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reviewed the EIS and has concluded

that the EIS adequately assesses the

environmental impacts associated with

the blending down of HEU and use of

the resulting LEU-derived commercial

reactor fuel. The impacts of the

technical areas and issues TVA

evaluated were bounded by the

assessment in DOE’s EIS and did not

constitute substantial changes to

relevant environmental concerns.

Accordingly, TVA has adopted the DOE

FEIS, ‘‘Disposition of Surplus Highly

Enriched Uranium Final Environmental

Impact Statement,’’ and has determined

that no supplement or additional

environmental review is required to

support TVA’s proposed action. The

Notice of Adoption also constitutes the

Notice of Availability of the same EIS at

locations previously identified under

the section titled, ‘‘Addresses.’’

Dated: February 7, 2001.

Kathryn J. Jackson,

Executive Vice President, River System

Operations and Environment, Tennessee

Valley Authority.

[FR Doc. 01–3693 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–U

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Trade Policy Staff Committee; Review

of Guatemala’s Beneficiary Status

Under the Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Request for comments in

connection with review of Guatemala’s

beneficiary status under the Caribbean

Basin Trade Partnership Act.

SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff

Committee (TPSC) is conducting a

review of Guatemala’s status as a

beneficiary country under the Caribbean

Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).

This review will focus on Guatemala’s

performance with respect to worker

rights, based on the eligibility criteria

established in the CBTPA and objectives

identified to the Government of

Guatemala in October 2000. The TPSC

is requesting written comments from the

public to assist in developing

information regarding Guatemala’s

current performance in the area of

worker rights.

DATES: Public comments should be

received by noon, March 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be

submitted to: Gloria Blue, Executive

Secretary, TPSC, Office of the USTR,

600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20508 Attention: Guatemala CBTPA

Review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

procedural questions concerning public

comments, contact Gloria Blue,

Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of the

USTR, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20508 (202) 395–3475.

All other questions regarding the review

should be addressed to Christopher

Wilson, Director for Central America

and the Caribbean, Office of the Western

Hemisphere of the USTR (202) 395–

5190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On October 2, 2000, the President

designated Guatemala as a CBTPA

beneficiary country. This designation

followed a review by the TPSC of

Guatemala’s adherence to the eligibility

criteria established in the CBTPA,

including (1) an evaluation of the extent

to which Guatemala provides

internationally recognized worker

rights, including the right of association,

the right to organize and bargain

collectively, a prohibition on the use of

any form of forced or compulsory labor,

a minimum age for the employment of

children, and acceptable conditions of

work with respect to minimum wages,

hours of work, and occupational safety

and health, and (2) whether Guatemala

has implemented its commitments to

eliminate the worst forms of child labor.

The review of Guatemala’s eligibility

for the CBTPA preferences involved

extensive consideration of the worker

rights situation in that country. The

United States raised specific concerns

with respect to anti-union violence,

labor law reform, the rights of

association and collective bargaining,

and other issues. Guatemalan officials

were taking some steps to address these

concerns. For example, the United

States welcomed the Ministry of Labor’s

efforts to that date to facilitate a

resolution to the situation arising from

a 1999 incident involving violence

against banana workers. The

Guatemalan executive branch had also

presented legislation to bring the

country’s labor laws into conformity

with ILO recommendations.

On the basis of these actions and

assurances, the TPSC in October

recommended that the President

designate Guatemala as a CBTPA

beneficiary country. However, the

United States indicated its concern that

the overall worker rights environment in

Guatemala represented a threat to those

seeking to advance basic,

internationally-recognized rights for

workers. Instances of anti-union

violence were cited. The widespread

impunity for those who provoked and

carried out such violence was a

particularly serious concern.

Consequently, at the time Guatemala’s

CBTPA designation was announced, the

U.S. Trade Representative also

announced that Guatemala’s CBTPA

beneficiary country status would be

reviewed in April 2001, with a focus on

further improvements in the area of

worker rights. This review will cover

the following factors: (a) Actions taken

by the Guatemalan executive branch,

within its authority, to ensure the

physical safety and human and civil

rights of union leaders and the effective

criminal prosecution of persons charged

with provoking anti-union violence,

including killings of union leaders; (b)

steps taken by the Government of

Guatemala to provide for the reemployment of the 900 banana workers

that were fired in 1999 and settlement

of related labor law violations; (c)

progress towards enacting a new Labor

Code; and (d) performance in labor law

enforcement and judicial administration

related to the protection of labor rights.

