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Agenda: To review and evaluate
nominations as part of the selection
process for awards.
Reason for Late Notice: Time and date
of meeting were not established until
March 14, 2006.
Reason for Closing: The nominations
being reviewed include information of a
personal nature where disclosure would
constitute unwarranted invasions of
personal privacy. These matters are
exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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DATE AND TIME:
March 29–30, 2006.
March 29, 2006
Sessions:
8 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
8 a.m.–9:30 a.m.—Open
9:30 a.m.–10 a.m.—Open
10 a.m.–11 a.m.—Open
11 a.m.–12 noon—Executive Closed
1 p.m.–1:30 p.m.—Open
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.—Open
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.—Open
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.—Open
March 30, 2006
Sessions:
7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.—Open
9:30 a.m.–10 a.m.—Closed
10 a.m.–11 a.m.—Open
11 a.m.–11:30 a.m.—Closed
11:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.—Executive
Closed
1 p.m.–1:15 p.m.—Closed
1:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.—Open
PLACE: National Science Foundation,
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Part of this meeting will be
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Part of this meeting will be open to
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Matters To Be Considered
Wednesday, March 30, 2006
Open
Committee on Programs and Plans
Subcommittee on Polar Issues (8 a.m.–
9:30 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of September 2005
Minutes
• Progress in planning for
International Polar Year
• Antarctic Treaty Actions requiring
new national legislation
• Bering Sea Ecosystem research
project
• Antarctic Resupply
Committee on Programs and Plans
Task Force on Transformative Research
(9:30 a.m.–10 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of November-December
2005 Minutes
• Update on TR Workshop III,
National Science Foundation, May 16,
2006
• Outcomes of previous TR
workshops
Committee on Programs and Plans
Task Force on International Science (10
a.m.–11 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of November-December
2005 Minutes
• Update on Various Meetings with
Agencies and Institutions in
Washington, DC
• Discussion of Future Task Force
Activities
• Update from NSF on the Status of
Recommendations made in the 2000
NSB Interim Report on International
Science
Committee on Programs and Plans
Task Force on Hurricane Science and
Engineering (1 p.m.–1:30 p.m.) Room
1235.
• Discussion of January 24 and
February 7, 2006 Workshops
• Discussion of April 18, 2006
Workshop
Committee on Education and Human
Resources Subcommittee on Science
and Engineering Indicators (1:30 p.m.—
2:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of November 2005
Minutes
• Chairman’s Remarks
• Discussion of Science and
Engineering Indicators 2006 Clearance
and Rollout
• Evolution of Indicators
Æ Purpose and current audience
Æ Outreach
Æ Presentation—paper and electronic
Æ New data/indicators
Æ Interim release of data
Committee on Education and Human
Resources (2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.) Room
1235.
• Approval of February 2006 Minutes
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• Background: NSF/EHR Evaluation
Briefing Book
• Follow-up to February Discussion
of Future Activities
• NSB/EHR Discussion of Potential
STEM Education Commission
• Subcommittee on Science and
Engineering Indicators
• Follow-up Discussion: Workshop
on ‘‘Engineering Workforce Issues and
Engineering Education: What are the
Linkages?’
• NSB items
Committee on Strategy and Budget
(4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of November 2005
Minutes
• Approval of November 2005 CSB/
CPP Joint Session Minutes
• Status of the NSF Strategic Plan: FY
2003–2008, and schedule for NSB
review and approval
• Status of FY 2007 Budget Request to
Congress
• Process for developing FY 2008
Budget Request to Congress
• NSF Average Award Size, Duration,
and Proposal Success Rate
Executive Closed
Ad hoc Committee on 2006 Vannevar
Bush Award (11 a.m.–12 noon) Room
1235.
