Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement for Guatemala, 43227-43228 [E6-12222]
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significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide
when the hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding
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a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii).
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for leave to intervene must be filed by:
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For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for
amendment dated July 20, 2006, which
is available for public inspection at the
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of July 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher Gratton,
Sr. Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch
II–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
DATE: Week of July 24, 2006.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
Additional Matters To Be Considered
Week of July 24, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
3 p.m. Discussion of Management Issues
(closed—ex. 2).
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By a vote of 5–0 on July 24 and 25,
2006, the Commission determined
pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e) and
§ 9.107(a) of the Commission’s rules that
‘‘Discussion of Management Issues
(closed—ex 2)’’ be held July 27, 2006
and by a vote of 4–1 that the meeting be
held on less than one week’s notice to
the public. Commissioner Jaczko did not
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Dated: July 26, 2006
Sandy Joosten,
Office of the Secretary.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of
Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods
and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of
the Dominican Republic-Central
America-United States Free Trade
Agreement for Guatemala
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination under Trade
Agreements Act of 1979.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dawn Shackleford, Director for
International Procurement, Office of the
United States Trade Representative,
(202) 395–9461, or Jason Kearns,
Associate General Counsel, Office of the
United States Trade Representative,
(202) 395–9439.
On August 5, 2004, the United States
and Guatemala entered into the
Dominican Republic-Central America-
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United States Free Trade Agreement
(‘‘the CAFTA–DR’’). Chapter 9 of the
CAFTA–DR sets forth certain
obligations with respect to government
procurement of goods and services, as
specified in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of the
CAFTA–DR. On August 2, 2005, the
President signed into law the
Dominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (‘‘the CAFTA–DR
Act’’) (Pub. L. 109–53, 119 Stat. 462) (19
U.S.C. 4001 note). In section 101(a) of
the CAFTA–DR Act, the Congress
approved the CAFTA–DR. The CAFTA–
DR entered into force on July 1, 2006,
for Guatemala.
Section 1–201 of Executive Order
12260 of December 31, 1980 (46 FR
1653) delegates the functions of the
President under Sections 301 and 302 of
the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (‘‘the
Trade Agreements Act’’) (19 U.S.C.
2511, 2512) to the United States Trade
Representative.
Now, therefore, I, Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative, in
conformity with the provisions of
Sections 301 and 302 of the Trade
Agreements Act, and Executive Order
12260, and in order to carry out U.S.
obligations under Chapter 9 of the
CAFTA–DR, do hereby determine that:
1. Guatemala is a country, other than
a major industrialized country, which,
pursuant to the CAFTA–DR, will
provide appropriate reciprocal
competitive government procurement
opportunities to United States products
and suppliers of such products. In
accordance with Section 301(b)(3) of the
Trade Agreements Act, Guatemala is so
designated for purposes of Section
301(a) of the Trade Agreements Act.
2. With respect to eligible products of
Guatemala (i.e., goods and services
covered by the Schedules of the United
States in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of the
CAFTA–DR) and suppliers of such
products, the application of any law,
regulation, procedure, or practice
regarding government procurement that
would, if applied to such products and
suppliers, result in treatment less
favorable than accorded—
(A) to United States products and
suppliers of such products; or
(B) to eligible products of another
foreign country or instrumentality
which is a party to the Agreement on
Government Procurement referred to in
section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(17)) and suppliers of such
products, shall be waived.
With respect to Guatemala, this
waiver shall be applied by all entities
listed in the Schedule of the United
States to Section A of Annex 9.1.2(b)(i)
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and in List A of Section C of Annex
9.1.2(b)(i) of the CAFTA–DR.
3. The designation in paragraph 1 and
the waiver in paragraph 2 are subject to
modification or withdrawal by the
United States Trade Representative.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living
Allowance; General Population Rental
Equivalence Survey Report
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the
‘‘Nonforeign Area General Population
Rental Equivalence Survey Report.’’ The
General Population Rental Equivalence
Survey (GPRES) was a special research
project in which the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) collected data on
homeowner estimates of the rental value
of their homes and market rents in the
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance
(COLA) areas and in the Washington,
DC area. OPM conducted GPRES to
determine whether rental survey data
collected in the COLA surveys should
be adjusted to account for homeowner
shelter costs. Based on the GPRES
results, OPM has determined that no
adjustment is appropriate. OPM is
publishing this report to inform
interested parties of the research results
and provide an opportunity for
comment.
Comments on this report must be
received on or before September 29,
2006.
DATES:
Send or deliver comments
to Jerome D. Mikowicz, Acting Deputy
Associate Director for Pay and
Performance Policy, Strategic Human
Resources Policy Division, Office of
Personnel Management, Room 7H31,
1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC
20415–8200; fax: (202) 606–4264; or email: COLA@opm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald L. Paquin, (202) 606–2838; fax:
(202) 606–4264; or e-mail:
COLA@opm.gov.
