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not already a party to the proceeding,
the petition must specifically state: (1)
The name, address and telephone
number of the petitioner; (2) the nature
of the petitioner’s right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3)
the nature and extent of the petitioner’s
property, financial or other interest in
the proceeding; and (4) the possible
effect of any decision or order that may
be issued in the proceeding on the
petitioner’s interest.
Each contention must contain a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. A
petitioner must also provide the
following information with respect to
each contention: (1) A brief explanation
of the basis for the contention; (2) a
concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinions which support the
petitioner’s position on the issue and on
which the petitioner intends to rely at
hearing, together with references to the
specific sources and documents on
which the petitioner intends to rely to
support its position on the issue; and (3)
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
fact. This information must include
references to specific portions of the
application (including the applicant’s
environmental report and safety report)
that the petitioner disputes and the
supporting reasons for each dispute, or,
if the petitioner believes that the
application fails to contain information
on a relevant matter as required by law,
the identification of each failure and the
supporting reasons for the petitioner’s
belief. For each contention, the petition
must demonstrate that the issue raised
in the contention is within the scope of
this proceeding and that the issue raised
in the contention is material to the
findings the NRC must make to support
the action that is involved in this
proceeding. A petitioner who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
A petition for leave to intervene must
be filed in accordance with the
December 15, 2006, issuance of the
Chief of the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel establishing
procedures for submitting documents
using the NRC Electronic Information
Exchange or E-Submittal process. The
accession number for the issuance is
ML063520200. The issuance is also
available through the NRC’s electronic
hearing docket which is available to the
public at https://ehd.nrc.gov/
EHD_Proceeding/home.asp.
If any new participant to this
proceeding believes they are unable to
participate in this proceeding utilizing
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the electronic document formatting and/
or filing processes outlined in the
December 15, 2006, issuance, they may
file a request for an exemption from the
Licensing Board in conjunction with its
first filing in this proceeding. Pursuant
to the December 15, 2006, issuance, the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) and (3)
of the Commission’s proposed rule on
electronic document filing and
formatting shall govern such an
exemption request (70 FR 74950, 74960;
December 16, 2005). Such filings must
be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary
of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemaking
and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking
and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document in this manner are
responsible for serving the document on
all other participants. Filing is
considered complete by first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the
service.
All such petitions must be filed no
later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Non-timely filings will not be
entertained absent a determination by
the Board that the petition should be
granted based upon a balancing of the
factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(i)–
(viii).
This supplementary notice does not
affect the status of any person
previously admitted as a party to this
proceeding or provide any additional
opportunity to any person to intervene
on the basis of, or to raise matters
encompassed within, the issues
specified for hearing in the original
notice of hearing published in the
Federal Register on October 12, 2006
(71 FR 60195).
A copy of the SNC ESP application is
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room,
located at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records are
accessible from the Agency-wide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The accession
number for the application is
ML071710055. The accession number
for the August 16, 2007, supplement to
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the application is ML072330242.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS, or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public
Document Room staff by telephone at
1–800–397–4209, (301) 415–4737 or by
e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. The application
is also available to local residents at the
Burke County Library in Waynesboro,
Georgia, and is available on the NRC
Web page at https://www.nrc.gov/
reactors/new-licensing/esp/vogtle.html.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
of November 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
Regarding Laws, Regulations and
Methodology for Calculating Dumping
Margins (‘‘Zeroing’’)
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’) is
providing notice that pursuant to a
request of the European Communities,
the Dispute Settlement Body of the
World Trade Organization (‘‘WTO’’) has
established a compliance panel under
the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing
the World Trade Organization (‘‘WTO
Agreement’’) concerning the dispute
United States—Laws, Regulations and
Methodology for Calculating Dumping
Margins (‘‘zeroing’’)—Recourse to
Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European
Communities. That request may be
found at https://www.wto.org contained
in a document designated as
WT/DS294/25. USTR invites written
comments from the public concerning
the issues raised in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceeding,
comments should be submitted on or
before December 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0715@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ‘‘EC Zeroing
(21.5)’’ in the subject line, or (ii) by fax,
to Sandy McKinzy at 202–395–3640,
with a confirmation copy sent
electronically to the e-mail address
above.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Elizabeth V. Baltzan, Associate General
Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395–
3582.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is
providing notice that the DSB has
established, at the request of the EC, a
dispute settlement compliance panel
pursuant to the WTO Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU). Such
panel will hold any hearing in Geneva,
Switzerland. It is possible that the
public will be able to observe the
hearing of the panel. If so, then USTR
would intend to provide notice on
USTR’s Web site (under ‘‘Opportunities
to View Dispute Settlement Hearings’’
on the Web page https://www.ustr.gov/
Trade_Agreements/
Monitoring_Enforcement/
Dispute_Settlement/WTO/
Section_Index.html) of the public
hearing and the means by which the
public may observe.
