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P. Diane Rausch,
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National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (05–016)]
NASA Summit Industry Panel 2005;
Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
announces a meeting of the NASA
Summit Industry Panel 2005.
DATES: Wednesday, February 23, 2005, 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, 300 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20546,
Auditorium—West Lobby.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John White, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Washington, DC
20546, 202/358–5157. Persons with
disabilities who require assistance
should indicate this.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the seating capacity of the room. The
agenda for the meeting is as follows:
—Vision for Space Exploration
—Integrated Space Operations Summit
Update
—Industry Panel Team Activities
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Attendees will be requested to sign a
register. It is imperative that the meeting
be held on this date to accommodate the
scheduling priorities of the key
participants.
Dated: January 31, 2005.
P. Diane Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (05–021)]
Notice of Prospective Patent License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of prospective patent
license.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice
that TPH Acquisition, LLLP, D/b/a The
Parts House, of 10321 Fortune Parkway,
Bldg. 400, Jacksonville, FL 32256, has
applied for an Exclusive license to
practice the inventions described in
NASA Case Number LAR–16324–1 for
which a U.S. Patent was issued and
LAR–16324–2 for which a Patent
Application was filed, both entitled
‘‘Self-Activating System And Method
For Alerting When An Object Or A
Person Is Left Unattended’’ and assigned
to the United States of America as
represented by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Written objections to
the prospective grant of a license should
be sent to Langley Research Center.
DATES: Responses to this notice must be
received by February 24, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt
G. Hammerle, Patent Attorney, Langley
Research Center, Mail Stop 141,
Hampton, VA 23681–2199. Telephone
757–864–2470; Fax 757–864–9190.
Dated: February 3, 2005.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel (Administration and
Management).
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts; Arts
Advisory Panel
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby
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given that three meetings of the Arts
Advisory Panel to the National Council
on the Arts will be held by
teleconference at the Nancy Hanks
Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows:
Literature (Reading in America): February
22, 2005, from Room 722. This meeting, from
1 p.m. to 2 p.m., will be closed.
Music (NEA Jazz Masters—Radio Project):
February 22, 2005, from Room 703. This
meeting, from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., will be
closed.
Theater (Shakespeare in American
Communities): March 2, 2005, from Room
521. This meeting, from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.,
will be closed.
These meetings are for the purpose of
Panel review, discussion, evaluation, and
recommendations on financial assistance
under the National Foundation on the Arts
and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
including information given in confidence to
the agency. In accordance with the
determination of the Chairman of April 30,
2003, these sessions will be closed to the
public pursuant to subsection (c)(6) of
section 552b of Title 5, United States Code.
Further information with reference to this
meeting can be obtained from Ms. Kathy
Plowitz-Worden, Office of Guidelines &
Panel Operations, National Endowment for
the Arts, Washington, DC 20506 or call (202)
682–5691.
Dated: February 5, 2005.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,
National Endowment for the Arts.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to OMB and solicitation of
public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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: 10 CFR Part 52, ‘‘Early Site
Permits (ESP); Standard Design
Certifications; and Combined Licenses
for Nuclear Power Plants’’.
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0151.
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3. How often the collection is
required: On occasion and every 10 to
20 years for applications for renewal.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Designers of commercial nuclear power
plants, electric power companies, and
any person eligible under the Atomic
Energy Act to apply for a construction
permit for a nuclear power plant.
5. The number of annual respondents:
2.666 (2 early site permit applicants, 2
combined license applicants, and 4
design certification applicants are
expected over a 3 year period.).
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 205,161 hours.
7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 52 establishes
requirements for the granting of early
site permits, certifications of standard
nuclear power plant designs, and
licenses which combine in a single
license a construction permit, and an
operating license with conditions
(combined licenses), manufacturing
licenses, standard design approvals, and
pre-application reviews of site
suitability issues. Part 52 also
establishes requirements for renewal of
those approvals, permits, certifications,
and licenses; amendments to them;
exemptions from certifications; and
variances from early site permits.
NRC uses the information collected to
assess the adequacy and suitability of an
applicant’s site, plant design,
construction, training and experience,
and plans and procedures for the
protection of public health and safety.
The NRC review of such information
and the findings derived from that
information from the basis of NRC
decisions and actions concerning the
issuance, modification, or revocation of
site permits, design certifications,
combined licenses, and manufacturing
licenses for nuclear power plants.
Submit, by April 11, 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 worldwide 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.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of February, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
The revised discount rates are
effective immediately and will be in
effect through January 2006.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert B. Anderson, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3381.
James D. Foster,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
Appendix C
(Revised January 2005)
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease
Purchase, and Related Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated
annually around the time of the President’s
budget submission to Congress. This version
of the appendix is valid through the end of
January 2006. A copy of the updated
appendix can be obtained in electronic form
through the OMB home page at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a094/
a94_appx-c.html, the text of the main body
of the Circular is found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a094/
a094.html, and a table of past years’ rates is
located at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars/a094/DISCHIST–2005.pdf. Updates
of the appendix are also available upon
request from OMB’s Office of Economic
Policy (202–395–3381).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for 2005
based on the economic assumptions from the
2006 Budget are presented below. These
nominal rates are to be used for discounting
nominal flows, which are often encountered
in lease-purchase analysis.
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
30-Year
3.7
4.1
4.4
4.6
5.2
Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real
interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the
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economic assumptions from the 2006 Budget
is presented below. These real rates are to be
used for discounting real (constant-dollar)
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: 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: 10 CFR Part 52, ``Early
Site Permits (ESP); Standard Design Certifications; and Combined
Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants''.
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0151.
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3. How often the collection is required: On occasion and every 10
to 20 years for applications for renewal.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Designers of commercial
nuclear power plants, electric power companies, and any person eligible
under the Atomic Energy Act to apply for a construction permit for a
nuclear power plant.
5. The number of annual respondents: 2.666 (2 early site permit
applicants, 2 combined license applicants, and 4 design certification
applicants are expected over a 3 year period.).
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 205,161 hours.
7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 52 establishes requirements for the
granting of early site permits, certifications of standard nuclear
power plant designs, and licenses which combine in a single license a
construction permit, and an operating license with conditions (combined
licenses), manufacturing licenses, standard design approvals, and pre-
application reviews of site suitability issues. Part 52 also
establishes requirements for renewal of those approvals, permits,
certifications, and licenses; amendments to them; exemptions from
certifications; and variances from early site permits.
NRC uses the information collected to assess the adequacy and
suitability of an applicant's site, plant design, construction,
training and experience, and plans and procedures for the protection of
public health and safety. The NRC review of such information and the
findings derived from that information from the basis of NRC decisions
and actions concerning the issuance, modification, or revocation of
site permits, design certifications, combined licenses, and
manufacturing licenses for nuclear power plants.
Submit, by April 11, 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 worldwide 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.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of February, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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