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Dated: March 5, 2009.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services—
Washington, DC.
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Comment Request: Biological
Sciences Proposal Classification Form
National Science Foundation.
Notice.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to renew clearance of this collection. In
accordance with the requirement of
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing
opportunity for public comment on this
action. After obtaining and considering
public comment, NSF will prepare the
submission requesting OMB clearance
of this collection for no longer than 3
years.
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
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be
received by May 11, 2009 to be assured
of consideration. Comments received
after that date will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding the information collection and
requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request should be
addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm.
295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail
to splimpto@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Plimpton on (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.
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Title of Collection: ‘‘Biological
Sciences Proposal Classification Form’’.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0203.
Expiration Date of Approval: August
31, 2009.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
Proposed Project: Five organizational
units within the Directorate of
Biological Sciences of the National
Science Foundation will use the
Biological Sciences Proposal
Classification Form. They are the
Division of Biological Infrastructure
(DBI), the Division of Environmental
Biology (DEB), the Division of
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
(MCB), the Division of Integrative
Organismal Systems IOS) and Emerging
Frontiers (EF). All scientists submitting
proposals to these units will be asked to
complete an electronic version of the
Proposal Classification Form. The form
consists of brief questions about the
substance of the research and the
investigator’s previous Federal support.
Each division will have a slightly
different version of the form. In this
way, submitters will only confront
response choices that are relevant to
their discipline.
Use of the Information: The
information gathered with the Biological
Sciences Proposal Classification Form
serves two main purposes. The first is
facilitation of the proposal review
process. Since peer review is a key
component of NSF’s grant-making
process, it is imperative that proposals
are reviewed by scientists with
appropriate expertise. The information
collected with the Proposal
Classification Form helps ensure that
the proposals are evaluated by
specialists who are well versed in
appropriate subject matter. This helps
maintain a fair and equitable review
process.
The second use of the information is
program evaluation. The Directorate is
committed to investing in a range of
substantive areas. With data from this
collection, the Directorate can calculate
submission rates and funding rates in
specific areas of research. Similarly, the
information can be used to identify
emerging areas of research, evaluate
changing infrastructure needs in the
research community, and track the
amount of international research. As the
National Science Foundation is
committed to funding cutting-edge
science, these factors all have
implications for program management.
The Directorate of Biological Sciences
has a continuing commitment to
monitor its information collection in
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order to preserve its applicability and
necessity. Through periodic updates
and revisions, the Directorate ensures
that only useful, non-redundant
information is collected. These efforts
will reduce excessive reporting burdens.
Burden on the Public: The Directorate
estimates that an average of five minutes
is expended for each proposal
submitted. An estimated 6,500
responses are expected during the
course of one year for a total of 542
public burden hours annually.
Expected Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Responses:
6,500.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 542 hours.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Dated: March 9, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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[Docket No. NRC–2008–0621]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC has recently
submitted to OMB for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The NRC published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
December 10, 2008.
1. Type of Submission, New, Revision,
or Extension: Extension.
2. The Title of the Information
Collection: 10 CFR Part 30—Rules of
General Applicability to Domestic
Licensing of Byproduct Material.
Current OMB Approval Number: 3150–
0017.
3. The Form Number if Applicable:
N/A.
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4. How Often the Collection is
Required: Required reports are collected
and evaluated on a continuing basis as
events occur. There is a one-time
submittal of information to receive a
license. Renewal applications are
submitted every 10 years. Information
submitted in previous applications may
be referenced without being
resubmitted. In addition, recordkeeping
must be performed on an on-going basis.
5. Who Will be Required or Asked to
Report: All persons applying for or
holding a license to manufacture,
produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own,
possess, or use radioactive byproduct
material.
6. An Estimate of the Number of
Annual Responses: 38,407 (6,623 NRC
Licensee responses (2,754 Responses +
3,869 Recordkeepers) and 31,784
Agreement State Licensee responses
(13,213 Responses + 18,571
Recordkeepers)).
7. The Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 22,440 (3,869 NRC
licensees and 18,571 Agreement State
licensees).
8. An Estimate of the Total Number of
Hours Needed Annually to Complete the
Requirement or Request: 314,844 (NRC
licensees 54,250 hours (24,633 reporting
+ 29,617 recordkeeping) and Agreement
State licensees 260,594 hours (118,597
reporting + 141,997 recordkeeping)).
9. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 30 establishes
requirements that are applicable to all
persons in the United States governing
domestic licensing of radioactive
byproduct material. The application,
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements are necessary to permit the
NRC to make a determination whether
the possession, use, and transfer of
byproduct material is in conformance
with the Commission’s regulations for
protection of the public health and
safety.
