Sunshine Act Meeting, 69102-69103 [2021-26440]

Download as PDF 69102 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 231 / Monday, December 6, 2021 / Notices transaction of National Science Board business pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from 12:45 p.m. to 5:35 p.m., and Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. EST. PLACE: These meetings will be held by videoconference. There will be no inperson meetings. The public may observe the public meetings, which will be streamed to the NSF You Tube channel. • December 8, 2021: https://youtu.be/ snamRnowjxQ • December 9, 2021: https://youtu.be/ 71AMQQBijfU STATUS: Parts of these meetings will be open to the public. The rest of the meetings will be closed to the public. See full description below. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Executive Closed Agenda Items: 1:25 p.m.–2:30 p.m. • • • • • NSB Chair’s Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes NSF Director’s Remarks TIP Status Update 2022 NSB Honorary Awards Discussion • Vote Plenary Board Open Session: 3:00 p.m.–3:35 p.m. NSB Chair’s Remarks NSF Director’s Remarks Cool Science presentations Panel: The Uneven Geography of K– 12 STEM Education • NSB Chair Activity Summary • NSB Chair’s Remarks • K–12 STEM Education Exploratory Group • Member recognitions • NSBO staffing update • Approval of Prior Minutes • NSF Director’s Remarks • Senior Executive Update • Office of Legislative and Public Affairs Update • FY 2022 Budget Update • Committee on Awards and Facilities Report and Discussion • Astro 2020 Decadal Survey Executive Summary • Committee on Oversight Report and Discussion • Votes: ° Merit Review Digest Overview ° Merit Review Digest revisions to tables • NSB Chair’s Closing Remarks Open Session: 4:40 p.m.–5:35 p.m. Meeting Adjourns: 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Plenary Board Meeting Open Session: 12:45 p.m.–3:10 p.m. • • • • • Committee on Science and Engineering Policy Report and Discussion • Committee on External Engagement Report and Discussion PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:45 p.m.–3:10 p.m. Plenary NSB 4:40 p.m.–5:35 p.m. Plenary NSB Thursday, December 9, 2021 11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Plenary NSB 3:00 p.m.–3:35 p.m. Plenary NSB PORTIONS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: Thursday, December 9, 2021 Plenary Board Open Session: 11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. • Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) Biennial Report Presentation • Vision 2030 Implementation Update Closed Session: 11:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m. • • • • • • khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES • Vote to Enter Executive Session • • • • NSB Chair’s Remarks Approval of Prior Minutes Director’s Remarks Agency Operating Status Research Security Committee on Awards & Facilities Meeting Report and Discussion Vote: Rubin Observatory Rebaseline Action Committee on Strategy Report and Discussion Vote: Sense of the Board Statement on NSF’s 2022–2026 Strategic Plan Draft Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Report and Discussion VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:32 Dec 03, 2021 Jkt 256001 Thursday, December 9, 2021 11:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Plenary NSB, including executive closed items 1:25 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Executive closed items All open sessions of the meeting will be webcast live on the NSB YouTube channel. • December 8, 2021: https://youtu.be/ snamRnowjxQ • December 9, 2021: https://youtu.be/ 71AMQQBijfU Please refer to the NSB website for additional information. You will find any updated meeting information and schedule updates (time, place, subject matter, or status of meeting) at https:// www.nsf.gov/nsb/meetings/notices.jsp. Members of the public are advised that the NSB provides some flexibility around its meeting times. A meeting PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 may be allowed to run over by as much as 15 minutes if the Chair decides the extra time is warranted. The next meeting will start no later than 15 minutes after the noticed start time. If a meeting ends early, the next meeting may start up to 15 minutes earlier than the noticed start time. NSB and committee meetings will not vary from noticed times by more than 15 minutes. Open meetings can also be watched in their entirety later through the YouTube link. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: The NSB Office contact is Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov, 703–292–7000. The NSB Public Affairs contact is Nadine Lymn, nlymn@nsf.gov, 703–292–2490. Chris Blair, Executive Assistant to the National Science Board Office. [FR Doc. 2021–26479 Filed 12–2–21; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sunshine Act Meeting The National Science Board’s Awards and Facilities Committee hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a teleconference meeting for the transaction of National Science Board business pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, December 7, 2021, from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EST. The open session of the meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The closed session will be held from 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. PLACE: This meeting will be held by teleconference through the National Science Foundation. STATUS: Open session and closed session. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda of the open session of the meeting is: Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks; approval of prior meeting minutes; schedule of context and action items; and information item—update on the Astronomy Decadal Survey Report. The agenda for the closed session of the meeting is: Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks; approval of prior meeting minutes; information item— Regional Class Research Vessels; information item—Annual Report of the Chief Officer for Research Infrastructure; action item—Rubin Observatory Rebaseline. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Point of contact for this meeting is: Michelle McCrackin, mmccrack@ nsf.gov, (703) 292–7000. Meeting E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 231 / Monday, December 6, 2021 / Notices information and updates may be found at the National Science Board website www.nsf.gov/nsb. Chris Blair, Executive Assistant to the National Science Board Office. [FR Doc. 2021–26440 Filed 12–2–21; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40–8907; NRC–2019–0026] Draft Programmatic Agreement Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office, New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and United Nuclear Corporation Regarding the United Nuclear Corporation Mill Site and Northeast Church Rock Mine Site Located in McKinley County, New Mexico Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting comment on a draft Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the NRC, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Navajo Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office (NNTHPO), New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office (NMSHPO), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and United Nuclear Corporation (UNC). The purpose of this draft PA is to resolve any adverse effects to historic properties identified during consultation for a proposed license amendment application for the UNC Mill Site. DATES: Submit comments by January 20, 2022. 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; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking website: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0026. 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 listed khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:32 Dec 03, 2021 Jkt 256001 in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. • Email comments to: UNCChurchRockPA@nrc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–7317, email: Ashley.Waldron@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 0026 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0026. • 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@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 the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69103 B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal Rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2019–0026 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 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 into ADAMS. II. Discussion On September 24, 2018, UNC submitted a license amendment application (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18267A235) to amend its Source Material License No. SUA–1475 for the former UNC Church Rock Mill Site in accordance with part 40 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Source Material.’’ UNC is requesting that the NRC grant a license amendment that would allow disposal of Northeast Church Rock (NECR) mine waste on top of the tailings impoundment at the UNC Church Rock Mill Site (UNC Mill Site) in McKinley County, New Mexico. The NECR Mine Site is located on Navajo Nation trust land and the adjacent UNC Mill Site is located on private land owned by UNC. Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8, the NRC is using its National Environmental Policy Act process for developing the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to facilitate consultation pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). On November 13, 2020, the NRC requested comment (85 FR 72706) on its draft EIS that includes the preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts from the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. After comparing the impacts of the proposed action to the E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1

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[FR Doc No: 2021-26440]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Sunshine Act Meeting

    The National Science Board's Awards and Facilities Committee hereby 
gives notice of the scheduling of a teleconference meeting for the 
transaction of National Science Board business pursuant to the National 
Science Foundation Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act.

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, December 7, 2021, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 
EST. The open session of the meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m.-12:00 
p.m. The closed session will be held from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

PLACE: This meeting will be held by teleconference through the National 
Science Foundation.

STATUS: Open session and closed session.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda of the open session of the meeting 
is: Committee Chair's Opening Remarks; approval of prior meeting 
minutes; schedule of context and action items; and information item--
update on the Astronomy Decadal Survey Report.
    The agenda for the closed session of the meeting is: Committee 
Chair's Opening Remarks; approval of prior meeting minutes; information 
item--Regional Class Research Vessels; information item--Annual Report 
of the Chief Officer for Research Infrastructure; action item--Rubin 
Observatory Rebaseline.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Point of contact for this meeting 
is: Michelle McCrackin, [email protected], (703) 292-7000. Meeting

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information and updates may be found at the National Science Board 
website www.nsf.gov/nsb.

Chris Blair,
Executive Assistant to the National Science Board Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-26440 Filed 12-2-21; 11:15 am]
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