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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sunshine Act Meeting
Tennessee
Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1557).
TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (e.s.t.), January 18,
2005, The Pollard Technology
Conference Center, 210 Badger Avenue,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
STATUS: Open.
AGENDA: Approval of minutes of meeting
held on November 30, 2004.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
New Business
C—Energy
C1. Contract with Porter-Walker, LLC,
for industrial supplies, nonpower hand
tools, and safety supplies at any TVA
location.
C2. Contract with Framatome ANP for
reactor pressure vessel head inspections
and repairs at the Watts Bar and
Sequoyah Nuclear Plants.
C3. Contract with Frham Safety
Products, Inc., for health physics
supplies and equipment for any TVA
nuclear site.
C4. Supplement to contract with
Framatome ANP, Inc., for refuel floor
support services and reactor component
inspections for Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant Units 2 and 3.
C5. Supplement to Contract No. 2767
with Babcock and Wilcox for pulverizer
parts and technical services.
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C6. Contracts with Mega Power, Inc.,
and Listerhill Total Maintenance Center
for various plant equipment repair and
machining services for any TVA
location.
C7. Contract with Alstom Power, Inc.,
for supply of labor, materials, parts and
services for maintenance and repair of
Alstom (formerly Combustion
Engineering) boilers in service at
various TVA fossil plants.
E—Real Property Transactions
E1. Extension of a term recreation
easement for 1 year to Boys Scouts of
America, National Council, affecting
approximately 354 acres of land on
Kentucky Reservoir in Marshall County,
Kentucky, Tract No. XGIR–906RE, S.1X.
E2. Sale of a permanent easement to
Mike Proulx for the expansion of an
existing sewer line easement, affecting
approximately .02 acre of TVA land on
Fulton Springs Substation in Jefferson
County, Alabama, Tract No. XFLSS–2S.
E3. Sale of a noncommercial,
nonexclusive permanent easement to
Bill Kittrell for construction and
maintenance of recreational water-use
facilities, affecting approximately .61
acre of TVA land on Tellico Reservoir
in Loudon County, Tennessee, Tract No.
XTELR–248RE.
E4. Sale of a noncommercial,
nonexclusive permanent easement to
Kenneth and Constance Goff for
construction and maintenance of
recreational water-use facilities,
affecting approximately .2 acre of land
on Tellico Reservoir in Loudon County,
Tennessee, Tract No. XTELR–247RE.
E5. Grant of a permanent easement to
the town of Bryson City, North Carolina,
for expansion of a waste water treatment
plant, affecting approximately .87 acre
of TVA land on Fontana Reservoir in
Swain County, North Carolina, Tract
No. XTFR–14SP.
F—Other
F1. Approval to file a condemnation
case to acquire right to enter for a TVA
power transmission line project
affecting the Aspen Grove-Westhaven
Transmission Line in Williamson
County, Tennessee.
Information Items
1. Approval of temporary measures
relating to the transition to a new
portfolio of industrial power products.
2. Approval of a grant of a permanent
easement to the North Jackson Water
Authority for the construction of a raw
water intake structure and line, affecting
approximately 6.72 acres of TVA land
on Guntersville Reservoir in Jackson
County, Alabama, Tract No. XTGR–
174PS.
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3. Approval of a grant of a permanent
easement to the Benton/Decatur
Counties Special Sewer District for the
construction of a sewer line and outfall,
affecting approximately 3.6 acres of
TVA land on Kentucky Reservoir in
Benton County, Tennessee, Tract No.
XTGIR–151S.
4. Approval of a delegation of
authority to the Executive Vice
President, Fossil Power Group, to
execute a 20-year contract with
Synthetic Materials, Inc., for the
dewatering and marketing of scrubber
gypsum and approval of related
easements.
5. Approval of supplements to the
Electric Power Research Institute
Membership Contract and Supplemental
Funded Projects Agreement.
