the continued 

evaluation for acceptance of certain 

country practice petitions submitted in 

the 2008 Annual Review. The list of 

country practice petitions currently 

under review as well as those petitions 

submitted in the 2008 GSP Annual 

Review, is available at: http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Development/ 

Preference_Programs/GSP/ 

GSP_2008_Annual_Review/ 

Section_Index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tameka Cooper, GSP Program, Office of 

the United States Trade Representative, 

1724 F Street, NW., Room F–214, 

Washington, DC 20508. The telephone 

number is (202) 395–6971, the fax 

number is (202) 395–2961, and the email address is 

Tameka_Cooper@ustr.eop.gov. 

DATES: The GSP regulations (15 CFR 

Part 2007) provide the schedule of dates 

for conducting an annual review unless 

otherwise specified in a Federal 

Register notice. The current schedule 

for accepted country practice petitions 

follows. 

April 2, 2009: Pre-hearing briefs and 

comments, requests to appear at the GSP 

Subcommittee Public Hearing, and 

hearing statements must be submitted 

by 5 p.m. EDT. 

April 24, 2009: GSP Subcommittee 

Public Hearing on all country practice 

petitions accepted for the 2008 GSP 

Annual Review in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 

F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508 

beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. 

May 8, 2009: Post-hearing briefs and 

comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. 

EDT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP 

program provides for the duty-free 

importation of eligible articles when 

imported from designated beneficiary 

developing countries. The GSP program 

is authorized by Title V of the Trade Act 

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461, et seq.), as 

amended (the 1974 Act), and is 

implemented in accordance with 

Executive Order 11888 of November 24, 

1975, as modified by subsequent 

Executive Orders and Presidential 

Proclamations. 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.0(b), the GSP 

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff 

Committee (TPSC) has recommended 

the acceptance and continuation of the 

review of, and the TPSC has accepted 

and continued the review of, several 

country practice petitions: Petitions 

regarding worker rights in Bangladesh, 

Niger, the Republic of the Philippines, 

and Uzbekistan; and petitions regarding 

protection of intellectual property in 

Lebanon, Russia, and Uzbekistan. For 

additional information, see the ‘‘List of 

2008 Annual Review Country Practice 

Petitions under Further Review’’ posted 

on the USTR Web site and available at: 

http://www.regulations.gov/, docket 

number USTR–2009–0009. Acceptance 

of a petition for review does not indicate 

any opinion with respect to the 

disposition on the merits of the petition. 

Acceptance indicates only that the 

petition has been found eligible for 

review by the TPSC and that such 

review will take place. 

A Federal Register notice dated 

January 21, 2009, 74 FR 3657, indicated 

that the decision whether to accept the 

country practice petitions with respect 

to worker rights in Iraq and Sri Lanka 

that were submitted for inclusion in the 

2008 Annual Review, and a country 

practice petition submitted regarding 

the Republic of the Philippines, which 

has since been withdrawn, was 

expected to be announced no later than 

March 15, 2009. The decision whether 

to accept the country practice petitions 

for Iraq and Sri Lanka in the GSP 2008 

Annual Review has been further 

deferred. Once a decision is made, it 

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will be published in a future Federal 

Register notice. 

Notice of Public Hearing 

The GSP Subcommittee of the TPSC 

will hold a hearing on April 24, 2009, 

for country practice petitions accepted 

for the 2008 GSP Annual Review, 

beginning at 9 a.m. at the Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative, Rooms 1 and 

2, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20508. The hearing will be open to the 

public, and a transcript of the hearing 

will be available for public inspection or 

for purchase from the reporting 

company. No electronic media coverage 

will be allowed. 

Submission of Requests To Testify at 

the Public Hearing and Hearing 

Statements 

All interested parties wishing to 

testify at the hearing must submit, by 5 

p.m. EDT, April 2, 2009, a (1) ‘‘Notice 

of Intent to Testify,’’ that includes the 

witness’ or witnesses’ name, address, 

telephone number, fax number, e-mail 

address, pertinent Case Number and 

country name; and (2) ‘‘Hearing 

Statement’’ to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0009 (following the 

procedures indicated in ‘‘Requirements 

for Submissions’’). Oral testimony 

before the GSP Subcommittee will be 

limited to one, ten-minute presentation 

in English. If those testifying intend to 

submit a longer ‘‘Hearing Statement’’ for 

the record, it must accompany the 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify’’ to be 

submitted by 5 p.m. EDT on April 2, 

2009. 