ADDRESSES:
The Office
of Personnel Management (OPM)
conducted the General Population
Rental Equivalence Survey (GPRES) to
determine whether OPM should adjust
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the rent indexes it computes from data
collected in the nonforeign area cost-ofliving allowance (COLA) surveys. The
Federal Government pays COLAs to
certain white collar Federal and U.S.
Postal Service employees in Alaska,
Hawaii, Guam and the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. As provided by
subpart B of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations, OPM conducts living-cost
surveys to set COLA rates.
One of the items OPM surveys during
the COLA surveys is market rents for
detached houses, duplexes and
triplexes, town and row houses, and
apartments. We use rental data to
estimate the relative price of shelter for
both homeowners and renters between
the COLA areas and the Washington, DC
area. (For an example, see the 2004
Pacific COLA survey report published at
70 FR 44989–45023.) As applied to
homeowners, this approach is called
‘‘rental equivalence’’ because it
estimates the shelter value of owned
homes rather than surveying
homeowner costs directly.
OPM adopted the rental equivalence
approach pursuant to the settlement in
Caraballo, et al. v. United States, No.
1997–0027 (D.V.I), August 17, 2000. The
settlement provides for several
significant changes in the COLA
methodology, including the use of rental
equivalence. The settlement also
established the Survey Implementation
Committee (SIC), composed of seven
plaintiffs’ representatives and two OPM
representatives, and the Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC), composed
of three economists with expertise in
living-cost analysis. The TAC advises
the SIC and OPM on living-cost issues.
The SIC and the TAC agreed OPM could
use, on an interim basis, market rents
collected in the COLA surveys to
estimate homeowner costs. The TAC
noted, however, that the relative price of
shelter for homeowners could differ
compared with the relative price of
market rents between the COLA areas
and the DC area. If this were the case,
it would be appropriate for OPM to
adjust COLA survey market rent indexes
before applying them to homeowners.
Therefore, OPM conducted a special
research project, i.e., GPRES, to collect
information on market rents and
homeowner estimates of the rental value
of their homes in the COLA areas and
in the Washington, DC area. The SIC
and the TAC were involved heavily in
the design of the survey, and the TAC
analyzed the survey results. The TAC
also compared GPRES results with the
results of the 1998 Federal Employee
Housing and Living Patterns Survey
(FEHLPS), which Joel Popkin and
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services Covered by Chapter 9 of
the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade
Agreement for Guatemala
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination under Trade Agreements Act of 1979.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Shackleford, Director for
International Procurement, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, (202) 395-9461, or Jason Kearns, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202) 395-
9439.
On August 5, 2004, the United States and Guatemala entered into the
Dominican Republic-Central America-
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United States Free Trade Agreement (``the CAFTA-DR''). Chapter 9 of the
CAFTA-DR sets forth certain obligations with respect to government
procurement of goods and services, as specified in Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of
the CAFTA-DR. On August 2, 2005, the President signed into law the
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (``the CAFTA-DR Act'') (Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat.
462) (19 U.S.C. 4001 note). In section 101(a) of the CAFTA-DR Act, the
Congress approved the CAFTA-DR. The CAFTA-DR entered into force on July
1, 2006, for Guatemala.
Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980 (46 FR
1653) delegates the functions of the President under Sections 301 and
302 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (``the Trade Agreements Act'')
(19 U.S.C. 2511, 2512) to the United States Trade Representative.
Now, therefore, I, Susan C. Schwab, United States Trade
Representative, in conformity with the provisions of Sections 301 and
302 of the Trade Agreements Act, and Executive Order 12260, and in
order to carry out U.S. obligations under Chapter 9 of the CAFTA-DR, do
hereby determine that:
1. Guatemala is a country, other than a major industrialized
country, which, pursuant to the CAFTA-DR, will provide appropriate
reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United
States products and suppliers of such products. In accordance with
Section 301(b)(3) of the Trade Agreements Act, Guatemala is so
designated for purposes of Section 301(a) of the Trade Agreements Act.
2. With respect to eligible products of Guatemala (i.e., goods and
services covered by the Schedules of the United States in Annex
9.1.2(b)(i) of the CAFTA-DR) and suppliers of such products, the
application of any law, regulation, procedure, or practice regarding
government procurement that would, if applied to such products and
suppliers, result in treatment less favorable than accorded--
(A) to United States products and suppliers of such products; or
(B) to eligible products of another foreign country or
instrumentality which is a party to the Agreement on Government
Procurement referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17)) and suppliers of such products,
shall be waived.
With respect to Guatemala, this waiver shall be applied by all
entities listed in the Schedule of the United States to Section A of
Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) and in List A of Section C of Annex 9.1.2(b)(i) of
the CAFTA-DR.
3. The designation in paragraph 1 and the waiver in paragraph 2 are
subject to modification or withdrawal by the United States Trade
Representative.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
Susan C. Schwab,
United States Trade Representative.
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