6. Approval of a public auction sale
of the Natural Resources and Forestry
Buildings, affecting approximately 5.8
acres of TVA land located in Norris,
Tennessee, Tract Nos. XNT–18 and
XNOFB–1.
7. Approval of a delegation of
authority to the Chief Financial Officer,
the Treasurer, or designees, to enter into
agreements with financial institutions
for the sale of promissory notes that
distributors have issued to TVA under
TVA’s Distributor Financing Program.
8. Amendments to the Provisions of
the TVA Savings and Deferral
Retirement Plan (401(k) Plan) to provide
for certain enhancements to the Plan.
9. Approval of an amendment to the
Trust Agreement between the Board of
Directors of the TVA Retirement System
and Fidelity Management Trust
Company.
10. Amendment to the Rules and
Regulations of the TVA Retirement
System to limit a member’s
contributions to the System’s fixed and
variable annuity funds to $10,000 per
year and shorten from 12 months to 6
months the suspension period for
contributions to the System’s annuity
funds after taking a hardship
withdrawal from the System’s 401(k)
Plan.
For more information: Please call
TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000,
Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is
also available at TVA’s Washington
Office (202) 898–2999. 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.
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Dated: January 11, 2005.
Maureen H. Dunn,
General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–892 Filed 1–12–05; 9:54 am]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Policy Staff Committee: Public
Comments Regarding the
Environmental Review of the WTO
DOHA Development Agenda (DDA)
Negotiations
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) is requesting written
public comments on the scope of the
environmental review of the multilateral
negotiations of the Doha Development
Agenda (DDA) conducted under the
auspices of the World Trade
Organization (WTO). The TPSC is
seeking to supplement and further
inform its consideration of reasonably
foreseeable significant environmental
effects that might flow from economic
changes attributable to the negotiations,
in the light of progress to date in the
negotiations, notably, the Decision
Adopted by the WTO General Council
on 1 August 2004 on the Doha Work
Program.
DATES: Public comments should be
received no later than March 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic
mail: FR0515@USTR.EOP.GOV.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, at (202) 395–6143. The
public is strongly encouraged to submit
documents electronically rather than by
facsimile. (See requirements for
submissions below.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General inquiries concerning the
environmental review should be made
to the USTR Office of Environment and
Natural Resources at (202) 395–7320.
Procedural inquiries concerning the
public comment process should be
directed to Gloria Blue, Executive
Secretary, Trade Policy Staff Committee,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR), (202) 395–3475.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Environmental Review: Executive
Order 13141—Environmental Review of
Trade Agreements (November 1999)—
and the implementing guidelines
(December 2000) formalize the U.S.
policy of conducting environmental
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reviews for certain major trade
agreements. Reviews are used to
identify potentially significant,
reasonably foreseeable environmental
impacts (both positive and negative),
and information from the review can
help facilitate consideration of
appropriate responses where impacts
are identified. The Order requires
environmental reviews of certain types
of agreements, including comprehensive
multilateral trade rounds. See 64 FR
63169. Reviews address potential
environmental impacts that may be
associated with projected economic
changes expected to occur as a result of
the proposed agreement, and potential
implications for environmental laws
and regulations. The focus of the
reviews is on impacts on the United
States, although global and
transboundary impacts may be
considered, where appropriate and
prudent.
Comments are invited on the scope of
the environmental review, including
any reasonably foreseeable, potentially
significant environmental effects that
might flow from economic changes
attributable to the negotiations, and
potential implications for U.S.
environmental laws, regulations and
other measures. The TPSC also
welcomes public views on appropriate
methodologies for conducting the
review. Comments are particularly
invited on potentially significant
environmental effects—both positive
and negative—that might flow from the
agriculture, non-agricultural market
access (including tariffs and non-tariff
barriers to sectors such as
environmental goods, fish and forestry),
services (including environmental
services), rules (including ways to
clarify and improve disciplines on
environmentally harmful fish
subsidies), trade facilitation, and the
Special Session of the Committee on
Trade and Environment negotiations.