Opportunities for Public Comment and 

Inspection of Comments 

In addition to holding a public 

hearing, the GSP Subcommittee of the 

TPSC invites briefs and comments in 

support of or in opposition to any 

country practice petition that has been 

accepted for the 2008 GSP Annual 

Review. Parties not wishing to appear at 

the public hearing but wishing to 

submit pre-hearing briefs or statements 

must do so by 5 p.m. EDT., April 2, 

2009 to http://www.regulations.gov, 

docket number USTR–2009–0009. Posthearing briefs or statements will be 

accepted if they conform with the 

‘‘Requirements for Submissions’’ cited 

below and are submitted by 5 p.m EDT., 

May 8, 2009. All submissions should 

comply with 15 CFR Part 2007, except 

as modified below. 

Requirements for Submissions 

Submissions of pre-hearing and posthearing briefs and comments, as well as 

‘‘Notices of Intent to Testify’’ and 

‘‘Hearing Statements’’ provided in 

response to this notice, with the 

exception of business confidential 

submissions, must be submitted 

electronically using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2009–0009. Hand-delivered 

submissions will not be accepted. 

Submissions must be submitted in 

English by the applicable deadlines set 

forth in this notice. 

For additional information on using 

the http://www.regulations.gov Web site 

or for any technical assistance relating 

to a submission, 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. Each 

submitter will receive a submission 

tracking number upon completion of the 

submissions procedure at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The tracking 

number will be the submitter’s 

confirmation that the submission was 

received into http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The confirmation 

should be kept for the submitter’s 

records. USTR is not responsible for any 

delays in a submission due to technical 

difficulties, nor is it able to provide any 

technical assistance for the Web site. 

To make a submission using http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–200–0009 on the home 

page and click ‘‘go.’’ 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 ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission.’’ The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site offers the 

option of providing comments by filling 

in a ‘‘General Comments’’ field or by 

attaching a document. Given the 

detailed nature of the information 

sought by the GSP Subcommittee, it is 

expected that most comments and 

submissions will be provided in an 

attached document. If a document is 

attached, (1) type the seven-digit case 

number, as appropriate; (2) indicate 

whether the attachment is ‘‘Written 

Comments,’’ ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Testify,’’ ‘‘Pre-hearing brief,’’ or ‘‘Posthearing brief,’’ and (3) type in ‘‘See 

attached’’ in the ‘‘General Comments’’ 

field. The total submission must not 

exceed 30 single-spaced standard lettersize pages in 12-point type, including 

attachments. Any data attachments to 

the submission should be included in 

the same file as the submission itself, 

and not as separate files. 

Submissions must include, on the 

first page (if an attachment) or at the 

beginning of the submission, the 

following text (in bold and underlined): 

(1) 2008 GSP Annual Review; (2) the 

Case Number; (3) the country name; and 

(4) as appropriate, ‘‘Written Comments,’’ 

‘‘Notice of Intent to Testify,’’ ‘‘Hearing 

Statement,’’ ‘‘Pre-hearing brief,’’ or 

‘‘Post-hearing brief.’’ The case number 

and country name are found on the 

‘‘List of 2008 Annual Review Country 

Practice Petitions under Further 

Review’’ on the USTR Web site and at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Submissions will be placed in the 

docket and open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2007.6. Submissions 

may be viewed on the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site by 

entering the docket number USTR– 

2009–0009 in the search field at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Business Confidential Submissions 

Persons wishing to submit business 

confidential information must submit 

that information by electronic mail to 

FR0807@ustr.eop.gov. Business 

confidential submissions will not be 

accepted at http://www.regulations.gov; 

however, public or non-confidential 

submissions that accompany business 

confidential submissions should be 

submitted at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. For any document 

containing business confidential 

information submitted as a file attached 

to an e-mail transmission, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC.’’ 

The ‘‘BC’’ should be followed by the 

name of the party (government, 

company, union, association, etc.) that 

is making the submission. 