As a further indication of the

seriousness with which the United

States views these issues, the U.S. Trade

Representative initiated a review of

Guatemala’s eligibility as a beneficiary

developing country under the

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP), also to be concluded in April

2001, and focusing on the government’s

response to anti-union violence and

other aspects of internationally

recognized worker rights. USTR

requested public comments in

connection with this review through a

Federal Register notice dated January

10, 2001.

Written Comments

Persons submitting written comments

should provide twenty (20) copies by

the date and to the address specified

above. If possible, comments should be

submitted before this date. Where

possible, please supplement written

comments with a computer disk of the

submission. The disk should have a

label identifying the software used and

the submitter.

Comments should provide

information on the current situation for

worker rights in Guatemala, focusing in

particular on the factors in the review

summarized above. Due to the

overlapping nature of the CBTPA review

process and the GSP review process,

individuals and organizations which

have submitted comments in connection

with the GSP review are informed that

those comments will also be considered

in connection with the CBTPA review

and do not need to be resubmitted.

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Written comments submitted in

connection with this request, except for

information granted ‘‘business

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR

2003.6, will be available for public

inspection in the USTR Reading Room

(Room 101) at the address noted above.

An appointment to review the file may

be made by calling Brenda Webb at

(202) 395–6186. The Reading Room is

open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 12

noon, and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Business confidential information,

including any information submitted on

disks, will be subject to the

requirements of 15 CFR 2003.6. If a

submission contains business

confidential information, twenty copies

of a public version that does not contain

confidential information must be

submitted. A justification as to why the

information contained in the

submission should be treated

confidentially must be included in the

submission. In addition, any

submissions containing business

confidential information must be clearly

marked ‘‘Confidential’’ at the top and

bottom of the cover page (or letter) and

each page where such information

appears. The version that does not

contain confidential information should

also be clearly marked, at the top and

bottom of each page, ‘‘public version’’ or

‘‘non-confidential.’’

Carmen Suro-Bredie,

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–3758 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–2001–10]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Petitions Received; Dispositions of

Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for

exemption received and of dispositions

of prior petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this

notice contains a summary of certain

petitions seeking relief from specified

requirements of 14 CFR, dispositions of

certain petitions previously received,

and corrections. The purpose of this

notice is to improve the public’s

awareness of, and participation in, this

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities.

Neither publication of this notice nor

the inclusion or omission of information

in the summary is intended to affect the

legal status of any petition or its final

disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before March 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. llll, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20591.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone

(202) 267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forest Rawls (202) 267–8033, or

Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267–8029 Office

of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

§§ 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on February 9,

2001.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 29897.

Petitioner: Teijin Seiko Co., Ltd.

Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14

CFR 145.47(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit TS to use the

calibration standards of the National

Research Laboratory of Metrology

(NRLM) and the Electrotechnical

Laboratory (ETL), Japan’s national

standards organizations, in lieu of the

calibration standards of the U.S.

National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST), formerly the

National Bureau of Standards, to test its

inspection and test equipment.

Grant, 01/31/2001, Exemption No. 7430

Docket No.: 25636.

Petitioner: IAE International Aero

Engines AG.

Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14

CFR 21.325(b)(1) and (3).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit export

airworthiness approvals to be issued for

Class I products (engines) assembled

and tested in the United Kingdom, and

for Class II and III products

manufactured in the IAE consortium

countries of Germany, Japan, and the

United Kingdom.

Grant, 01/31/2001, Exemption No.

4991F

Docket No.: 29889.

Petitioner: Sumitomo Precision

Products Co., Ltd.

Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14

CFR 145.47(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit SPP to use the

calibration standards of the National

Research Laboratory of Metrology

(NRLM) and the Electrotechnical

Laboratory (ETL), Japan’s national

standards organizations, in lie of the

calibration standards of the U.S.

National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST), formerly the

National Bureau of Standards, to test its

inspection and test equipment.

Grant, 01/31/2001, Exemption No. 7431

Docket No.: 28711.

Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14

CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit a qualified and

authorized check airmen, in lieu of an

FAA inspector, to observe a qualifying

pilot in command who is completing

initial or upgrade training specified in

121.424 during at least one flight leg

that includes one takeoff and one

landing.

Grant, 01/31/2001, Exemption No.

6562B

[FR Doc. 01–3742 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the FAA’s Aging

Transport Systems Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held March

13, 2001, beginning at 8 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the

Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson Blvd.,

Roslyn, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerri Robinson, Office of Rulemaking,