• Review and discussion of
candidates
• Balloting
Thursday, March 30
Open
Committee on Programs and Plans
(7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of February 10, 2006 CPP
Minutes
• Approval of November 30, 2005
CSB/CPP Joint Session Minutes
• Status Reports:
Æ Task Force on Transformative
Research
Æ Task Force on International Science
Æ Task Force on Hurricane Science
and Engineering
Æ Subcommittee on Polar Issues
• NSB Information Item: National
Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory—Plans for Review of the
Proposed 5–Year Renewal of Support
Æ Updates:
Æ Atacama Large Millimeter Array
(ALMA)
Æ National Ecological Observatory
Network (NEON)
Æ NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure Vision
Committee on Audit and Oversight
(10 a.m.–11 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of December 2005
Minutes
• Introduction of new NSF financial
statement auditors
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• Presentation of FY 2005 Merit
Review Report
• Chief Financial Officer’s Update
Closed
Committee on Programs and Plans
(9:30–10).
• Awards and Agreements
Committee on Audit and Oversight
(11–11:30)
• Pending Investigations (OIG Staff)
Plenary Sessions of the Board (11:30
a.m.–11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)
Executive Closed Session (11:30 a.m.–
11:45 a.m.) Room 1235.
• Approval of February 2006
Executive Closed Minutes
• Approval of Honorary Award
Recipients
• Nominating Committee Election
Closed Session (1 p.m.–1:15 p.m.)
Room 1235.
• Approval of February 2006 Closed
Session Minutes
• Awards and Agreements
• Closed Committee Reports
Open Session (1:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.)
Room 1235.
• Approval of February 2006 Open
Session Minutes
• Resolution To Close portions of
May 2006 meeting
• Chairman’s Report
Æ NSB Congressional Testimony
Æ Update on STEM Education
Hearings
• Director’s Report
Æ NSF Congressional Update
• Open Committee Reports
• Presentation: Update on Grants.gov
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating
Company (FENOC); Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating
Licenses and Opportunity for a
Hearing
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of an amendment
to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–
66 and NPF–73, issued to FENOC (the
licensee), for operation of the Beaver
Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and
2 (BVPS–1 and 2) located in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendments requested
by the licensee’s February 25, 2005,
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license amendment request (LAR)
would represent a full conversion from
the current Technical Specifications
(CTS) to a set of improved Technical
Specifications (ITS) based on NUREG–
1431, ‘‘Standard Technical
Specifications (STS) for Westinghouse
Plants,’’ Revision 2, dated April 2001.
Some additional changes were proposed
by the licensee to make the resulting ITS
more consistent with Revision 3 of
NUREG–1431 dated June 2004. The
proposed amendments would also
consolidate the BVPS–1 and 2 TSs into
a single set of ITS applicable to both
units. The attachment to the licensee’s
February 25, 2005, LAR consists of 10
volumes.
Volume 1 contains a copy of the
licensee’s transmittal letter, a detailed
description of the contents and
organization of the BVPS ITS
conversion LAR, a status of Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF)
changes to NUREG–1431, Revisions 2
and 3, a status of pending LARs, a list
of beyond scope changes (BSIs), a CTS
‘‘roadmap’’ showing the disposition of
each BVPS CTS and its relation to the
proposed BVPS ITS in CTS order, an
improved STS ‘‘roadmap’’ showing the
correspondence of each improved STS
to the proposed BVPS ITS and CTS in
improved STS order, and the licensee’s
evaluation of environmental
considerations for the proposed ITS
conversion LAR.
NUREG–1431 has been developed by
the Commission’s staff through working
groups composed of both NRC staff
members and industry representatives,
and has been endorsed by the NRC staff
as part of an industry-wide initiative to
standardize and improve the Technical
Specifications (TSs) for nuclear power
plants. As part of this submittal, the
licensee has applied the criteria
contained in the Commission’s ‘‘Final
Policy Statement on Technical
Specification Improvements for Nuclear
Power Reactors (Final Policy
Statement),’’ published in the Federal
Register on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132),
to the CTS and using NUREG–1431 as
a basis, proposed an ITS for BVPS–1
and 2. The criteria in the Final Policy
Statement was subsequently added to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.36,
Technical specifications,’’ in a rule
change that was published in the
Federal Register on July 19, 1995 (60 FR
36953) and became effective on August
18, 1995.
