Agencies and Commissions August 2, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 396, ``Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee''. 2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0024. 3. How often the collection is required: Upon application for an initial operator license, every six years for the renewal of operator or senior operator license, and upon notices of disability. 4. Who is required or asked to report: Facility licensees who are tasked with certifying the medical fitness of an applicant or licensee. 5. The number of annual respondents: 137. 6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 758 (288 hours for reporting (.25 hours per response) and 470 hours for recordkeeping (3.4 hours per recordkeeper)). 7. Abstract: NRC Form 396 is used to transmit information to the NRC regarding the medical condition of applicants for initial operator licenses or renewal of operator licenses and for the maintenance of medical records for all licensed operators. The information is used to determine whether the physical condition and general health of applicants for operator licensees is such that the applicant would not be expected to cause operational errors and endanger public health and safety. Submit, by October 3, 2005, comments that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility? 2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected? 4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology? A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC World Wide Web site: https:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo Shelton (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic mail to infocollects@nrc.gov.

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this proposed continuing information collection. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register at 70 FR 20937 and one comment was received. NSF is forwarding the proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.

Notice is hereby given that a delegation of Commissioners of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold an open meeting on August 10, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Senate Hart Hearing Room 216, Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20510. The delay of this change notice resulted from the short time-frame established by statute for the operations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and the necessity of coordinating this meeting with Federal, State and local government officials. The Commission requests that the public consult the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Web site, https://www.brac.gov, for updates. The Commission delegation will meet to receive comment from Federal, State and local government representatives and the general public on certain base closure and realignment actions under consideration by the Commission in the States of Indiana, Maine, North Carolina and Ohio that were not recommended by the Department of Defense (DoD). The installations concerned are listed in FR Doc. 05- 14596, published in the Federal Register of July 22, 2005, on page 42311. The purpose of this regional meeting is to allow communities an opportunity to voice their concerns, counter-arguments, and opinions related to the proposed action in a live public forum. This meeting will be open to the public, subject to the availability of space. Sign language interpretation will be provided. The delegation will not render decisions regarding the DoD recommendations at this meeting, but will gather information for later deliberations by the Commission as a whole.

Notice is hereby given that a delegation of Commissioners of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold an open meeting on August 8, 2005 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Monterey Convention Center, 1 Portola Plaza, Monterey, California 93940. The delay of this change notice resulted from the short time-frame established by statute for the operations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and the necessity of coordinating this meeting with Federal, state and local government officials. The Commission requests that the public consult with 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Web site, https://www.brac.gov, for updates. The Commission delegation will meet to receive comment from Federal, state and local government representatives and the general public on certain base closure and realignment actions under consideration by the Commission in the states of Alaska, California and Colorado that were not recommended by the Department of Defense (DoD). The installations concerned are listed in FR Doc. 05-14596, published in the Federal Register of July 22, 2005, on page 42311. The purpose of this regional meeting is to allow communities an opportunity to voice their concerns, counter-arguments, and opinions related to the proposed action in a live public forum. This meeting will be open to the public, subject to the availability of space. Sign language interpretation will be provided. The delegation will not render decisions regarding the DoD recommendations at this meeting, but will gather information for later deliberations by the Commission as a whole.

Notice is hereby given that a delegation of Commissioners of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold an open meeting on August 11, 2005 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Senate Hart Hearing Room 216, Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20510. The delay of this change notice resulted from the short time-frame established by statute for the operations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and the necessity of coordinating this meeting with Federal and state government officials. The Commission requests that the public consult the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Web site https://www.brac.gov, for updates. The Commission delegation will meet to receive testimony from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, United States Northern Command, the Department of the Air Force, the National Guard Bureau, and the Adjutants General Association of the United States regarding impacts on Homeland Security and Homeland Defense of various Department of Defense recommendations for closure or realignment of installations, and various Department of Defense recommendations regarding units of the Air National Guard. This meeting will be open to the public, subject to the availability of space. The delegation will not render decisions regarding the DoD recommendations at this meeting, but will gather information for later deliberations by the Commission as a whole.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding Standard Form 150, Deposit Bond- Individual Invitation, Sale of Government Personal Property. A request for public comments was published at 70 FR 16820, April 1, 2005. No comments were received. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will meet on Friday, August 5, 2005. The meeting will be held in the Grand Orrington Ballroom, Second Floor, Hotel Orrington, 710 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, beginning at 12:15 p.m. The ACHP was established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) to advise the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and to comment upon Federal, federally assisted, and federally licensed undertakings having an effect upon properties listed in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The ACHP's members are the Architect of the Capitol; the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Defense, and Transportation; the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and General Services Administration; the Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; the President of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers; a Governor; a Mayor; a Native American; and eight non-Federal members appointed by the President. The agenda for the meeting includes the following:

The FDIC is proposing to amend its regulations concerning annual independent audits and reporting requirements, which implement Section 36 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act). Section 36 and the FDIC's implementing regulations are generally intended to facilitate early identification of problems in financial management at insured depository institutions with total assets above a certain threshold (currently $500 million) through annual independent audits, assessments of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and compliance with designated laws and regulations, and related reporting requirements. Section 36 also includes requirements for audit committees at these insured depository institutions. The FDIC's amendments would raise the asset size threshold from $500 million to $1 billion for internal control assessments by management and external auditors and for the members of the audit committee, who must be outside directors, to be independent of management. As required by section 36, the FDIC has consulted with the other Federal banking agencies. These amendments are proposed to take effect December 31, 2005.