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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent to Seek Approval To
Extend and Revise a Current
Information Collection
National Science Foundation.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request renewal of this collection. In
accordance with the requirement of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
we are providing opportunity for public
comment on this action. After obtaining
and considering public comment, NSF
will prepare the submission requesting
that OMB approve clearance of this
collection for three years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by March 10, 2009 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR
COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne H.
Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington,
Virginia 22230; telephone (703) 292–
7556; or send e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday. You also may obtain a copy of
the data collection instrument and
instructions from Ms. Plimpton.
Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of
Collection: Survey of Research and
Development Expenditures at
Universities and Colleges; OMB Control
Number 3145–0100.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
May 31, 2009.
Proposed Renewal Project: Separately
budgeted current fund expenditures on
research and development in the
sciences and engineering performed by
universities and colleges and federally
funded research and development
centers—A web survey, the Survey of
Research and Development
Expenditures at Universities and
Colleges, originated in fiscal year (FY)
1954 and has been conducted annually
since FY 1972. The survey is the
academic research and development
expenditure component of the NSF
statistical program that seeks to provide
a ‘‘central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis
of data on the availability of, and the
current and projected need for,
scientific and technical resources in the
United States, and to provide a source
of information for policy formulation by
other agencies of the Federal
government,’’ as mandated in the
National Science Foundation Act of
1950.
Use of the Information: The proposed
project will continue the annual survey
cycle for up to three years. The
Academic R&D Survey will be a census
of the full population-for FY 2009 an
expected 751 institutions (713
universities or colleges plus 38 federally
funded research and development
centers—FFRDCs). These institutions
account for over 95 percent of the
Nation’s academic R&D funds. NSF will
also conduct a pretest of a revised and
expanded version of the survey for
planned implementation in FY 2010
with a subset of 40 universities or
colleges.
The survey has provided continuity of
statistics on R&D expenditures by
source of funds and by science &
engineering (S&E) field, with separate
data requested on current fund
expenditures for research equipment by
S&E field. Further breakdowns are
collected on passed through funds to
subrecipients and received as a
subrecipient, and on R&D expenditures
by field of science and engineering from
specific Federal Government agency
sources. Information on R&D for nonS&E fields is also requested. Data are
published in NSF’s annual publication
series Academic R&D Expenditures and
are available electronically on the World
Wide Web.
The survey is a fully automated web
data collection effort and is handled
primarily by the administrators in
university budget and accounting
offices. To minimize burden,
institutions are provided with an
abundance of guidance and help menus
on the web, in addition to printing and
responding via paper copy if necessary.
Each record is pre-loaded with the
institution’s 2 previous years data and a
complete program for editing and trend
checking. Response to this voluntary
survey in FY 2007 was 96.9 percent.
BURDEN ESTIMATES 1
Total number
of
institutions
Year
FY
FY
FY
FY
1999
2000
2001
2002
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1Average
480
700
625
625
Doctorategranting
burden
hours
20.8
21.0
30.2
28.7
Mastersgranting
burden
hours
13.0
12.0
11.9
14.9
burden hours for institutions responding to burden item.
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Bachelors
degree
burden
hours
7.5
10.5
9.0
12.2
FFRDC’s
burden
hours
9.4
9.2
12.1
4.5
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices
Dated: January 6, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment to Byproduct Materials
License No. 06–00217–06, for
Amendment of the License and
Unrestricted Release of a Portion of
the ABB, Inc. Facility in Windsor, CT
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Schmidt, Health Physicist,
Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475
Allendale Drive, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania 19406–1415; telephone
(610)–337–5276; fax number (610)–337–
5269; or by e-mail: jim.schmidt@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Byproduct License No. 06–00217–06.
This license is held by ABB, Inc. (the
Licensee), for its CE Windsor Site (the
Facility), located at 2000 Day Hill Road
in Windsor, Connecticut. Issuance of the
amendment would authorize a partial
site release of 365 contiguous acres of
the 612 acre facility for unrestricted use.
The Licensee requested this action in a
letter dated December 27, 2007. The
NRC has prepared an Environmental
Assessment in support of this proposed
action in accordance with the
requirements of Title 10, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10
CFR Part 51). Based on the
Environmental Assessment, the NRC
has concluded that a Finding of No
Significant Impact is appropriate with
respect to the proposed action. The
amendment will be issued to the
Licensee following the publication of
this Finding of No Significant Impact
and Environmental Assessment in the
Federal Register.
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II. Environmental Assessment
Identification of Proposed Action
The proposed action would approve
the Licensee’s December 27, 2007,
license amendment request, resulting in
the partial site release of 365 contiguous
acres of the Windsor, Connecticut
facility for unrestricted use. Historical
NRC-licensed activities previously
conducted at the Facility included
research, development, and commercial
fuel fabrication and component repair.
Additionally, the Facility was also used
to fabricate naval fuel for the United
States Government. License No. 06–
00217–06 was issued in the 1960’s
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 30 and has been
amended periodically since that time.
The license currently authorizes the
Licensee to possess and use unsealed
byproduct material, and limited
amounts of source and special nuclear
material, solely for purpose of
conducting decommissioning activities
at the Facility.