In addition to the conversion, the
licensee also proposed 30 BSIs where
the proposed requirements are different
from the CTS and the STS of NUREG–
1431. These include 25 items identified
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by the licensee as BSIs and 5 additional
items that consist of TSTF Traveler
Items that were pending at the time of
the licensee’s application, and which
the NRC staff has determined it will
treat as BSIs. The BSIs are identified
later in this notice.
This notice is based on the
application dated February 25, 2005,
and the information provided to the
NRC through the BVPS–1 and 2 ITS
Conversion Web page. To expedite its
review of the application, the NRC staff
issued its requests for additional
information (RAIs) through the BVPS–1
and 2 ITS Conversion Web page and the
licensee addressed the RAIs by
providing responses on the Web page.
Entry into the database is protected so
that only licensee and NRC reviewers
can enter information into the database
to add RAIs (NRC) or providing
responses to the RAIs (licensee);
however, the public can enter the
database to only read the questions
asked and the responses provided. To be
in compliance with the regulations for
written communications for license
amendment requests and to have the
database on the BVPS–1 and 2 dockets
before the amendments would be
issued, the licensee will submit a copy
of the database in a submittal to the
NRC after there are no further RAIs and
before the amendments would be
issued. The public can access the
database through the NRC Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov by the following
process: (1) Click on the tab labeled
‘‘Nuclear Reactors’’ on the NRC home
page along the upper part of the Web
page, (2) then click on the link to
‘‘Power Reactors’’ which is under
‘‘Regulated Reactors’’ on the left hand
side of the Web page, (3) then click on
the link to ‘‘Improved Standard
Technical Specifications’’ which is on
right hand side of the page, (4) then
click on the link for ‘‘Improved
Technical Specifications Data Base’’ at
the bottom of the page under the
heading ‘‘Conversion to Standard
Technical Specifications,’’ and (5)
finally, click on the link to ‘‘Beaver
Valley Power Station Licensing
Database,’’ near the middle of the Web
page, to open the database. The RAIs
and responses to RAIs are organized by
ITS Sections 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1 through
3.9, 4.0, and 5.0, and/or the BSI
numbers. For most listed ITS sections or
BSIs, there is an RAI which can be read
by clicking on the ITS section or BSI
number. The licensee’s responses are
shown by a solid triangle adjacent to the
ITS section or BSI number, and, to read
the response, you click on the triangle.
To page down through the ITS sections
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Sunshine Act; National Science Board and Its Subdivisions; Notice
of Meeting
Date and Time: March 29-30, 2006.
March 29, 2006 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sessions:
8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Open
9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.--Open
10 a.m.-11 a.m.--Open
11 a.m.-12 noon--Executive Closed
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.--Open
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.--Open
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.--Open
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.--Open
March 30, 2006 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sessions:
7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Open
9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.--Closed
10 a.m.-11 a.m.--Open
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.--Closed
11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.--Executive Closed
1 p.m.-1:15 p.m.--Closed
1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.--Open
Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Room 1235,
Arlington, VA 22230.
Public Meeting Attendance: All visitors must report to the NSF's
visitor's desk at the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance to receive a
visitor's badge.
Contact Information: Please refer to the National Science Board Web
site (https://www.nsf.gov/nsb) for updated schedule. NSB Office: Dr.
Robert Webber, (703) 292-7000.
Status: Part of this meeting will be closed to the public.
Part of this meeting will be open to the public.
