Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences; Notice of Meeting, 46521-46522 [06-6883]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 156 / Monday, August 14, 2006 / Notices National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). ACTION: Request for comment. AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). ACTION: Request for comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is published to obtain comments from the public. DATES: Comments will be accepted until October 13, 2006. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or a copy of the information collection request should be directed to Tracy Sumpter at the National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–3428, or at (703) 518–6440. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal for the following collection of information: OMB Number: 3133–0139. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title: Organization and Operation of Federal Credit Unions Description: Federal Credit Unions wishing to pay lending-related incentives to employees must establish written policies. Respondents: Certain Federal Credit Unions. Estimated No. of Respondents/Record keepers: 2,000. Estimated Burden Hours Per Response: One. Frequency of Response: On Occasion. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,000. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $125,000. By the National Credit Union Administration Board on August 9, 2006. Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board. 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Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this plan by August 29, 206. This plan may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address listed above. Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Officer. [FR Doc. 06–6894 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–M NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following meeting. Name: Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences (#10752). E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1 46522 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 156 / Monday, August 14, 2006 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Date & Time: August 14, 2006, 8 a.m.– 7 p.m., August 15–16, 2006, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., August 17, 2006, 8 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Place: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), in Moss Landing, CA. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Dr. Alexandria Isern, Program Director, Division of Ocean Science, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Purpose of Meeting: To review the scope and system level implementation plans for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) including management plans and budgeting, and determine whether all major risks with his project have been identified and whether appropriate initial system development specifications has been established for each sub-element of the OOI. Reason for Late Notice: Administrative Oversight. Agenda: To review elements of the initial Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Project Execution Plan (PEP) and the project’s plans for further development of the OOI to the Preliminary Design phrase of project maturity. August 14, 2006—Plenary session designed to orient the review panel and NSF staff to progress on high level activities related to OOI science, engineering, and management by the project staff and associated experts. Review of management issues. At the end of the day the panel will present concerns to the project team to be addressed at the start of day 2. After this presentation, the breakout groups will meet with Project leads for Level-2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements to coordinate for breakout sessions on day 2. August 15, 2006—Break out sessions will review specific OOI WBS elements. At the end of the day the panel will present concerns to the project team to be addressed at the start of day 3. There will be a site tour of facilities and activities related to OOI on the second day. August 16, 2006—Breakout sessions continue in the morning. Meet plenary at the end of the day to address any lingering questions of the Panel. August 17, 2006—Review Panel drafts Critical Design review (CDR) report and presents a summary of the report findings to the project team at a closeout session. Dated: August 8, 2006. Susanne Bolton, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 05–6883 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:58 Aug 11, 2006 Jkt 208001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Pressurized Thermal Shock; Reports on the Technical Basis and Public Workshop Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of workshop. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available reports documenting the technical basis for a proposed revision of the NRC’s pressurized thermal shock regulations. The NRC will also be conducting a twoday public workshop on this topic. The workshop is open to the public and all interested parties may attend. DATES: The NRC is not soliciting comments at this time; however, NRC will request formal public comments when a notice of proposed rulemaking is published in the Federal Register. The public workshop will be: September 7, 2006, from 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m., Room T10–A1, and from 1 p.m.– 4:45 p.m., Room T9–A1; September 8, 2006, from 9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m., Room T9–A1. If you plan to attend the workshop you are encouraged to preregister in order to facilitate security check-in on the day of the meeting. ADDRESSES: Documents related to the proposed technical basis can be accessed electronically at https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/webbased.html. From this site, you can access ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC’s publicly available documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if you experience problems accessing documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov. 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If an embrittled RPV had an existing flaw of critical size and certain postulated severe system transients were to occur, the flaw could very rapidly propagate through the vessel, resulting in a through-wall crack and challenging the integrity of the RPV. The postulated severe transients of concern, known as pressurized thermal shock (PTS) events, are characterized by a rapid cooling (i.e., thermal shock) of the internal RPV surface in combination with repressurization of the RPV. The coincident occurrence of critical-size flaws, embrittled vessel steel and weld material, and a severe PTS transient is a very low-probability event. Additionally, only a few currently operating pressurized-water reactors are projected to closely approach the current statutory limit on the level of embrittlement, as set forth in Title 10, Section 50.61, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.61), ‘‘Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events,’’ during their planned operational life. Advancements in our understanding and knowledge of materials behavior, our ability to realistically model plant systems and operational characteristics, and our ability to better evaluate PTS transients to estimate loads on vessel walls led NRC to conclude that the earlier analysis, conducted in the course of developing the PTS Rule in the 1980s, contained significant conservatism. Consistent with the NRC’s Strategic Plan and the strategy to use realistically conservative, safety-focused research programs to resolve safetyrelated issues, the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) undertook a project in 1999 to develop a technical basis to support a riskinformed revision of 10 CFR 50.61. Two central features of the research approach include a focus on the use of realistic input values and models and an explicit treatment of uncertainties (using currently available uncertainty analysis tools and techniques). This approach improved significantly upon that employed to establish the embrittlement limits in 10 CFR 50.61, which originally included intentional and unquantified conservatism in many aspects of the analysis and treated uncertainties implicitly by incorporating them into the models. In early 2005, RES completed a series of reports that describe in detail the results of the project initiated in 1999. 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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 06-6883]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting.
    Name: Proposal Review Panel for Ocean Sciences (10752).

[[Page 46522]]

    Date & Time: August 14, 2006, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., August 15-16, 2006, 8 
a.m.-5 p.m., August 17, 2006, 8 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), in Moss 
Landing, CA.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Dr. Alexandria Isern, Program Director, Division of 
Ocean Science, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 
Arlington, VA 22230.
    Purpose of Meeting: To review the scope and system level 
implementation plans for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) 
including management plans and budgeting, and determine whether all 
major risks with his project have been identified and whether 
appropriate initial system development specifications has been 
established for each sub-element of the OOI.
    Reason for Late Notice: Administrative Oversight.
    Agenda: To review elements of the initial Ocean Observatories 
Initiative (OOI) Project Execution Plan (PEP) and the project's plans 
for further development of the OOI to the Preliminary Design phrase of 
project maturity.
    August 14, 2006--Plenary session designed to orient the review 
panel and NSF staff to progress on high level activities related to OOI 
science, engineering, and management by the project staff and 
associated experts. Review of management issues. At the end of the day 
the panel will present concerns to the project team to be addressed at 
the start of day 2. After this presentation, the breakout groups will 
meet with Project leads for Level-2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 
elements to coordinate for breakout sessions on day 2.
    August 15, 2006--Break out sessions will review specific OOI WBS 
elements. At the end of the day the panel will present concerns to the 
project team to be addressed at the start of day 3. There will be a 
site tour of facilities and activities related to OOI on the second 
day.
    August 16, 2006--Breakout sessions continue in the morning. Meet 
plenary at the end of the day to address any lingering questions of the 
Panel.
    August 17, 2006--Review Panel drafts Critical Design review (CDR) 
report and presents a summary of the report findings to the project 
team at a closeout session.

    Dated: August 8, 2006.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6883 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am]
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