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license, for a 20-year period, at the
licensee’s Lynchburg, Virginia facility.
On June 30, 2004, BWXT requested that
the NRC approve the renewal
application. BWXT’s request for the
proposed change was previously
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March 6, 2006 (71 FR 11231), with a
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The staff has prepared the EA in
support of the proposed action. The
NRC staff concluded that the proposed
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the continued operations at the BWXT
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impact on the human environment. No
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III. Finding of No Significant Impact
On the basis of the EA, the NRC has
concluded that there are no significant
environmental impacts from the
proposed action and has determined not
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Policy Staff Committee; Request
for Public Comment on Review of
Employment Impact of a Proposed
Free Trade Agreement Between the
United States and Malaysia
Office of the United States
Trade Representative; Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) gives notice that the
Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) and the
Department of Labor (Labor) are
initiating a review of the impact of a
proposed free trade agreement (FTA)
between the United States and Malaysia
on U.S. employment, including labor
markets. This notice seeks written
public comment on potentially
significant sectoral or regional
employment impacts (both positive and
negative) in the United States as well as
other likely labor market impacts of the
FTA.
DATES: USTR and Labor will accept any
comments received during the course of
the negotiation of the FTA. However,
comments should be received by noon,
May 12, 2006 to be assured of timely
consideration in the preparation of the
report.
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Submissions by electronic
mail: FR0613@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, Trade Policy Staff
Committee, at (202) 395–6143.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
procedural questions concerning public
comments, contact Gloria Blue,
Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of the
USTR, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20508, telephone (202) 395–3475.
Substantive questions concerning the
employment impact review should be
addressed to Greg Schoepfle, Acting
Director, Office of International
Economic Affairs, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone (202) 693–4887; or Lewis
Karesh, Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for Labor, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, 600
17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20508,
telephone (202) 395–6120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Documents related to this action can
be accessed on the NRC’s Agencywide
Document Access and Management
System (ADAMS) that provides
electronic copies of NRC’s public
documents. The ADAMS accession
number for the Federal Register notice
related to this action is: Notice of
License Amendment Request of BWX
Technologies, Inc., Lynchburg, VA, and
Opportunity to Request a Hearing
(ML053430248). If you do not have
access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference
staff at 800–397–4209, 301–415–4737,
or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
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1. Background Information
In accordance with section 2104 of
the Trade Act of 2002 (Trade Act) (19
U.S.C. 3804), on March 8, 2006, the
United States Trade Representative
notified the Congress of the President’s
intent to initiate FTA negotiations with
Malaysia. Also, the United States Trade
Representative requested the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) to
provide advice on probable economic
effects of an FTA as soon as possible.
USTR and ITC mutually agreed to
delivery of the report by June 30. In
addition, USTR published a notice in
the Federal Register soliciting views
from the public on the negotiations in
general, and the TPSC will hold a public
hearing on May 3, 2006. The United
States intends to begin negotiations with
Malaysia in June 2006.
2. Employment Impact Review
Section 2102(c)(5) of the Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 3802(c)(5)) directs the
President to ‘‘review the impact of
future trade agreements on United
States employment, including labor
markets, modeled after Executive Order
13141 to the extent appropriate in
establishing procedures and criteria,
report to the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate on such review, and make that
report available to the public.’’ USTR
and Labor will conduct the employment
reviews through the TPSC.
The employment impact review will
be based on the following elements,
which are modeled to the extent
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appropriate after those in EO 13141. The
review will be: (1) Written; (2) initiated
through a notice in the Federal Register
soliciting public comment and
information on the employment impact
of the FTA in the United States; (3)
made available to the public in draft
form for public comment, to the extent
practicable; and (4) made available to
the public in final form.
Comments may be submitted on
potentially significant sectoral or
regional employment impacts (both
positive and negative) in the United
States as well as other likely labor
market impacts of the FTA. Persons
submitting comments should provide as
much detail as possible in support of
their submissions.
3. Requirements for Submissions
In order to ensure prompt and full
consideration of responses, the TPSC
strongly urges and prefers electronic (email) submissions in response to this
notice. In the event that an e-mail
submission is impossible, submissions
should be made by facsimile.
Persons making submissions by email should use the following subject
line: ‘‘Employment Impact Review for a
Free Trade Agreement between the
United States and Malaysia.’’
Documents should be submitted as
WordPerfect, MSWord, or text (.TXT)
files. Spreadsheets submitted as
supporting documentation are
acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel files.
If any document submitted
electronically contains business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC-,’’
and the file name of the public version
should begin with the character ‘‘P-.’’