Persons submitting written comments
should provide as much detail as
possible on the degree to which the
subject matter they propose for
inclusion in the review may raise
significant environmental issues in the
context of the negotiation.
This request for comment
supplements earlier requests for
comments, and there is no need to
resubmit comments previously provided
to the TPSC. Submissions were received
and are being considered in response to
the following notices: (1) Notice of
Initiation of the Environmental Review
and Request for Comment on Scope of
Environmental Review of Mandated
Multilateral Trade Negotiations on
Agriculture and Services in the World
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Trade Organization, 66 FR 20846 (April
25, 2001); and (2) Initiation of
Environmental Review of Doha
Multilateral Trade Negotiations and
Public Comments on the Scope of
Environmental Review, 67 FR 34750
(May 15, 2002). Those comments are
available for public inspection in the
USTR Reading Room (see below). New
or updated submissions are welcome.
The TPSC will review supplemental or
new comments, in conjunction with
earlier submissions, in conducting the
environmental review.
DOHA Development Agenda: The
next meeting of the WTO at the
ministerial-level will be in December
2005. Work in 2005 is expected to focus
on the technical issues necessary to
move the agenda forward, particularly
in the light of the WTO General
Council’s Decision of 1 August 2004,
which contained further direction for
the agriculture, non-agricultural market
access and services negotiations, and
the launch of negotiations on trade
facilitation. The General Council’s
decision also took note of the reports
from the Negotiating Group on Rules
and from the Special Session of the
Committee on Trade and Environment.
It reaffirmed Members’ commitment to
progress in these areas of the
negotiations in line with the Doha
mandate. Accordingly, the TPSC seeks
to provide a new opportunity for public
comment on the environmental review
of the ongoing negotiations.
In a separate notice, the TPSC has
requested public views on the general
U.S. negotiating objectives and country
and item-specific priorities for the Doha
negotiations, including with respect to
objectives concerning the environmental
discussions, 69 FR 71466 (December 9,
2004). That notice contains more
detailed information concerning the
scope of the negotiations. Further
information on the WTO, including the
declarations and decisions referred to in
this notice or proposals tabled, can be
obtained via the Internet at the WTO
Web site, https://www.wto.org, and/or
the USTR Web site, https://www.ustr.gov.
The 2004 President’s Annual Report on
the Trade Agreements Program, which
is available on the USTR Web site,
contains extensive information on the
WTO and the status of work in the
WTO.
Written Submissions: Persons
submitting comments may either send
one copy by fax to Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, at (202) 395–6143 or
transmit a copy electronically to
FR0515@USTR.EOP.GOV, with ‘‘Doha
Environmental Review’’ in the subject
line. For documents sent by fax, USTR
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sunshine Act Meeting
Agency Holding the Meeting: Tennessee Valley Authority (Meeting No.
1557).
Time and Date: 9 a.m. (e.s.t.), January 18, 2005, The Pollard
Technology Conference Center, 210 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Status: Open.
Agenda: Approval of minutes of meeting held on November 30, 2004.
New Business
C--Energy
C1. Contract with Porter-Walker, LLC, for industrial supplies,
nonpower hand tools, and safety supplies at any TVA location.
C2. Contract with Framatome ANP for reactor pressure vessel head
inspections and repairs at the Watts Bar and Sequoyah Nuclear Plants.
C3. Contract with Frham Safety Products, Inc., for health physics
supplies and equipment for any TVA nuclear site.
C4. Supplement to contract with Framatome ANP, Inc., for refuel
floor support services and reactor component inspections for Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 2 and 3.
C5. Supplement to Contract No. 2767 with Babcock and Wilcox for
pulverizer parts and technical services.
C6. Contracts with Mega Power, Inc., and Listerhill Total
Maintenance Center for various plant equipment repair and machining
services for any TVA location.
