Advisory Committee for Engineering; Notice of Meeting, 13761-13762 [2021-04896]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 10, 2021 / Notices strategic plan covers the years 2018– 2022, and can be found online here: https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/ NEA-FY2018-2022-StrategicPlan2.16.18.pdf. Through this Request for Comments, the NEA is seeking public input and comments from a broad array of stakeholders (see SUMMARY) to guide the development of the agency’s 2022–2026 Strategic Plan. A call for comments has been posted to the agency’s website: https://www.arts.gov/strategic-planinput. In particular, the NEA welcomes input on the development of its Strategic Framework, which includes the following elements: Mission, Vision, Strategic Goals, and Strategic Objectives. The NEA is particularly interested in how these elements should be viewed in light of new and emerging challenges and opportunities, among other contextual factors. Examples of these factors include, but are not limited to: • The post-pandemic recovery of the arts sector; • Changes in work-and-leisure patterns; • The rise of virtual engagement in the arts; • Growing integration of the arts with other sectors (e.g., health, science, education, technology, community development); and • Greater public attention to issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and social justice. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 306. Dated: February 22, 2021. Anthony M. Bennett, Director of Administrative Services and Contracts, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 2021–03929 Filed 3–9–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537–01–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Council on the Arts 202nd Meeting National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held open to the public by teleconference or videoconference. DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting time VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 253001 The National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20560. This meeting will be held by teleconference or videoconference. Please see arts.gov for the most up-todate information. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Hutter, Office of Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, at 202/682– 5570. The meeting on March 25, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., will be closed for discussion of National Medal of Arts nominations. If, in the course of the open session discussion, it becomes necessary for the Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in accordance with the September 10, 2019 determination of the Chairman. Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about individuals, such as personal biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. Any interested persons may attend, as observers, to Council discussions and reviews that are open to the public. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Beth Bienvenu, Office of Accessibility, National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC 20506, 202/682–5733, Voice/T.T.Y. 202/682–5496, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. The upcoming meeting is: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Council on the Arts 202nd Meeting National Endowment for the Arts SUMMARY: and date. The meeting is Eastern time and the ending time is approximate. This portion of the meeting will be held open to the public by teleconference or videoconference. Date and time: March 25, 2021; 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be opening remarks and voting on recommendations for grant funding and rejection, followed by updates from the Acting Chairman Ann C. Eilers. To view the webcasting of this open session of the meeting, go to Link: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/ register/WN_q5uvvj-TSHa-NsI0b5fD9A. PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13761 Dated: March 5, 2021. Sherry P. Hale, Staff Assistant, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations. [FR Doc. 2021–04986 Filed 3–9–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Advisory Committee for Engineering; Notice of Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the following meeting: Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Engineering #1170. Date and Time: April 7, 2021; 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; April 8, 2021; 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 | Virtual. Type of Meeting: Open. Contact Person: Evette Rollins, erollins@nsf.gov; 703–292–8300; NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. The forthcoming virtual meeting information and an updated agenda will be posted at https:// www.nsf.gov/events/event_ summ.jsp?cntn_id=301612&org=ENG. Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations and counsel on major goals and policies pertaining to engineering programs and activities. Agenda Wednesday, April 7, 2021 • • • • • • • • • Directorate for Engineering Report NSF Budget Update NSF Strategic Plan Report from Subcommittee on the SBIR/STTR Program Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Overview EEC Committee of Visitors (COV) Report Reports from Advisory Committee Liaisons Covid-19 Impacts and Response Preparation for Discussion with the Director’s Office Thursday, April 8, 2021 • Grid-Connected Testing Infrastructure for Networked Control of Distributed Energy Resources (DERConnect) • Climate Change Research Directions for Engineering • Perspectives from the Director’s Office • Roundtable on Strategic Recommendations for ENG E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1 13762 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 10, 2021 / Notices Dated: March 4, 2021. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2021–04896 Filed 3–9–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2021–0065] Fresh and Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a new Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.240, ‘‘Fresh and Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses.’’ This regulatory guide (RG) describes an approach that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considers acceptable to demonstrate that NRC regulatory requirements are met for subcriticality of fuel assemblies stored in fresh fuel vaults and spent fuel pools at lightwater reactor (LWR) power plants. It endorses, with clarifications and exceptions, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) guidance document NEI 12 16, ‘‘Guidance for Performing Criticality Analyses of Fuel Storage at Light Water Reactor Power Plants,’’ Revision 4. DATES: RG 1.240 is available on March 10, 2021. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–0065 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0065. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, 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@ SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 253001 nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. • Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. RG 1.240 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML20356A127 and ML20205L563, respectively. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Wood, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: (301) 415–4120, email: Kent.Wood@nrc.gov and Mike Eudy, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: (301)–415–3104, email: Michael.Eudy@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a new guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. II. Additional Information RG 1.240 was issued with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)–1373.The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG–1373 in the Federal Register on September 8, 2020 (85 FR 55522) for a 45-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on October 23, 2020. Public comments on DG–1373 and the staff responses to the public comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML20356A123. III. Congressional Review Act This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting and Issue Finality New Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.240 does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests’’; constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52. As explained in new RG 1.240, applicants and licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in the RG. Dated: March 4, 2021. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2021–04955 Filed 3–9–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–201; NRC–2020–0086] New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Processing Plant; Western New York State Nuclear Service Center Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment request; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Provisional Operating License No. CSF– 1 for provisional operation of the Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Processing Plant located at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center (WNYNSC), in Cattaraugus and Erie Counties, New York. The proposed amendment would amend the Radiation Protection Plan for the ‘‘retained premises of the licensed area’’ for modernization. In addition, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the licensee, requested that the license be amended to clarify NYSERDA’s health and safety and other responsibilities under the license. NYSERDA defines the ‘‘retained premises of the licensed area’’ as the area consisting of the WNYNSC, not including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) West Valley Demonstration SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13761-13762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04896]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Advisory Committee for Engineering; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces 
the following meeting:

    Name and Committee Code: Advisory Committee for Engineering #1170.
    Date and Time: April 7, 2021; 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; April 8, 
2021; 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 [verbar] Virtual.
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: Evette Rollins, [email protected]; 703-292-8300; 
NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. The forthcoming 
virtual meeting information and an updated agenda will be posted at 
https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301612&org=ENG.
    Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, recommendations and counsel 
on major goals and policies pertaining to engineering programs and 
activities.

Agenda

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

 Directorate for Engineering Report
 NSF Budget Update
 NSF Strategic Plan
 Report from Subcommittee on the SBIR/STTR Program
 Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Overview
 EEC Committee of Visitors (COV) Report
 Reports from Advisory Committee Liaisons
 Covid-19 Impacts and Response
 Preparation for Discussion with the Director's Office

Thursday, April 8, 2021

 Grid-Connected Testing Infrastructure for Networked Control of 
Distributed Energy Resources (DERConnect)
 Climate Change Research Directions for Engineering
 Perspectives from the Director's Office
 Roundtable on Strategic Recommendations for ENG


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    Dated: March 4, 2021.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-04896 Filed 3-9-21; 8:45 am]
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