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Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to extend an information
collection for three years.
Abstract. Established within the
National Science Foundation by the
America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2010 § 505, codified in the
National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended, the National Center
for Science & Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) serves as a central Federal
clearinghouse for the collection,
interpretation, analysis, and
dissemination of objective data on
science, engineering, technology,
research and development for use by
practitioners, researchers, policymakers,
and the public. NCSES conducts about
a dozen nationally representative
surveys to obtain the data for these
purposes. The Generic Clearance will be
used to ensure that the highest quality
data are obtained from these surveys.
State of the art methodology will be
used to develop, evaluate, and test
questionnaires and survey concepts as
well as to improve survey methodology.
This may include field or pilot tests of
questions for future large scale surveys,
as needed. The Generic Clearance will
also be used to test and evaluate data
dissemination tools and methods, in an
effort to improve access for data users.
Use of the Information. The purpose
of these studies is to use the latest and
most appropriate methodology to
improve NCSES surveys, evaluate new
data collection efforts, and evaluate data
dissemination tools and mechanisms.
Methodological findings may be
presented externally in technical papers
at conferences, published in the
proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NCSES surveys, data
collections, and data dissemination will
help policymakers in decisions on
research and development funding,
graduate education, and the scientific
and technical workforce, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Expected Respondents. The
respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations,
members of the public, and State, local,
and Federal governments. Respondents
will be either individuals or
institutions, depending on the topic
under investigation. Qualitative
procedures will generally be conducted
in person, online (using Skype, Webex,
or other conferencing tools), or over the
phone. Quantitative procedures may be
conducted using mail, Web, email, or
phone modes, depending on the topic
under investigation. Up to 8,680
respondents will be contacted across all
projects. No respondent will be
contacted more than twice in one year
under this generic clearance. Every
effort will be made to use technology to
limit the burden on respondents from
small entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative
methods will be used to improve
NCSES’s current data collection
instruments and processes and to
reduce respondent burden, as well as to
develop new surveys and new or
improved data dissemination tools.
Qualitative methods include, but are not
limited to expert review; exploratory,
cognitive, and usability interviews;
focus groups; and respondent
debriefings. Cognitive and usability
interviews may include the use of
scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts,
vignette classifications, and rating tasks.
Quantitative methods include, but are
not limited to, telephone surveys;
behavior coding, split panel tests, and
field tests.
Estimate of Burden. NCSES estimates
that a total reporting and recordkeeping
burden of 11,180 hours will result from
activities to improve its surveys. The
calculation is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1—POTENTIAL SURVEYS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WITH THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN
HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
hours
Graduate Student Survey ........................................................................................................................................
SESTAT Surveys (National Survey of College Graduates; Survey of Doctorate Recipients) ................................
Early Career Doctorate Survey ...............................................................................................................................
Survey of Earned Doctorates ..................................................................................................................................
Higher Education Research & Development Survey ..............................................................................................
State Government Research & Development Survey .............................................................................................
Survey of Nonprofit Research Activities ..................................................................................................................
Business Research & Development and Innovation Survey ..................................................................................
Microbusiness Survey ..............................................................................................................................................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ...........................................................................................................
Innovation Survey ....................................................................................................................................................
Public Understanding of Science & Engineering Survey ........................................................................................
Data dissemination tools and mechanisms .............................................................................................................
Other surveys and projects not specified ................................................................................................................
2000
1000
500
600
300
150
230
50
250
400
1500
550
150
1000
2500
500
1000
600
540
300
415
150
500
400
3000
125
150
1000
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
8,680
11,180
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Dated: February 3, 2016.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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Rare Element Resources, Inc.;
Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the
Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29,
1972), and the Commission’s
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regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104,
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321,
notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is
being established to preside over the
following proceeding:
RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES, INC.
(Bear Lodge Project)
This proceeding involves an
application by Rare Element Resources,
Inc. for a license to possess and use
source material associated with its Bear
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Lodge Project, which includes a mine
for the purpose of extracting rare earth
element ores in the Black Hills National
Forest in Crook County, Wyoming and
a rare earth element processing plant in
Weston County, Wyoming. In response
to a notice filed in the Federal Register,
see 80 FR 70,846 (Nov. 16, 2015), the
Defenders of the Black Hills filed a
Request for a Hearing dated January 14,
2016, and received by Office of the
Secretary on January 15, 2016.
The Board is comprised of the
following Administrative Judges:
William J. Froehlich, Chair, Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001
Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001
All correspondence, documents, and
other materials shall be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule.
See 10 CFR 2.302.
Rockville, Maryland.