Persons wishing to submit a business 

confidential submission must also 

follow each of these steps: (1) Provide 

a written explanation of why the 

information should be protected in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2007.7(b), 

which must be submitted along with the 

business confidential version of the 

submission; (2) clearly mark the 

business confidential submission 

‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ at the top 

and bottom of each page of the 

submission; (3) indicate using brackets 

what information in the document is 

confidential; and (4) submit a nonconfidential version of the submission, 

marked ‘‘Public’’ at the top and bottom 

of each page, that also indicates, using 

asterisks, where business confidential 

information was redacted or deleted 

from the applicable sentences to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Business 

confidential submissions that are 

submitted without the required 

markings or are not accompanied by a 

properly marked non-confidential 

version, as set forth above, might not be 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

5These pilot programs previously were extended 

for one year until March 14, 2009. See Rel. No. 

57519 (March 18, 2008), 73 FR 15805 (March 25, 

2008) (immediate effectiveness of SR–CBOE–2008– 

29). 

accepted or may be considered public 

documents. The non-confidential 

summary will be placed in the docket 

and open to public inspection. 

Public versions of all documents 

relating to this review will be made 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov upon completion 

of processing and no later than 

approximately two weeks after the 

relevant due date. 

Marideth Sandler, 

Executive Director, Generalized System of 

Preferences (GSP) Program, Office of the U.S. 

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. E9–5541 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W9–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This gives notice of OPM 

decisions granting authority to make 

appointments under Schedules A, B, 

and C in the excepted service as 

required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Glenda Haendschke, Acting Group 

Manager, Executive Resources Services 

Group, Center for Human Resources, 

Division for Human Capital Leadership 

and Merit System Accountability, 202– 

606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appearing 

in the listing below are the individual 

authorities established under Schedules 

A, B, and C between December 1, 2008, 

and December 31, 2008. Future notices 

will be published on the fourth Tuesday 

of each month, or as soon as possible 

thereafter. A consolidated listing of all 

authorities as of September 30 is 

published each year. 

Schedule A 

No Schedule A appointments were 

approved for December 2008. 

Schedule B 

No Schedule B appointments were 

approved for December 2008. 

Schedule C 

The following Schedule C 

appointments were approved during 

December 2008. 

Executive Office of the President 

Department of State 

DSGS69758 Foreign Affairs Officer to 

the Ambassador-At-Large (War 

Crimes). Effective December 10, 

2008. 

Department of the Interior 

DIGS01132 Special Assistant— 

Scheduling and Advance to the 

Director of Scheduling and 

Advance. Effective December 02, 

2008. 

United States International Trade 

Commission 

TCGS60100 Staff Assistant (Legal) to a 

Commissioner. Effective December 

09, 2008. 

Department of Transportation 

DTGS60462 Associate Director for 

Public Affairs to the Deputy 

Director for Public Affairs. Effective 

December 10, 2008. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Kathie Ann Whipple, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–5585 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–59539; File No. SR–CBOE– 

2009–015] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change Relating to Two Pilot 

Programs 

March 9, 2009. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on February 

27, 2009, the Chicago Board Options 

Exchange, Incorporated (the ‘‘Exchange’’ 

or ‘‘CBOE’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the Exchange. The Exchange filed the 

proposed rule change pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 3 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4 which renders 

it effective upon filing with the 

Commission. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

CBOE rules relating to two pilot 

programs. The text of the proposed rule 

change is available on the Exchange’s 

Web site (http://www.cboe.org/Legal), at 

the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, 

and at the Commission. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of 

and basis for the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of this rule change is to 

delete reference to two existing pilot 

programs in CBOE’s rules that CBOE no 

longer utilizes and which are scheduled 

to expire on March 14, 2009. 

One pilot program allows a MarketMaker, Off-Floor DPM, Off-Floor LMM 

or an e-DPM to have an affiliated 

Market-Maker physically present in the 

trading crowds where it operates as a 

Market-Maker, Off-Floor DPM, Off-Floor 

LMM, or e-DPM, respectively. The 

second pilot program allows a CBOE 

member or member firm to have 

multiple aggregation units operating as 

separate Market-Makers within the same 

class, provided they satisfy certain 

criteria set forth in Rule 8.3(c)(vi).5

CBOE notes that these pilot programs 

were initially adopted, in part, due to 

CBOE’s usage of an algorithm that 

allocates electronic trades, in whole or 

in part, in an equal percentage based on 

the number of market participants 

quoting at the best bid or offer— 

specifically CBOE’s ultimate matching 

algorithm ‘‘UMA.’’ In January 2008,