C7. Contract with Alstom Power, Inc., for supply of labor,
materials, parts and services for maintenance and repair of Alstom
(formerly Combustion Engineering) boilers in service at various TVA
fossil plants.
E--Real Property Transactions
E1. Extension of a term recreation easement for 1 year to Boys
Scouts of America, National Council, affecting approximately 354 acres
of land on Kentucky Reservoir in Marshall County, Kentucky, Tract No.
XGIR-906RE, S.1X.
E2. Sale of a permanent easement to Mike Proulx for the expansion
of an existing sewer line easement, affecting approximately .02 acre of
TVA land on Fulton Springs Substation in Jefferson County, Alabama,
Tract No. XFLSS-2S.
E3. Sale of a noncommercial, nonexclusive permanent easement to
Bill Kittrell for construction and maintenance of recreational water-
use facilities, affecting approximately .61 acre of TVA land on Tellico
Reservoir in Loudon County, Tennessee, Tract No. XTELR-248RE.
E4. Sale of a noncommercial, nonexclusive permanent easement to
Kenneth and Constance Goff for construction and maintenance of
recreational water-use facilities, affecting approximately .2 acre of
land on Tellico Reservoir in Loudon County, Tennessee, Tract No. XTELR-
247RE.
E5. Grant of a permanent easement to the town of Bryson City, North
Carolina, for expansion of a waste water treatment plant, affecting
approximately .87 acre of TVA land on Fontana Reservoir in Swain
County, North Carolina, Tract No. XTFR-14SP.
F--Other
F1. Approval to file a condemnation case to acquire right to enter
for a TVA power transmission line project affecting the Aspen Grove-
Westhaven Transmission Line in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Information Items
1. Approval of temporary measures relating to the transition to a
new portfolio of industrial power products.
2. Approval of a grant of a permanent easement to the North Jackson
Water Authority for the construction of a raw water intake structure
and line, affecting approximately 6.72 acres of TVA land on
Guntersville Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama, Tract No. XTGR-
174PS.
3. Approval of a grant of a permanent easement to the Benton/
Decatur Counties Special Sewer District for the construction of a sewer
line and outfall, affecting approximately 3.6 acres of TVA land on
Kentucky Reservoir in Benton County, Tennessee, Tract No. XTGIR-151S.
4. Approval of a delegation of authority to the Executive Vice
President, Fossil Power Group, to execute a 20-year contract with
Synthetic Materials, Inc., for the dewatering and marketing of scrubber
gypsum and approval of related easements.
5. Approval of supplements to the Electric Power Research Institute
Membership Contract and Supplemental Funded Projects Agreement.
6. Approval of a public auction sale of the Natural Resources and
Forestry Buildings, affecting approximately 5.8 acres of TVA land
located in Norris, Tennessee, Tract Nos. XNT-18 and XNOFB-1.
7. Approval of a delegation of authority to the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, or designees, to enter into agreements with
financial institutions for the sale of promissory notes that
distributors have issued to TVA under TVA's Distributor Financing
Program.
8. Amendments to the Provisions of the TVA Savings and Deferral
Retirement Plan (401(k) Plan) to provide for certain enhancements to
the Plan.
9. Approval of an amendment to the Trust Agreement between the
Board of Directors of the TVA Retirement System and Fidelity Management
Trust Company.
10. Amendment to the Rules and Regulations of the TVA Retirement
System to limit a member's contributions to the System's fixed and
variable annuity funds to $10,000 per year and shorten from 12 months
to 6 months the suspension period for contributions to the System's
annuity funds after taking a hardship withdrawal from the System's
401(k) Plan.
For more information: Please call TVA Media Relations at (865) 632-
6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is also available at TVA's
Washington Office (202) 898-2999. 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.
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Dated: January 11, 2005.
Maureen H. Dunn,
General Counsel and Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-892 Filed 1-12-05; 9:54 am]
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