Dated: February 9, 2016.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel.
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Atomic Safety And Licensing Board;
Before Administrative Judges: Paul S.
Ryerson, Chairman, Dr. Gary S. Arnold,
Dr. Craig M. White; In the Matter of
PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear,
LLC (Early Site Permit Application);
Notice of Hearing
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February 8, 2016.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board gives notice that, pursuant to
section 189a(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy
Act, 42 U.S.C. 2239(a)(1)(A), and 10 CFR
52.21, it will convene an uncontested
mandatory hearing on March 24, 2016 to
receive testimony and exhibits regarding
an application from PSEG Power, LLC
and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (collectively
PSEG) for a 10 CFR part 52, subpart A
Early Site Permit (ESP).1 In its ESP
application, PSEG proposes a site for a
potential nuclear power facility adjacent
1 See
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to two existing facilities in Salem
County, New Jersey (the PSEG Site).2
This mandatory hearing will concern
safety and environmental matters
relating to the proposed issuance of the
requested ESP.3
I. Hearing Date, Time, and Location
The evidentiary hearing will
commence on Thursday, March 24,
2016 at 9:00 a.m. EDT, and, if necessary,
will continue day-to-day thereafter until
concluded. The evidentiary hearing will
take place in the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel’s hearing room,
located within the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’s headquarters at 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852. Members of the public who wish
to observe the mandatory hearing are
advised to arrive early. Security
measures will include searches of
handcarried items such as briefcases or
backpacks.
II. Limited Appearance Statements
No petition was received in response
to the NRC’s notice in the Federal
Register of an opportunity to seek to
intervene.4 Participation in the
evidentiary hearing will be limited to
the designated witnesses and counsel
for the parties.
Prior to the evidentiary hearing, any
person (other than a party or the
representative of a party to this
proceeding) may nonetheless submit a
written limited appearance statement
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.315(a) that sets
forth a position on matters related to
this proceeding. Limited appearance
statements should be emailed to
hearing.docket@nrc.gov. As provided by
NRC regulations, however, no limited
appearance statement shall be
considered as evidence.5
III. Document Availability
Documents relating to this proceeding
(including any updated or revised
scheduling information regarding the
evidentiary hearing) are available for
public inspection electronically on the
NRC’s Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD).
EHD is accessible from the NRC Web
site at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd. For
additional information regarding the
EHD please see https://www.nrc.gov/
about-nrc/regulatory/
2 The existing nuclear power facilities are Salem
Generating Station Units 1 and 2 and Hope Creek
Generating Station Unit 1. Safety Evaluation of the
Early Site Permit Application in the Matter of PSEG
Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC for the PSEG
Early Site Permit Site (Sept. 29, 2015) at 1–1
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14302A447).
3 See Licensing Board Order (Initial Scheduling
Order) (Nov. 16, 2015) at Attach. A (unpublished).
4 See 75 FR 68,625.
5 10 CFR 2.315(a).
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adjudicatory.html#ehd. Persons who do
not have access to the internet or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located on the NRC’s Web
site may contact the NRC Public
Document Room reference staff by email
to pdr@nrc.gov or by telephone at (800)
397–4209 or (301) 415–4737. Reference
staff are available Monday through
Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
ET, except federal holidays. For
additional information regarding the
NRC Public Document Room please see
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
pdr.html.
It is so ordered.
For The Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board. Rockville, Maryland.
Dated: February 8, 2016.
Paul S. Ryerson,
Chairman, Administrative Judge.
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Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (AEA), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from January 16,
2016, to February 1, 2016. The last
biweekly notice was published on
February 2, 2016.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
March 17, 2016. A request for a hearing
must be filed by April 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
SUMMARY:
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Rare Element Resources, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec.
29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104,
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, notice is hereby given that
an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to
preside over the following proceeding:
RARE ELEMENT RESOURCES, INC. (Bear Lodge Project)
This proceeding involves an application by Rare Element Resources,
Inc. for a license to possess and use source material associated with
its Bear
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Lodge Project, which includes a mine for the purpose of extracting rare
earth element ores in the Black Hills National Forest in Crook County,
Wyoming and a rare earth element processing plant in Weston County,
Wyoming. In response to a notice filed in the Federal Register, see 80
FR 70,846 (Nov. 16, 2015), the Defenders of the Black Hills filed a
Request for a Hearing dated January 14, 2016, and received by Office of
the Secretary on January 15, 2016.
The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges:
William J. Froehlich, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. See 10 CFR 2.302.
Rockville, Maryland.
Dated: February 9, 2016.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. 2016-03055 Filed 2-12-16; 8:45 am]
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