Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 63631-63632 [2023-19966]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4.2. Abstract: This survey collects information on assessments conducted by the National Center. An assessment generally includes the following elements: assessing the causes of the conflict or challenge; identifying the entities and individuals who would be substantively affected by the conflict’s or issue’s outcome; assessing those persons’ interests to identify a preliminary set of topics that they believe relevant; evaluating the feasibility of using a consensus-building or other collaborative process to address these topics; educating interested parties on collaborative processes so as to help them consider whether they want to participate; and designing the structure and membership of a collaborative process (if applicable) to address the conflict or challenge. This survey is a primary means by which the National Center evaluates its performance on this key agency activity. Title of Collection: Mediation Services Participant Questionnaire (Agreement Seeking). OMB Control Number: 3320–0004. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 12. Abstract: This survey collects information to evaluate mediations conducted by the National Center. Mediation is an agreement-seeking facilitated negotiation in which a skilled, impartial third party seeks to enhance negotiations between parties to a conflict or their representatives by improving communication, identifying interests, and exploring possibilities for a mutually agreeable resolution. This survey is a primary means by which the National Center evaluates its performance on this integral agency activity. Title of Collection: Training Services Participant Questionnaire. OMB Control Number: 3320–0006. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 600. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 55. Abstract: This survey collects information to evaluate trainings conducted by the National Center. Trainings include any session of three hours or more in the following categories: skill-building workshops requested by agencies for their staff (e.g., interest-based negotiation training for complex intergovernmental conflicts); ECCR project-specific capacity building for stakeholders (e.g., stakeholder orientations related to multiparty negotiation); and all of the Udall Foundation certificate program ECCR trainings. This survey is a primary means by which the National Center evaluates its performance on this critical agency activity. Title of Collection: Facilitated Meeting/Workshop Services Participant Questionnaire. OMB Control Number: 3320–0007. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 400. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 33.3. Abstract: This survey collects information to evaluate short-term (typically one-day) facilitated meetings and workshops conducted by the National Center. Facilitated meetings and workshops are a core activity of the National Center, and this survey is a primary means by which the National Center evaluates its performance on this key activity. Title of Collection: ECR Support Services Evaluation—Requester Questionnaire. OMB Control Number: 3320–0009. Respondents/Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-forprofit; federal government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 25. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2.1. Abstract: This survey collects information to evaluate programmatic support activities conducted by the National Center, which includes assistance with designing, implementing, and/or refining federal ECCR programs; systems for handling administrative disputes; or approaches for managing environmental decision making, for example, with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes. This survey is a primary means by which the National Center PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63631 collects information to evaluate its performance on key activities that fall outside of other collection instruments used by the agency. Title of Collection: National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution Facilitated Process Evaluation— Participant Questionnaire. OMB Control Number: 3320–0010. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal government; and state, local or tribal government. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 250. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 50 Abstract: This survey collects information to evaluate facilitation processes conducted by the National Center. Facilitation is a collaborative process in which a neutral seeks to assist a group of individuals or other parties to discuss constructively a number of complex, potentially controversial issues. Facilitation is a core activity of the National Center, and this survey is a primary means by which the National Center evaluates its performance on this key activity. (20 U.S.C. 5601–5609) Dated: September 11, 2023. David P. Brown, Executive Director, Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. [FR Doc. 2023–19933 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–FN–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 National Science Foundation. Notice of permit applications received. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 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 permit applications received. SUMMARY: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application by October 16, 2023. This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. DATES: E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 63632 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Notices Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or ACApermits@nsf.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address, 703–292–4479. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 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 as requiring special protection. The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. ADDRESSES: Location Port Lockroy, Damoy Point/Dorian Bay, Paradise Bay, Errera Channel, Neumeyer Channel, Petermann Island, other locations south of the Lemaire Channel, locations in the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula area. Dates of Permitted Activities October 28, 2023–March 30, 2028. Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox, Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2023–19966 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Application Details [Docket Nos. 50–611 and 50–612; NRC– 2023–0138] Permit Application: 2024–009 Kairos Power, LLC; Hermes 2 1. Applicant AGENCY: Steve Wellmeier, Director of Special Projects, Poseidon Expeditions USA LLC, 245 Warwick Ave, Suite 119, Warwick, RI 02889 Activity for Which Permit Is Requested ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 only be operated by pilots with extensive experience, who are preapproved by the Expedition Leader. Waste Management. The applicant seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act permit for waste management activities associated with coastal camping and the operation of a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The applicant seeks permission for no more than 30 campers and expedition staff to camp overnight at select locations for a maximum of 10 hours ashore. Camping would be away from vegetated sites and wildlife concentrations, avoiding any lakes, protected areas, historical sites, and scientific stations. Tents would be pitched on snow, ice, or bare smooth rock, at least 20m from the high-water line. No food, other than emergency rations, would be brought onshore and all wastes, including human waste, would be collected and returned to the ship for proper disposal. For remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) operation, the applicant proposes to operate small, battery-operated RPAS consisting, in part, of a quadcopter equipped with cameras to collect commercial and educational footage of the Antarctic. The quadcopter would not be flown over concentrations of birds or mammals, or over Antarctic Specially Protected Areas or Historic Sites and Monuments. The RPAS would VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Construction permit application; acceptance for docketing. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets an application for a construction permit for the Hermes 2 test reactor facility to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. DATES: This action becomes effective on September 11, 2023. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023–0138 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–2023–0138. 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 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) SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 reference staff at 1–800–397–209, at 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 this document. • NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • NRC’s Public website: The construction permit application is available under the NRC’s Hermes Construction Permit Application public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/ non-power/new-facility-licensing/ hermes2-kairos.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 3229; email: Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion On July 14, 2023, Kairos Power LLC (Kairos) filed, pursuant to part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ an application (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML23195A121) for a construction permit for the Hermes 2 test reactor facility (a ‘‘testing facility’’ as defined in 10 CFR 50.2), which would be located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Hermes 2 facility would contain two fluoride-salt cooled, hightemperature reactors that use solid tristructural isotropic fuel in pebble form, intermediate liquid-sodium loops, and a common power conversion unit. A notice of receipt and availability was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2023 (88 FR 51876). The Hermes 2 construction permit application consists of the following information: • The general information required by 10 CFR 50.33, • The Preliminary Safety Analysis Report required by 10 CFR 50.34(a), • The Environmental Report required by 10 CFR 50.30(f), • Exemption requests to support issuance of a construction permit, • Two technical reports, KP–TR–017 and KP–TR–022, • A summary of the deletions from the Hermes Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, and E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63631-63632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19966]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
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 permit applications 
received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by October 16, 2023. 
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit 
Office, address below.