The Facility is situated on 612 acres
of which about a third is developed
with buildings containing office space,
fabrication shops, and laboratories. The
balance of the Facility is comprised of
undeveloped wooded land. The Facility
is located in an industrial zone with
nearby property that includes
commercial, agricultural, industrial, and
residential areas. Within the Facility,
NRC-licensed material was confined to
numerous laboratories and fabrication
buildings associated with commercial
nuclear activities. All of these buildings
have been removed and the impacted
areas remediated. Those areas of the
facility that were involved with the
United States Government fuel
fabrication have been designated as
Formally Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program areas and have not yet been
remediated. The Formally Utilized Sites
Remedial Action Program areas within
the Facility include two buildings
having a total footprint of about 50,000
ft2 along with other undeveloped areas
having a total footprint of about 15
acres. Also located within the Facility
boundary is a 10.6 acre plot of land
previously used as a United States Navy
training site which was owned by the
United States Government and was
previously remediated by the United
States Department of Energy.
On September 13, 2007, the Licensee
completed the licensed
decommissioning activities for the nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program areas of the Facility and
requested that all of these areas be
removed from control of NRC License
No. 06–00217–06. These activities were
conducted in accordance with a
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decommissioning plan that was
approved for use as part of Amendment
54 to License No. 06–00217–06. The
Licensee conducted final status surveys
of these areas of the Facility and
provided information to the NRC to
demonstrate that it meets the criteria in
Subpart E to 10 CFR Part 20 for
unrestricted release. On December 27,
2007, the Licensee requested that only
365 contiguous acres of the nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program areas be considered for
unrestricted release in order to provide
buffer areas around the Formally
Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
areas on the Facility that have yet to be
remediated.
Need for the Proposed Action
The Licensee has ceased conducting
licensed activities within the areas of
the Facility for which the partial site
release has been requested and seeks
unrestricted use of the area. License No.
06–00217–06 will remain in place for
the balance of the Facility to support
future Formally Utilized Sites Remedial
Action Program decommissioning and
eventual site release.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The historical review of licensed
activities conducted at the Facility
shows that such activities involved
primarily uranium-234, uranium-235,
uranium-238, cesium-137, and cobalt60. Prior to performing the final status
survey for the areas for which the
unrestricted release has been requested,
the Licensee conducted
decontamination and remediation
activities, as necessary, in the areas of
the Facility affected by these
radionuclides. The Licensee conducted
final status surveys between 2005 and
2007. These surveys covered all
impacted areas within the requested
partial site release portion of the
Facility. Notification that
decommissioning activities in nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program areas of the site were complete
was provided in the Licensee’s letter
dated September 13, 2007. The Licensee
elected to demonstrate compliance with
the radiological criteria for unrestricted
release as specified in 10 CFR Part
20.1402 by developing derived
concentration guideline levels for its
Facility. The Licensee conducted sitespecific dose modeling using input
parameters specific to the Facility. This
dose modeling used the residential
farmer scenario. The Licensee thus
determined the maximum amount of
residual radioactivity on building
surfaces, equipment, materials, and soils
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent to Seek Approval To Extend and Revise a Current
Information Collection
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to
request renewal of this collection. In accordance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13), we are providing opportunity for public comment on this
action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will
prepare the submission requesting that OMB approve clearance of this
collection for three years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by March 10,
2009 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
For Additional Information or Comments: Contact Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone (703) 292-
7556; or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. You also may obtain a copy
of the data collection instrument and instructions from Ms. Plimpton.
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of Collection: Survey of Research and
Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges; OMB Control
Number 3145-0100.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: May 31, 2009.
Proposed Renewal Project: Separately budgeted current fund
expenditures on research and development in the sciences and
engineering performed by universities and colleges and federally funded
research and development centers--A web survey, the Survey of Research
and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, originated
in fiscal year (FY) 1954 and has been conducted annually since FY 1972.
The survey is the academic research and development expenditure
component of the NSF statistical program that seeks to provide a
``central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and
analysis of data on the availability of, and the current and projected
need for, scientific and technical resources in the United States, and
to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other
agencies of the Federal government,'' as mandated in the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950.
Use of the Information: The proposed project will continue the
annual survey cycle for up to three years. The Academic R&D Survey will
be a census of the full population-for FY 2009 an expected 751
institutions (713 universities or colleges plus 38 federally funded
research and development centers--FFRDCs). These institutions account
for over 95 percent of the Nation's academic R&D funds. NSF will also
conduct a pretest of a revised and expanded version of the survey for
planned implementation in FY 2010 with a subset of 40 universities or
colleges.
The survey has provided continuity of statistics on R&D
expenditures by source of funds and by science & engineering (S&E)
field, with separate data requested on current fund expenditures for
research equipment by S&E field. Further breakdowns are collected on
passed through funds to subrecipients and received as a subrecipient,
and on R&D expenditures by field of science and engineering from
specific Federal Government agency sources. Information on R&D for non-
S&E fields is also requested. Data are published in NSF's annual
publication series Academic R&D Expenditures and are available
electronically on the World Wide Web.
The survey is a fully automated web data collection effort and is
handled primarily by the administrators in university budget and
accounting offices. To minimize burden, institutions are provided with
an abundance of guidance and help menus on the web, in addition to
printing and responding via paper copy if necessary. Each record is
pre-loaded with the institution's 2 previous years data and a complete
program for editing and trend checking. Response to this voluntary
survey in FY 2007 was 96.9 percent.
Burden estimates \1\
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Doctorate- Masters- Bachelors
Total number granting granting degree FFRDC's
Year of burden burden burden burden
institutions hours hours hours hours
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FY 1999....................................... 480 20.8 13.0 7.5 9.4
FY 2000....................................... 700 21.0 12.0 10.5 9.2
FY 2001....................................... 625 30.2 11.9 9.0 12.1
FY 2002....................................... 625 28.7 14.9 12.2 4.5
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\1\Average burden hours for institutions responding to burden item.
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Dated: January 6, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. E9-196 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
