63932 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 13, 2007 / Notices 

whether imports of tie down and 

tubular webbing indeed impacted 

production at the subject firm and 

consequently caused workers 

separations. Upon further review of the 

previous investigation the Department 

contacted the major declining customer 

of the subject firm, which initially 

reported negligible increases in imports 

of tie down and tubular webbing. This 

customer reported that the imports they 

are buying are not like or directly 

competitive with the tie down and 

tubular webbing previously purchased 

from the subject firm. The customer 

imports final products, which contain 

tie down and tubular webbing as 

components. 

In order to establish import impact, 

the Department must consider imports 

that are like or directly competitive with 

those produced at the subject firm. The 

Department conducted a survey of the 

subject firm’s major declining customers 

regarding their purchases of tie down 

and tubular webbing during 2005, 2006 

and January through June 2007 over the 

corresponding 2006 period. The survey 

revealed that the declining customers 

did not import tie down and tubular 

webbing during the relevant period. 

Conclusion 

After review of the application and 

investigative findings, I conclude that 

there has been no error or 

misinterpretation of the law or of the 

facts which would justify 

reconsideration of the Department of 

Labor’s prior decision. Accordingly, the 

application is denied. 

Signed in Washington, DC this 31st day of 

October 2007. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–22059 Filed 11–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–62,161] 

Tifton Aluminum Company, a 

Subsidiary of ALCOA, Inc., Tifton, GA; 

Notice of Termination of Investigation 

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on 

September 19, 2007 in response to a 

petition filed by a company official on 

behalf of workers of Tifton Aluminum 

Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa, Inc., 

Tifton, Georgia. 

The petitioner has requested that the 

petition be withdrawn. Consequently, 

the investigation has been terminated. 

Further investigation in this case would 

serve no purpose. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

November, 2007. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–22061 Filed 11–9–07; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

November 15, 2007. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Request from Shell New Orleans 

Federal Credit Union to Convert to a 

Community Charter. 

2. NCUA’s 2008 Annual Performance 

Budget. 

3. NCUA’s 2008/2009 Operating 

Budget. 

4. NUCA’s Overhead Transfer Rate. 

5. NCUA’s Operating Fee Scale. 

6. Final Rule: Section 701.23 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, Eligible 

Obligations. 

RECESS: 11 a.m. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

November 15, 2007. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. One (1) Administrative Action 

under Sections 205, 207, and 208 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act. Closed 

pursuant to Exemptions (8), (9)(A)(ii), 

and (9)(B). 

2. One (1) Administrative Action 

under Sections 206 and 208 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act. Closed 

pursuant to Exemptions (8), (9)(A)(ii), 

and (9)(B). 

3. One (1) Personnel Matter. Closed 

pursuant to Exemptions (2). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Mary Rupp, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–5650 Filed 11–8–07; 3:11 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–M 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13. 

This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 72 FR 11912, and no 

comments were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. The full submission 

may be found at: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Comments regarding (a) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; or (d) ways 

to minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology should be 

addressed to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

Foundation, 725–17th Street, NW., 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

and to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling 703–292–7556. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton at (703) 292–7556 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 


rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 13, 2007 / Notices 63933 

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless the 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number 

and the agency informs potential 

persons who are to respond to the 

collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the 

National Science Foundation-National 

Institutes for Health Bioengineering and 

Bioinformatics Summer Institutes 

(BBSI) Program. 

OMB Number: 3145–NEW. 

Abstract: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) and the National 

Institute of Bioinformatics and 

Bioengineering (NIBIB), a new 

component of the National Institutes of 

Health, established a jointly funded 

program run by NSF called the 

Bioengineering and Bioinformatics 

Summer Institutes (BBSI) Program to 

begin creating a supply of professionals 

trained in bioengineering and 

bioinformatics. This workforce initiative 

complements research and education 

efforts in these fields funded by both 

agencies and constitutes a high profile 

effort to meet the anticipated human 

resource needs for bioengineering and 

bioinformatics. 

The program is designed to provide 

students majoring in the biological 

sciences, computer sciences, 

engineering, mathematics, and physical 

sciences with well-planned 

interdisciplinary experiences in 

bioengineering or bioinformatics 

research and education, in very active 

‘Summer Institutes’; thereby increasing 

the number of young people considering 

careers in bioengineering and 

bioinformatics at the graduate level and 

beyond. 

