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Institute of Museum and Library
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Request: Guidelines for
Grants to States Program Five-Year
Evaluations
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments,
collection of information.
AGENCY:
The Institute of Museum and
Library Service (‘‘IMLS’’) as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This pre-clearance consultation program
helps to ensure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
The purpose of this Notice is to solicit
comments concerning the guidelines for
the agency’s Grants to States program’s
five-year evaluations.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
March 15, 2016.
IMLS is particularly interested in
comments that help the agency to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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, e.g. permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: For a copy of the documents
contact: Kim A. Miller, Management
Analyst, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Institute of Museum
and Library Services, 1800 M Street
NW., 9th Floor, Washington DC 20036.
Ms. Miller can be reached by
Telephone: 202–653–4762, Fax: 202–
653–4762, or by email at kmiller@
imls.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) is an independent
Federal grant-making agency and is the
primary source of federal support for the
Nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500
museums. IMLS provides a variety of
grant programs to assist the Nation’s
museums and libraries in improving
their operations and enhancing their
services to the public. The IMLS Grants
to States program is the largest source of
federal funding support for library
services in the United States. Using a
population-based formula, more than
$150 million is distributed among the
State Library Administrative Agencies.
II. Current Actions
The Library Services and Technology
Act requires each State Library
Administrative Agency to submit a plan
that details library services goals for a
five-year period. Pursuant to 20 U.S.C.
9134, each State Library Administrative
Agency that receives an IMLS grant
under the Grants to States Program is
required to evaluate and report to the
agency, prior to the end of their fiveyear plan, regarding the activities
assisted under the LSTA. These fiveyear plans and evaluations are the
foundation for improving practice and
informing policy. The purpose of the
proposed information collection is to
promulgate guidelines to establish a
consistent framework for the
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evaluations required under 20 U.S.C.
9134, so as to ensure that each State
Library Administrative Agency develops
and submits to IMLS an effective
evaluation of their five-year plan.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Guidelines for Grants to States
Program Five-Year Evaluations.
OMB Number: To be determined.
Agency Number: 3137.
Affected Public: State Library
Administrative Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Note: 55 is the number of State
Library Administrative Agencies that
are responsible for the collection of this
information and for reporting it to IMLS.
Frequency: Once every five years.
Burden Hours per Respondent: To be
determined.
Total Burden Hours: To be
determined.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: To be determined.
Total Annual Costs: To be
determined.
Contact: Kim A. Miller, Management
Analyst, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Institute of Museum
and Library Services, 1800 M Street
NW., 9th Floor, Washington DC 20036.
Ms. Miller can be reached by
Telephone: 202–653–4762, Fax: 202–
653–4762, or by email at kmiller@
imls.gov or by teletype (TTY/TDD at
202–653–4614. Office hours are from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Dated: January 12, 2016.
Kim A. Miller,
Management Analyst, Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
Committee; 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: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Advisory Committee (#13883).
Date and Time: February 25, 2016; 12:00
p.m.–4:00 p.m. EDT.
Place: National Science Foundation, Room
1060, Stafford I Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA 22230. (Via Teleconference).
Type of Meeting: Open. https://
www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp. Attendance
information for the meeting will be
forthcoming on the Web site.
Contact Person: Dr. James Ulvestad,
Division Director, Division of Astronomical
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Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,
VA 22230. Telephone: 703–292–7165.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and
recommendations to the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) and the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues
within the field of astronomy and
astrophysics that are of mutual interest and
concern to the agencies.
Agenda: To provide updates on agency
activities and to discuss the Committee’s
draft annual report due 15 March 2016.
Dated: January 14, 2016.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
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DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
5452; email: Donald.Lowman@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concentration Averaging and
Encapsulation Branch Technical
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Branch technical position;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is requesting
comments on whether the NRC staff
should formally document a position on
contaminated material and
contaminated trash. The NRC issued
Revision 1 of the Branch Technical
Position on Concentration Averaging
and Encapsulation (CA BTP) in
February of 2015. The CA BTP provides
acceptable methods that can be used to
perform concentration averaging of
Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW)
for the purpose of determining its waste
class for disposal. When the NRC issued
the revised CA BTP, it noted that one
issue, distinguishing contaminated
materials from contaminated trash, may
need further clarification. The NRC also
stated that it would consider whether
additional guidance, such as a
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS), would
be warranted for distinguishing
contaminated materials from
contaminated trash.
DATES: Submit comments by March 21,
2016. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
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method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2011–0022. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2011–
0022 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2011–0022.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Volume
1 and Volume 2 of the revised CA BTP
are available in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML12254B065 and
ML12326A611, respectively.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2011–
0022 in the subject line of your
comment submission. The NRC cautions
you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed in you comment
submission. The NRC will post all
comment submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Background
The NRC issued Revision 1 of the CA
BTP (‘‘Revised CA BTP’’) on February
25, 2015, (80 FR 10165). This revision
provided updated guidance on the
interpretation of § 61.55(a)(8) of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), ‘‘Determination of concentrations
in wastes,’’ as it applies to the
classification (as Class A, B, or C waste)
of a variety of different types and forms
of LLW. Section 61.55(a)(8) states that
radionuclide concentrations can be
averaged over the volume of the waste
or its weight if the units are expressed
as nanocuries per gram. The average
radionuclide concentrations are
compared with the waste classification
tables in § 61.55 to determine the class
of the waste. The waste class determines
the minimum safety measures to be
applied in order to provide reasonable
assurance of safe disposal of the waste.
The previous version of the CA BTP was
published in 1995 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML033630732).
In developing the Revised CA BTP,
the staff identified one issue that may
need further clarification. One of the
categories of discrete wastes that are
subject to additional concentration
averaging constraints is ‘‘contaminated
materials.’’ Both the 1995 and Revised
CA BTPs define contaminated materials
as components or metals on which
radioactivity resides on or near the
surface in a fixed or removable
condition. To demonstrate compliance
with these averaging constraints, the
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee; 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: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (#13883).
Date and Time: February 25, 2016; 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT.
Place: National Science Foundation, Room 1060, Stafford I
Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. (Via
Teleconference).
Type of Meeting: Open. https://www.nsf.gov/mps/ast/aaac.jsp.
Attendance information for the meeting will be forthcoming on the
Web site.
Contact Person: Dr. James Ulvestad, Division Director, Division
of Astronomical
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Sciences, Suite 1045, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 703-292-7165.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
on issues within the field of astronomy and astrophysics that are of
mutual interest and concern to the agencies.
Agenda: To provide updates on agency activities and to discuss
the Committee's draft annual report due 15 March 2016.
Dated: January 14, 2016.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
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