Major Issues Raised by the EC
In the European Communities’ (the
‘‘EC’’) request for the establishment of a
panel in connection with the dispute
United States—Laws, Regulations and
Methodology for Calculating Dumping
Margins (‘‘zeroing’’)—Recourse to
Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European
Communities, the EC challenges the
following:
• The consistency with Articles 17.14
and 21 of the DSU of the dates of entry
into force of the SeCtion 129
determinations issued by the
Department of Commerce to comply
with the recommendations and rulings
of the original proceeding;
• The alleged failure to eliminate
‘‘zeroing’’ in 16 administrative reviews
found, in the original proceeding, to be
inconsistent with U.S. WTO obligations;
the EC alleges that the failure to
eliminate ‘‘zeroing’’ in these reviews is
a breach of Articles 2, 9.3, and 11 of the
Antidumping Agreement and Article
VI:2 of the GATT 1994;
• An alleged miscalculation with
respect to one determination;
• With respect to all measures
identified in the request, the alleged
imposition, collection, or liquidation of
antidumping duties ‘‘inflated’’ by
‘‘zeroing’’ beyond April 9, 2007;
• The increase in the ‘‘all-others’’ rate
in connection with two determinations;
• With respect to original
investigations in which the
recalculation of dumping margins led to
the conclusion that some exporters were
not dumping or had de minimis
margins, the failure to establish whether
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the remaining amount of dumped
imports was causing injury to the
domestic industry and whether the
volume of dumped imports was not
negligible; and
• The continued use of zeroing in the
reviews related to the measures in
question.
Public Comment: Requirements for
Submissions
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments concerning
the issues raised in this dispute. Persons
submitting comments may either send
one copy by fax to Sandy McKinzy at
(202) 395–3640, or transmit a copy
electronically to FR0715@ustr.eop.gov,
with ‘‘EC Zeroing (21.5)’’ in the subject
line. For documents sent by fax, USTR
requests that the submitter provide a
confirmation copy to the electronic mail
address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of
documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail.
Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should
not provide separate cover letters;
information that might appear in a cover
letter should be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, 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.
A person requesting that information
contained in a comment submitted by
that person be treated as confidential
business information must certify that
such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. Confidential business
information must be clearly designated
as such and the submission must be
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
at the top and bottom of the cover page
and each succeeding page of the
submission.
Information or advice contained in a
comment submitted, other than business
confidential information, may be
determined by USTR to be confidential
in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2155(g)(2)). If the submitting person
believes that information or advice may
qualify as such, the submitting person—
(1) Must clearly so designate the
information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as
‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the
top and bottom of each page of the cover
page and each succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a nonconfidential summary of the
information or advice.
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Pursuant to section 127(e) of the
URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will
maintain a file on this dispute
settlement proceeding, accessible to the
public, in the USTR Reading Room,
which is located at 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. The public file
will include non-confidential comments
received by USTR from the public with
respect to the dispute; for the dispute
settlement compliance panel or in the
event of an appeal from such a panel,
the U.S. submissions; the submissions,
or non-confidential summaries of
submissions, received from other
participants in the dispute; the report of
the panel; and, if applicable, the report
of the Appellate Body. An appointment
to review the public file (Docket No.
WT/DS–294) may be made by calling
the USTR Reading Room at (202) 395–
6186. The USTR Reading Room is open
to the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Daniel E. Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Monitoring and Enforcement.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding Laws, Regulations and
Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins (``Zeroing'')
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(``USTR'') is providing notice that pursuant to a request of the
European Communities, the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade
Organization (``WTO'') has established a compliance panel under the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (``WTO
Agreement'') concerning the dispute United States--Laws, Regulations
and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins (``zeroing'')--Recourse
to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Communities. That request
may be found at https://www.wto.org contained in a document designated
as WT/DS294/25. USTR invites written comments from the public
concerning the issues raised in this dispute.