Matters To Be Considered
Wednesday, March 30, 2006
Open
Committee on Programs and Plans Subcommittee on Polar Issues (8
a.m.-9:30 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of September 2005 Minutes
Progress in planning for International Polar Year
Antarctic Treaty Actions requiring new national
legislation
Bering Sea Ecosystem research project
Antarctic Resupply
Committee on Programs and Plans Task Force on Transformative
Research (9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of November-December 2005 Minutes
Update on TR Workshop III, National Science Foundation,
May 16, 2006
Outcomes of previous TR workshops
Committee on Programs and Plans Task Force on International Science
(10 a.m.-11 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of November-December 2005 Minutes
Update on Various Meetings with Agencies and Institutions
in Washington, DC
Discussion of Future Task Force Activities
Update from NSF on the Status of Recommendations made in
the 2000 NSB Interim Report on International Science
Committee on Programs and Plans Task Force on Hurricane Science and
Engineering (1 p.m.-1:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
Discussion of January 24 and February 7, 2006 Workshops
Discussion of April 18, 2006 Workshop
Committee on Education and Human Resources Subcommittee on Science
and Engineering Indicators (1:30 p.m.--2:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of November 2005 Minutes
Chairman's Remarks
Discussion of Science and Engineering Indicators 2006
Clearance and Rollout
Evolution of Indicators
[cir] Purpose and current audience
[cir] Outreach
[cir] Presentation--paper and electronic
[cir] New data/indicators
[cir] Interim release of data
Committee on Education and Human Resources (2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.)
Room 1235.
Approval of February 2006 Minutes
Background: NSF/EHR Evaluation Briefing Book
Follow-up to February Discussion of Future Activities
NSB/EHR Discussion of Potential STEM Education Commission
Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Indicators
Follow-up Discussion: Workshop on ``Engineering Workforce
Issues and Engineering Education: What are the Linkages?'
NSB items
Committee on Strategy and Budget (4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of November 2005 Minutes
Approval of November 2005 CSB/CPP Joint Session Minutes
Status of the NSF Strategic Plan: FY 2003-2008, and
schedule for NSB review and approval
Status of FY 2007 Budget Request to Congress
Process for developing FY 2008 Budget Request to Congress
NSF Average Award Size, Duration, and Proposal Success
Rate
Executive Closed
Ad hoc Committee on 2006 Vannevar Bush Award (11 a.m.-12 noon) Room
1235.
Review and discussion of candidates
Balloting
Thursday, March 30
Open
Committee on Programs and Plans (7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of February 10, 2006 CPP Minutes
Approval of November 30, 2005 CSB/CPP Joint Session
Minutes
Status Reports:
[cir] Task Force on Transformative Research
[cir] Task Force on International Science
[cir] Task Force on Hurricane Science and Engineering
[cir] Subcommittee on Polar Issues
NSB Information Item: National Superconducting Cyclotron
Laboratory--Plans for Review of the Proposed 5-Year Renewal of Support
[cir] Updates:
[cir] Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
[cir] National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
[cir] NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Vision
Committee on Audit and Oversight (10 a.m.-11 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of December 2005 Minutes
Introduction of new NSF financial statement auditors
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Presentation of FY 2005 Merit Review Report
Chief Financial Officer's Update
Closed
Committee on Programs and Plans (9:30-10).
Awards and Agreements
Committee on Audit and Oversight (11-11:30)
Pending Investigations (OIG Staff)
Plenary Sessions of the Board (11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3:30
p.m.)
Executive Closed Session (11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of February 2006 Executive Closed Minutes
Approval of Honorary Award Recipients
Nominating Committee Election
Closed Session (1 p.m.-1:15 p.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of February 2006 Closed Session Minutes
Awards and Agreements
Closed Committee Reports
Open Session (1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.) Room 1235.
Approval of February 2006 Open Session Minutes
Resolution To Close portions of May 2006 meeting
Chairman's Report
[cir] NSB Congressional Testimony
[cir] Update on STEM Education Hearings
Director's Report
[cir] NSF Congressional Update
Open Committee Reports
Presentation: Update on Grants.gov
Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.
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