NIBIB and NSF’s Division of 

Engineering Education and Centers 

(EEC) wish to learn whether the BBSI 

Program as originally conceived is 

achieving its objectives and programlevel outcomes, and to collect lessons 

learned for improvement of program 

design and implementation. This shortterm evaluation is expected to provide 

information on what educational and 

career decisions have been affected by 

participation in a Summer Institute, 

what elements of the students’ BBSI 

affect student outcomes, and how the 

program can be improved, e.g., through 

changes in specific program-wide 

design components, expected outcomes, 

proposal review criteria, etc. The survey 

data collection will be done on the 

World Wide Web. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 30 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 765. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 387 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Dated: November 7, 2007. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 07–5629 Filed 11–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–271; License No. DPR–28] 

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC 

and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; 

Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 

CFR 2.206 

Notice is hereby given that by petition 

dated August 27, 2007, the New 

England Coalition (NEC or the 

petitioner) has requested that the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC 

or the Commission) take action with 

regard to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Station (Vermont Yankee). The 

NEC petition requested that NRC 

promptly restore reasonable assurance 

of adequate protection of public health 

and safety that is now degraded by the 

failure of the licensee and its employees 

to report adverse conditions leading to 

a reduction in plant safety margins at 

the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 

Station (Vermont Yankee), or otherwise 

to order a derate or shutdown of 

Vermont Yankee until it can be 

determined to what extent Vermont 

Yankee is being operated in an 

unanalyzed condition. Specifically, the 

petition requested the following actions: 

(1) NRC completion of a Diagnostic 

Evaluation Team examination or 

Independent Safety Assessment of 

Vermont Yankee to determine the extent 

of condition of non-conformances, 

reportable items, hazards to safety, and 

the root causes thereof; (2) NRC 

completion of a safety culture 

assessment to determine why worker 

safety concerns were not previously 

reported and why assessments of safety 

culture under the Reactor Oversight 

Process failed to capture the fact or 

reasons that safety concerns have gone 

unreported; (3) derate Vermont Yankee 

to 50% of licensed thermal power with 

a mandatory hold at 50% until a 

thorough and detailed structural and 

performance analysis of the cooling 

towers, including the alternate cooling 

system, has been completed by the 

licensee; reviewed and approved by 

NRC; and until the above steps (1) and 

(2) have been completed; and (4) NRC 

investigation and determination of 

whether or not similar non-conforming 

conditions and causes exist at other 

Entergy-run nuclear power plants. 

As a basis for the request, the petition 

cited problems related to the inadequate 

performance of Vermont Yankee 

Inservice Inspection, Maintenance, 

Engineering, and Quality Assurance 

leading to a cooling tower cell collapse 

coupled with the employees’ assertion 

of degrading plant conditions inimical 

to public health. 

The request is being treated pursuant 

to Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) section 2.206 of 

the Commission’s regulations. The 

request has been referred to the Director 

of the Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. As provided by 10 CFR 

2.206, appropriate action will be taken 

on this petition within a reasonable 

time. Mr. Raymond Shadis, in his 

capacity as the petitioner’s Staff 

Technical Advisor, participated in two 

telephone conference calls with the 

NRC’s Petition Review Board (PRB) on 

September 12, 2007, and October 3, 

2007, to discuss the petition and 

provide any additional explanation in 

light of the PRB’s initial 

recommendation. The results of those 

discussions were considered in the 

PRB’s determination regarding the 

petitioner’s request for action and in 

establishing the schedule for the review 

of the petition. The PRB confirmed its 

initial recommendation to reject action 

items (1), (2), and (4), which are the 

diagnostic evaluation team examination, 

safety culture assessment, and the NRC 

investigation at other Entergy facilities. 

These action items were rejected for 

review under the 2.206 process because 

these actions are not enforcementrelated. However, the PRB has 

determined that the petition meets the 

criteria for review in Management 

Directive 8.11 with respect to a portion 

of action item (3). Specifically, the PRB 

found that the facts presented in the 

petition related to the cooling tower cell 

collapse in action (3) were credible and 

sufficient to warrant further inquiry. 

A copy of the petition and 

supplement and the transcripts of the 

telephone conference calls are available 

for inspection at the Commission’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), located 

at One White Flint North, Public File 

Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 

floor), Rockville, Maryland and from the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 


rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES