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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request establishment and 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 August 10, 2009 to be
assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Request for Clearance for Program
Review of the Science and Technology
Centers (STC): Integrative Partnership
Program
Title of Collection: Program Review of
the National Science Foundation’s
(NSF) Science and Technology Centers:
Integrative Partnership Program.
OMB Control No.: 3145–(NEW).
Expiration Date of Approval: Not
applicable.
Abstract
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) requests a three-year clearance for
research, evaluation and data collection
(e.g., surveys and interviews) from
graduate student and postdoctoral
participants in the Science and
Technology Centers: Integrative
Partnerships (STC) Program. Other STC
stakeholders typically are limited to
PhD scientists and engineers and faculty
and administrators from universities
and not-for-profit institutions and
industrial/business partners, NSF
employees and former NSF employees
and intergovernmental personnel act
(IPA) appointees.
The STC program provides multiyear
(up to ten years) support to STCs as
continuing awards that are among the
largest (up to $4 million a year) awarded
by the National Science Foundation
(NSF). This support fuels innovation
and builds intellectual and physical
infrastructure within and among
disciplines in the integrative conduct of
research, education, and knowledge
transfer. The STC program currently
funds a total of 17 Centers—five
beginning in 2000, six beginning in
2002, two beginning in 2005, and four
beginning in 2006. STCs conduct worldclass research through partnerships
among academic institutions, national
laboratories, industrial organizations,
and/or other public/private entities, and
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via international collaborations, as
appropriate. STCs enable and foster
excellence in education, the integration
of research and education, and the
creation of bonds between learning and
inquiry so that discovery and creativity
more fully support the learning process.
In addition, STCs capitalize on diversity
through participation in Center
activities and demonstrate leadership in
the involvement of groups
underrepresented in science and
engineering.
Based on prior evaluations of the
program, the National Science Board
(NSB) approved the continuation of
Science and Technology Centers
through the establishment of new
program solicitations and several new
competitions. As part of the
continuation, the NSB required the
program to conduct a program
evaluation of the outcomes and impact
of the program seven years after the first
new cohort of Centers were established
(Memorandum to Members of the
National Science Board, February 13,
1997).
A related data collection effort that
consists of general grantee reporting is
approved for program monitoring under
OMB 3145–0194. To enable effective
oversight of its investment, the NSF
requires that each currently funded
Center submit an annual progress report
that describes all activities of the Center;
each existing Center began submitting
an annual report at the end of its first
year. While a database of Centers’
characteristics, activities, and outcomes
has been created using data from these
annual reports, supplemental
information is required to fulfill the
evaluative needs of the program.
NSF has planned a new program
review of STC, and has contracted with
Abt Associates Inc. to provide for
analytic and technical support, to
include data collection and analysis, for
an expert peer review of the program.
To help fulfill the evaluation needs of
the program, NSF has planned to collect
data that is designed to explore the
structures and processes the STCs and
their participating universities have in
place for developing the human capital
of program participants and for fostering
a variety of career paths. The primary
methods of data collection will include
data gathering from open sources and
from records at NSF and grantee centers
and from surveys of program
participants. There are a bounded (or
limited) number of respondents within
the general public who will be affected
by this research, including former
graduate student and postdoctoral
fellow participants of the centers. NSF
will use the STC program evaluation
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data and analyses to provide members
of an expert peer review panel with
information about the program’s role in
the talent development and on the
career paths taken by students who
participated in STCs and were involved
in particular STC activities.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, Federal Government, and
not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1700.
Burden on the Public: 850 hours.
Dated: June 5, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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[Docket No. NRC–2009–0186]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
SUMMARY: The NRC invites public
comment about our intention to request
the OMB’s approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register 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: Policy Statement on
Cooperation with States at Commercial
Nuclear Power Plants and Other
Production or Utilization Facilities;
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0163;
3. How often the collection is
required: On occasion, when a State
wishes to observe NRC inspections or
perform inspections for NRC;
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Those States interested in observing or
performing inspections;
5. The number of annual respondents:
56 (50 for nuclear facility licensees + 6
for materials security licensees);
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 800 hours (approximately 10
hours per response);
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7. Abstract: States wishing to enter
into an agreement with NRC to observe
or participate in NRC inspections at
nuclear power facilities or conduct
materials security inspections against
NRC Orders are requested to provide
certain information to the NRC to ensure
close cooperation and consistency with
the NRC inspection program, as
specified by the Commission’s Policy of
Cooperation with States at Commercial
Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear
Production or Utilization Facilities and
Section 274i of the Atomic Energy Act,
as amended.
Submit, by August 10, 2009,
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,
Maryland 20852. OMB clearance
requests are available at the NRC
worldwide Web site: https://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment/omb/. The
document will be available on the NRC
home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic
form will be made available for public
inspection. Because your comments will
not be edited to remove any identifying
or contact information, the NRC
cautions you against including any
information in your submission that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed.
Comments submitted should reference
Docket No. NRC–2009–0186. You may
submit your comments by any of the
following methods. Electronic
comments: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket No. NRC–2009–0186. Mail
comments to NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions
about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the
NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine
Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301–
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415–6874, or by e-mail to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of June 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Tremaine Donnell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Services.
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[NRC–2009–0042]
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
March 23, 2009.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: NRC Form 748, ‘‘National
Source Tracking Transaction Report.’’
3. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0202.
4. The form number if applicable:
NRC Form 748.
5. How often the collection is
required: Initially, at completion of a
transaction, and at inventory
reconciliation.
6. Who will be required or asked to
report: Licensees that manufacture,
receive, transfer, disassemble, or
dispose of nationally tracked sources.
7. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 1,350.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 1,350 (350 NRC Licensees
+ 1,000 Agreement State Licensees).
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 412.
10. Abstract: In 2006, The NRC
amended its regulations to implement a
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to
request establishment and 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 August 10, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Clearance for Program Review of the Science and Technology
Centers (STC): Integrative Partnership Program
Title of Collection: Program Review of the National Science
Foundation's (NSF) Science and Technology Centers: Integrative
Partnership Program.
OMB Control No.: 3145-(NEW).
Expiration Date of Approval: Not applicable.
Abstract
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests a three-year
clearance for research, evaluation and data collection (e.g., surveys
and interviews) from graduate student and postdoctoral participants in
the Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships (STC)
Program. Other STC stakeholders typically are limited to PhD scientists
and engineers and faculty and administrators from universities and not-
for-profit institutions and industrial/business partners, NSF employees
and former NSF employees and intergovernmental personnel act (IPA)
appointees.
The STC program provides multiyear (up to ten years) support to
STCs as continuing awards that are among the largest (up to $4 million
a year) awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This support
fuels innovation and builds intellectual and physical infrastructure
within and among disciplines in the integrative conduct of research,
education, and knowledge transfer. The STC program currently funds a
total of 17 Centers--five beginning in 2000, six beginning in 2002, two
beginning in 2005, and four beginning in 2006. STCs conduct world-class
research through partnerships among academic institutions, national
laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private
entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. STCs
enable and foster excellence in education, the integration of research
and education, and the creation of bonds between learning and inquiry
so that discovery and creativity more fully support the learning
process. In addition, STCs capitalize on diversity through
participation in Center activities and demonstrate leadership in the
involvement of groups underrepresented in science and engineering.
Based on prior evaluations of the program, the National Science
Board (NSB) approved the continuation of Science and Technology Centers
through the establishment of new program solicitations and several new
competitions. As part of the continuation, the NSB required the program
to conduct a program evaluation of the outcomes and impact of the
program seven years after the first new cohort of Centers were
established (Memorandum to Members of the National Science Board,
February 13, 1997).
A related data collection effort that consists of general grantee
reporting is approved for program monitoring under OMB 3145-0194. To
enable effective oversight of its investment, the NSF requires that
each currently funded Center submit an annual progress report that
describes all activities of the Center; each existing Center began
submitting an annual report at the end of its first year. While a
database of Centers' characteristics, activities, and outcomes has been
created using data from these annual reports, supplemental information
is required to fulfill the evaluative needs of the program.
NSF has planned a new program review of STC, and has contracted
with Abt Associates Inc. to provide for analytic and technical support,
to include data collection and analysis, for an expert peer review of
the program. To help fulfill the evaluation needs of the program, NSF
has planned to collect data that is designed to explore the structures
and processes the STCs and their participating universities have in
place for developing the human capital of program participants and for
fostering a variety of career paths. The primary methods of data
collection will include data gathering from open sources and from
records at NSF and grantee centers and from surveys of program
participants. There are a bounded (or limited) number of respondents
within the general public who will be affected by this research,
including former graduate student and postdoctoral fellow participants
of the centers. NSF will use the STC program evaluation
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data and analyses to provide members of an expert peer review panel
with information about the program's role in the talent development and
on the career paths taken by students who participated in STCs and were
involved in particular STC activities.
Respondents: Individuals or households, Federal Government, and
not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1700.
Burden on the Public: 850 hours.
Dated: June 5, 2009.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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