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completion time data collected during
the 2019 GSS survey cycle, which is
ongoing.
TABLE 1—GSS ESTIMATED RESPONSE BURDEN
Category
Respondents
(number of
school
coordinators)
Total burden for 2020 ..............................................................................................................................................
Total burden for 2021 ..............................................................................................................................................
GSS institutions ................................................................................................................................................
FFRDCs ............................................................................................................................................................
Total burden for 2022 ..............................................................................................................................................
Potential future methodological studies (across all 3 survey cycles) .....................................................................
911
959
916
43
921
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18,424
18,542
18,469
73
18,514
1,000
Total estimated burden .....................................................................................................................................
2,791
56,480
Estimated average annual burden ..........................................................................................................................
930
18,827
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Comments: As required by 5 CFR
1320.8(d), comments on the information
collection activities as part of this study
were solicited through publication of a
60-Day Notice in the Federal Register
on April 6, 2020, at 85 FR 19169.
NCSES received 2 comments.
NCSES received the first comment on
4 April 2020 from an economics
professional association requesting a
copy of the draft information collection
request (ICR) including the survey
instrument and supporting statement.
NCSES informed the commenters that
the ICR was currently undergoing
internal review within NCSES with
plans to submit it for public review in
June and that the GSS would be largely
unchanged from its current design.
NCSES received a second comment
on 6 May 2020 from a group
representing several organizations. The
commenters requested that NCSES
include measures of sexual orientation
and gender identity on the GSS. NCSES
informed the commenters that it shares
their interest in improving federal data
collections and providing reliable
measures for important segments of the
population. Furthermore, NCSES
described its process for evaluating
possible questionnaire additions,
including the extensive experimentation
involved and the time and resources
required. Finally, NCSES informed the
commenters that it is conducting
research to evaluate these measures and
does not intend to include them in the
2020–22 GSS.
Dated: June 22, 2020.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Modification Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978
National Science Foundation.
Notice of permit modification
request received and permit issued.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
a notice of requests to modify permits
issued to conduct activities regulated
and permits issued under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has
published regulations under the
Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code
of Federal Regulations. This is the
required notice of a requested permit
modification and permit issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703–
292–8224; email: ACApermits@nsf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Science Foundation (NSF), as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR
part 670), as amended by the Antarctic
Science, Tourism and Conservation Act
of 1996, has developed regulations for
the establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas a requiring
special protection.
NSF issued a permit (ACA 2018–010)
to David J. Smith on October 26, 2017.
The issued permit allows the applicant
to introduce non-indigenous species
into Antarctica. Dormant
microbiological samples, pre-loaded
into and remaining within a triple
containment vessel, were brought to
Antarctica to be launched into the
Earth’s stratosphere as part of NASA’s
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Long Duration Balloon program (LDB).
Details about the samples and the
containment vessel are provided in the
permit (attached). The microbiological
samples, still contained within the
vessel, will be returned to the USA and
the home institution after recovery of
the balloon payload.
A recent modification to this permit,
dated June 19, 2019, permitted the
permit holder to continue to conduct
permitted activities, under the original
permit conditions, until March 31, 2023.
Now, the permit holder proposes to
include an additional species of
microorganism to the next payload. The
quantity and state (dormant) of the
bacterial spores, as well as the sample
and payload preparation methods,
would be identical to the original
permit. The Environmental Officer has
reviewed the modification request and
has determined that the amendment is
not a material change to the permit, and
it will have a less than a minor or
transitory impact.
Dates of Permitted Activities: June 23,
2020 to March 31, 2023.
The permit modification was issued on
June 23, 2020.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Modification Received Under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice of permit modification request received and permit
issued.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a
notice of requests to modify permits issued to conduct activities
regulated and permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of
1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation
Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of
a requested permit modification and permit issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-292-8224; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation (NSF), as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541, 45
CFR part 670), as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and
Conservation Act of 1996, has developed regulations for the
establishment of a permit system for various activities in Antarctica
and designation of certain animals and certain geographic areas a
requiring special protection.
NSF issued a permit (ACA 2018-010) to David J. Smith on October 26,
2017. The issued permit allows the applicant to introduce non-
indigenous species into Antarctica. Dormant microbiological samples,
pre-loaded into and remaining within a triple containment vessel, were
brought to Antarctica to be launched into the Earth's stratosphere as
part of NASA's Long Duration Balloon program (LDB). Details about the
samples and the containment vessel are provided in the permit
(attached). The microbiological samples, still contained within the
vessel, will be returned to the USA and the home institution after
recovery of the balloon payload.
A recent modification to this permit, dated June 19, 2019,
permitted the permit holder to continue to conduct permitted
activities, under the original permit conditions, until March 31, 2023.
Now, the permit holder proposes to include an additional species of
microorganism to the next payload. The quantity and state (dormant) of
the bacterial spores, as well as the sample and payload preparation
methods, would be identical to the original permit. The Environmental
Officer has reviewed the modification request and has determined that
the amendment is not a material change to the permit, and it will have
a less than a minor or transitory impact.
Dates of Permitted Activities: June 23, 2020 to March 31, 2023.
The permit modification was issued on June 23, 2020.
Erika N. Davis,
Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs.
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