The ‘‘P-’’ or ‘‘BC-’’ should be followed
by the name of the submitter. Persons
who make submissions by e-mail should
not provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
letter should be included in the
submission itself. To the extent
possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
Written comments will be placed in a
file open to public inspection pursuant
to 15 CFR 2003.5, except confidential
business information exempt from
public inspection in accordance with 15
CFR 2003.6. Confidential business
information submitted in accordance
with 15 CFR 2003.6 must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top of each page, including any
cover letter or cover page, and must be
accompanied by a non-confidential
summary of the confidential
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information. All public documents and
non-confidential summaries shall be
available for public inspection in the
USTR Reading Room in Room 3 of the
Annex of the Office of the USTR, 1724
F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.
An appointment to review the file may
be made by calling (202) 395–6186. The
USTR Reading Room is generally open
to the public from 10 a.m–12 noon and
1–4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Appointments must be scheduled at
least 48 hours in advance.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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A Closed Meeting will be held on
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Nancy M. Morris,
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Policy Staff Committee; Request for Public Comment on
Review of Employment Impact of a Proposed Free Trade Agreement Between
the United States and Malaysia
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative; Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) gives notice that the
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the
Department of Labor (Labor) are initiating a review of the impact of a
proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and
Malaysia on U.S. employment, including labor markets. This notice seeks
written public comment on potentially significant sectoral or regional
employment impacts (both positive and negative) in the United States as
well as other likely labor market impacts of the FTA.
DATES: USTR and Labor will accept any comments received during the
course of the negotiation of the FTA. However, comments should be
received by noon, May 12, 2006 to be assured of timely consideration in
the preparation of the report.
ADDRESSES: Submissions by electronic mail: FR0613@ustr.eop.gov.
Submissions by facsimile: Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade
Policy Staff Committee, at (202) 395-6143.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning
public comments, contact Gloria Blue, Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office
of the USTR, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, telephone (202)
395-3475. Substantive questions concerning the employment impact review
should be addressed to Greg Schoepfle, Acting Director, Office of
International Economic Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210, telephone (202) 693-4887; or Lewis Karesh, Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20508, telephone
(202) 395-6120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background Information
In accordance with section 2104 of the Trade Act of 2002 (Trade
Act) (19 U.S.C. 3804), on March 8, 2006, the United States Trade
Representative notified the Congress of the President's intent to
initiate FTA negotiations with Malaysia. Also, the United States Trade
Representative requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
to provide advice on probable economic effects of an FTA as soon as
possible. USTR and ITC mutually agreed to delivery of the report by
June 30. In addition, USTR published a notice in the Federal Register
soliciting views from the public on the negotiations in general, and
the TPSC will hold a public hearing on May 3, 2006. The United States
intends to begin negotiations with Malaysia in June 2006.
2. Employment Impact Review
Section 2102(c)(5) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 3802(c)(5)) directs
the President to ``review the impact of future trade agreements on
United States employment, including labor markets, modeled after
Executive Order 13141 to the extent appropriate in establishing
procedures and criteria, report to the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
on such review, and make that report available to the public.'' USTR
and Labor will conduct the employment reviews through the TPSC.
The employment impact review will be based on the following
elements, which are modeled to the extent
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appropriate after those in EO 13141. The review will be: (1) Written;
(2) initiated through a notice in the Federal Register soliciting
public comment and information on the employment impact of the FTA in
the United States; (3) made available to the public in draft form for
public comment, to the extent practicable; and (4) made available to
the public in final form.
Comments may be submitted on potentially significant sectoral or
regional employment impacts (both positive and negative) in the United
States as well as other likely labor market impacts of the FTA. Persons
submitting comments should provide as much detail as possible in
support of their submissions.
3. Requirements for Submissions
In order to ensure prompt and full consideration of responses, the
TPSC strongly urges and prefers electronic (e-mail) submissions in
response to this notice. In the event that an e-mail submission is
impossible, submissions should be made by facsimile.
Persons making submissions by e-mail should use the following
subject line: ``Employment Impact Review for a Free Trade Agreement
between the United States and Malaysia.'' Documents should be submitted
as WordPerfect, MSWord, or text (.TXT) files. Spreadsheets submitted as
supporting documentation are acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel files.
If any document submitted electronically contains business confidential
information, the file name of the business confidential version should
begin with the characters ``BC-,'' and the file name of the public
version should begin with the character ``P-.'' The ``P-'' or ``BC-''
should be followed by the name of the submitter. Persons who make
submissions by e-mail should not provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover letter should be included in
the submission itself. To the extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the same file as the submission
itself, and not as separate files.
Written comments will be placed in a file open to public inspection
pursuant to 15 CFR 2003.5, except confidential business information
exempt from public inspection in accordance with 15 CFR 2003.6.
Confidential business information submitted in accordance with 15 CFR
2003.6 must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top of
each page, including any cover letter or cover page, and must be
accompanied by a non-confidential summary of the confidential
information. All public documents and non-confidential summaries shall
be available for public inspection in the USTR Reading Room in Room 3
of the Annex of the Office of the USTR, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20508. An appointment to review the file may be made by calling
(202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is generally open to the public
from 10 a.m-12 noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments
must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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