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ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of 
Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address, 703-292-4479.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541, 45 CFR 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 as requiring special protection. 
The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.

Application Details

Permit Application: 2024-009

1. Applicant
    Steve Wellmeier, Director of Special Projects, Poseidon Expeditions 
USA LLC, 245 Warwick Ave, Suite 119, Warwick, RI 02889
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
    Waste Management. The applicant seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act 
permit for waste management activities associated with coastal camping 
and the operation of a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) in the 
Antarctic Peninsula region. The applicant seeks permission for no more 
than 30 campers and expedition staff to camp overnight at select 
locations for a maximum of 10 hours ashore. Camping would be away from 
vegetated sites and wildlife concentrations, avoiding any lakes, 
protected areas, historical sites, and scientific stations. Tents would 
be pitched on snow, ice, or bare smooth rock, at least 20m from the 
high-water line. No food, other than emergency rations, would be 
brought onshore and all wastes, including human waste, would be 
collected and returned to the ship for proper disposal. For remotely 
piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) operation, the applicant proposes to 
operate small, battery-operated RPAS consisting, in part, of a 
quadcopter equipped with cameras to collect commercial and educational 
footage of the Antarctic. The quadcopter would not be flown over 
concentrations of birds or mammals, or over Antarctic Specially 
Protected Areas or Historic Sites and Monuments. The RPAS would only be 
operated by pilots with extensive experience, who are pre-approved by 
the Expedition Leader.
Location
    Port Lockroy, Damoy Point/Dorian Bay, Paradise Bay, Errera Channel, 
Neumeyer Channel, Petermann Island, other locations south of the 
Lemaire Channel, locations in the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic 
Sound, Antarctic Peninsula area.
Dates of Permitted Activities
    October 28, 2023-March 30, 2028.

Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox,
Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-19966 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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