A copy of the final 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 should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by April 13, 2009. Comments
received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
assurance of consideration cannot be
given to comments received after this
date.
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Christine Kyme, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (3150–0017),
NEOB–10202, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to
ckymn@omb.eop.gov or submitted by
telephone at (202) 395–4638.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Gregory
Trussell, (301) 415–6445.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of March 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Service.
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Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance,
Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance and
availability of Draft Regulatory Guide,
DG–1204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Gaslevic, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone: (301) 415–2776 or email to James.Gaslevic@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft guide in the agency’s
‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series
was developed to describe and make
available to the public such information
as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the NRC’s regulations,
techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific problems or
postulated accidents, and data that the
staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide (DG),
entitled, ‘‘Guidance for ITAAC Closure
under 10 CFR Part 52,’’ is temporarily
identified by its task number, DG–1204,
which should be mentioned in all
related correspondence. DG–1204
describes a method that the staff of the
NRC considers acceptable for use in
satisfying the requirements for
documenting the completion of
inspections, tests, analyses, and
acceptance criteria (ITAAC). In
particular, DG–1204 endorses the
provisions in the industry guidance
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(NEI) 08–01, ‘‘Industry Guideline for the
ITAAC Closure Process Under 10 CFR
Part 52,’’ Revision 3, issued December
2008, for the implementation of Title 10,
§ 52.99, ‘‘Inspection during
construction,’’ of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR 52.99). In 10 CFR
52.99, the NRC included requirements
for the process of documenting and
reporting satisfaction of the acceptance
criteria for each ITAAC listed in the
combined license (COL) and
accompanying design certification.
The objectives of DG–1204 are to
provide guidance to help licensees make
notifications to the NRC for completed
and uncompleted ITAAC. The NRC uses
these notifications for inspection
planning and public hearing purposes.
DG–1204 describes methods that the
NRC staff considers acceptable for
licensees to use for documenting and
reporting the satisfactory completion of
the acceptance criteria for each ITAAC
listed in the COL and accompanying
design certification. DG–1204, through
its endorsement of an industry guidance
document for licensees, provides
guidance on complying with the
requirements of 10 CFR 52.99.
II. Further Information
The NRC staff is soliciting comments
on DG–1204. Comments may be
accompanied by relevant information or
supporting data and should mention
DG–1204 in the subject line. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic
form will be made available to the
public in their entirety through the
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS).
Personal information will not be
removed from your comments. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
2. E-mail comments to:
nrcrep.resource@nrc.gov
3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at (301) 492–3446.
Requests for technical information
about DG–1204 may be directed to the
NRC contact, James Gaslevic at (301)
415–2776 or e-mail to
James.Gaslevic@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if
received by May 13, 2009. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
the NRC is able to ensure consideration
only for comments received on or before
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[Docket No. NRC-2008-0621]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on December 10, 2008.
1. Type of Submission, New, Revision, or Extension: Extension.
2. The Title of the Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 30--Rules
of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material.
Current OMB Approval Number: 3150-0017.
3. The Form Number if Applicable: N/A.
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4. How Often the Collection is Required: Required reports are
collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur. There is
a one-time submittal of information to receive a license. Renewal
applications are submitted every 10 years. Information submitted in
previous applications may be referenced without being resubmitted. In
addition, recordkeeping must be performed on an on-going basis.
5. Who Will be Required or Asked to Report: All persons applying
for or holding a license to manufacture, produce, transfer, receive,
acquire, own, possess, or use radioactive byproduct material.
6. An Estimate of the Number of Annual Responses: 38,407 (6,623 NRC
Licensee responses (2,754 Responses + 3,869 Recordkeepers) and 31,784
Agreement State Licensee responses (13,213 Responses + 18,571
Recordkeepers)).
7. The Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 22,440 (3,869 NRC
licensees and 18,571 Agreement State licensees).
8. An Estimate of the Total Number of Hours Needed Annually to
Complete the Requirement or Request: 314,844 (NRC licensees 54,250
hours (24,633 reporting + 29,617 recordkeeping) and Agreement State
licensees 260,594 hours (118,597 reporting + 141,997 recordkeeping)).
9. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 30 establishes requirements that are
applicable to all persons in the United States governing domestic
licensing of radioactive byproduct material. The application, reporting
and recordkeeping requirements are necessary to permit the NRC to make
a determination whether the possession, use, and transfer of byproduct
material is in conformance with the Commission's regulations for
protection of the public health and safety.
A copy of the final 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer
listed below by April 13, 2009. Comments received after this date will
be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Christine Kyme, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
0017), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to ckymn@omb.eop.gov or submitted by
telephone at (202) 395-4638.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Gregory Trussell, (301) 415-6445.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of March 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Service.
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