DATES: Although USTR will accept any comments received during the
course of the dispute settlement proceeding, comments should be
submitted on or before December 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted (i) electronically, to
FR0715@ustr.eop.gov, Attn: ``EC Zeroing (21.5)'' in the subject line,
or (ii) by fax, to Sandy McKinzy at 202-395-3640, with a confirmation
copy sent electronically to the e-mail address above.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth V. Baltzan, Associate
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, (202) 395-3582.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is providing notice that the DSB has
established, at the request of the EC, a dispute settlement compliance
panel pursuant to the WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU). Such panel will hold any
hearing in Geneva, Switzerland. It is possible that the public will be
able to observe the hearing of the panel. If so, then USTR would intend
to provide notice on USTR's Web site (under ``Opportunities to View
Dispute Settlement Hearings'' on the Web page https://www.ustr.gov/
Trade_Agreements/Monitoring_Enforcement/Dispute_Settlement/WTO/
Section_Index.html) of the public hearing and the means by which the
public may observe.
Major Issues Raised by the EC
In the European Communities' (the ``EC'') request for the
establishment of a panel in connection with the dispute United States--
Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins
(``zeroing'')--Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European
Communities, the EC challenges the following:
The consistency with Articles 17.14 and 21 of the DSU of
the dates of entry into force of the SeCtion 129 determinations issued
by the Department of Commerce to comply with the recommendations and
rulings of the original proceeding;
The alleged failure to eliminate ``zeroing'' in 16
administrative reviews found, in the original proceeding, to be
inconsistent with U.S. WTO obligations; the EC alleges that the failure
to eliminate ``zeroing'' in these reviews is a breach of Articles 2,
9.3, and 11 of the Antidumping Agreement and Article VI:2 of the GATT
1994;
An alleged miscalculation with respect to one
determination;
With respect to all measures identified in the request,
the alleged imposition, collection, or liquidation of antidumping
duties ``inflated'' by ``zeroing'' beyond April 9, 2007;
The increase in the ``all-others'' rate in connection with
two determinations;
With respect to original investigations in which the
recalculation of dumping margins led to the conclusion that some
exporters were not dumping or had de minimis margins, the failure to
establish whether the remaining amount of dumped imports was causing
injury to the domestic industry and whether the volume of dumped
imports was not negligible; and
The continued use of zeroing in the reviews related to the
measures in question.
Public Comment: Requirements for Submissions
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning the issues raised in this dispute. Persons submitting
comments may either send one copy by fax to Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395-
3640, or transmit a copy electronically to FR0715@ustr.eop.gov, with
``EC Zeroing (21.5)'' in the subject line. For documents sent by fax,
USTR requests that the submitter provide a confirmation copy to the
electronic mail address listed above.
USTR encourages the submission of documents in Adobe PDF format, as
attachments to an electronic mail. Interested persons who make
submissions by electronic mail should not provide separate cover
letters; information that might appear in a cover letter should be
included in the submission itself. Similarly, 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.
A person requesting that information contained in a comment
submitted by that person be treated as confidential business
information must certify that such information is business confidential
and would not customarily be released to the public by the submitter.
Confidential business information must be clearly designated as such
and the submission must be marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' at the top
and bottom of the cover page and each succeeding page of the
submission.
Information or advice contained in a comment submitted, other than
business confidential information, may be determined by USTR to be
confidential in accordance with section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If the submitting person believes that
information or advice may qualify as such, the submitting person--
(1) Must clearly so designate the information or advice;
(2) Must clearly mark the material as ``SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE''
at the top and bottom of each page of the cover page and each
succeeding page; and
(3) Is encouraged to provide a non-confidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR
will maintain a file on this dispute settlement proceeding, accessible
to the public, in the USTR Reading Room, which is located at 1724 F
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. The public file will include non-
confidential comments received by USTR from the public with respect to
the dispute; for the dispute settlement compliance panel or in the
event of an appeal from such a panel, the U.S. submissions; the
submissions, or non-confidential summaries of submissions, received
from other participants in the dispute; the report of the panel; and,
if applicable, the report of the Appellate Body. An appointment to
review the public file (Docket No. WT/DS-294) may be made by calling
the USTR Reading Room at (202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is open
to the public from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Daniel E. Brinza,
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Monitoring and
Enforcement.
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