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A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed above in 

the address section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This information is necessary in order 

for ETA to analyze program 

performance, know when corrective 

action plans are needed and to target 

technical assistance resources. Without 

this report, it would be impossible for 

the ETA to identify claims and benefit 

activity under the CWC program and 

carry out the Secretary’s responsibility 

for program oversight. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: Interstate Arrangement for 

Combining Employment and Wages. 

OMB Number: 1205–0029. 

Agency Number: ETA 586. 

Recordkeeping: 3 years. 

Affected Public: State Government. 

Cite/Reference/Form: ETA Handbook 

No. 401, ETA 586. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Responses: 212. 

Average Time Per Response: 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 848. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):

N/A. 

Total Burden Cost: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the information 

collection request; they will also 

become a matter of public record.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.

[FR Doc. E4–2604 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 04–112] 

NASA Advisory Council, Education 

Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public 

Law 92–463, as amended, the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

announces a forthcoming meeting of the 

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), 

Education Advisory Committee (EAC).

DATES: Monday, October 25, 2004, 8:30 

a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Tuesday, October 26, 

2004, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Monday, October 25 at 

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 

Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 

Tuesday, October 26 at Ritz Carlton, 

1401 South Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Katie Blanding, Office of Education, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, Washington, DC 20546, 

(202) 358–0402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will be open to the public up 

to the capacity of the room. All visitors 

must bring a driver’s license or 

government identification to the Visitor 

Lobby of JPL. Foreign visitors must 

bring their passport, alien registration 

number, and their date and place of 

birth. Additionally, the general public 

will need to be escorted to the meeting 

room. The agenda for the meeting 

includes the followingtopics:

—NASA Transformation Roadmapping 

Initiative 

—Review of the Jet Propulsion Lab’s 

(JPL) Education Program 

—Transforming Education 

—NASA’s Integration Plan and Role of 

Education 

—Office of Education Division Reports 

on: Milestones in the Educator 

Astronaut Program, Explorer Schools, 

Explorer Institutes, Science and 

Technology Scholarship Program, 

Technology & Products, 

Measurements, and a Single Database 

System. 

It is imperative that the meeting be 

held on these dates to accommodate the 

scheduling priorities of the key 

participants. Visitors to the meeting will 

be requested to sign a visitor’s register.

R. Andrew Falcon, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–23039 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to OMB and solicitation of 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a 

submittal to OMB for review of 

continued approval of information 

collections under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NUREG/BR–0238, Materials 

Annual Fee Billing Handbook, NRC 

Form 628, Financial EDI Authorization, 

NUREG/BR–0254, Payment Methods, 

NRC Form 629, Authorization for 

Payment by Credit Card. 

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0190. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: Annually. 

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Anyone doing business with the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

including licensees, applicants and 

individuals who are required to pay a 

fee for inspections and licenses. 

5. The number of annual respondents:

7,330 (10 for NRC Form 628, and 7,320 

for NRC Form 629, and NUREG/BR–

0254). 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 611 (.80 hour for NRC Form 628 

and 610 hours for NRC Form 629 and 

NUREG/BR–0254). 

7. Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

the Treasury encourages the public to 

pay monies owed the government 

through use of the Automated 

Clearinghouse Network and credit 

cards. These two methods of payment 

are used by licensees, applicants, and 

individuals to pay civil penalties, full 

cost licensing fees, and inspection fees 

to the NRC. 

Submit, by December 13, 2004, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

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document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton (T–5 F52), 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by 

Internet electronic mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of October, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brenda Jo. Shelton, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–23006 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Proposed Generic Communication; 

Establishing and Maintaining a Safety 

Conscious Work Environment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission is proposing to issue a 

regulatory issue summary (RIS) to 

provide the guidance for licensees on 

establishing and maintaining a Safety 

Conscious Work Environment (SCWE): 

that is, an environment in which 

employees are encouraged to raise safety 

concerns both to their own management 

and to the NRC without fear of 

retaliation. The agency’s expectations 

regarding licensees establishing and 

maintaining a SCWE are described in 

the 1996 NRC Policy Statement, 

‘‘Freedom of Employees in the Nuclear 

Industry to Raise Safety Concerns 

Without Fear of Retaliation.’’

In a March 26, 2003 staff requirements 

memorandum, the Commission directed 

the staff to develop further guidance, in 

consultation with stakeholders, that 

identifies ‘‘best practices’’ to encourage 

a SCWE. The guidance document is 

based on the existing guidance provided 

in the 1996 Policy Statement, including 

the elements and attributes described 

therein of a healthy SCWE, and expands 

the guidance or adds new guidance 

where additional information would 

help describe practices to meet the 

intent of each SCWE attribute. In 

addition, the NRC staff held a public 

workshop to discuss the draft guidance 

document, on February 19, 2004. 

On February 12, 2004, the NRC staff 

published an outline of this guidance 

document for public comment. The 

Commission received input from the 

public, in response to the Federal 

Register Notice, expressing general 

agreement concerning the content of the 

outline. However, some improvements 

were suggested, and the NRC staff has 

incorporated many of these suggestions 

into the guidance document developed 

from the outline. The NRC staff’s 

response to each of the individual 

comments on the outline published on 

February 12, 2004, is included under 

‘‘Supplemental Information—Staff 

Response to Comments,’’ below. 

The February 12, 2004, Federal 

Register Notice emphasized that the 

NRC’s 1996 Policy Statement was 

directed to all employers, including 

licensees and their contractors, subject 

to NRC authority, and their employees. 

Therefore, the guidance document also 

applies to this broad audience. The 

Federal Register Notice also clarified 

that the practices outlined in the 

guidance document may not be practical 

or necessary for all employers. Rather, 

the purpose of the guidance is to 

provide information on practices which 

have been effective at some larger 

licensees to maintain or improve the 

work environment and ensure its 

employees feel free to raise safety 

concerns. The scope of the guidance 

document remains broad and the NRC 

staff continues to believe that not all the 

practices outlined in the guidance 

document will be practical or effective 

for all licensees. The guidance, in the 

form of a RIS, is provided below for 

comment. It is also available on the 

NRC’s Web site at: http://webwork:300/

what-we-do/regulatory/allegations/

scwe-guide.html, well as in ADAMS at 

ML042800027.

DATES: Comments on the guidance 

document may be submitted on or 

before November 15, 2004. Since: (1) A 

detailed outline of the guidance 

document has previously been 

published for comment; (2) the NRC 

staff has evaluated and responded to 

these comments below; and (3) the 

Commission approved, in an August 30, 

2004, Staff Requirements Memorandum, 

issuance of the guidance, the staff 

requests that any comments provided in 

response to this Federal Register Notice 

relate to the content of the document 

rather than the appropriateness of 

issuing the document. The staff plans to 

issue a final RIS containing the 

information in the document after 

reviewing and addressing any 

additional comments.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rules and 

Directives Branch, Division of 

Administrative Services, Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: T–6D59, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. Hand 

deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 

a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal workdays. 

Copies of comments received may be 

examined at the NRC Public Document 

Room, Room O–1F21, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Publically 

available documents created or received 

at the NRC after November 1, 1999, are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

From this site, the public can gain entry 

into the NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

If you do not have access to ADAMS or 

if there are problems in accessing the 

document located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1–800–

397–4209, 301–415–4737, or email to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

You may also e-mail comments to 

nrcrep@nrc.gov. Fax comments to: 

Chief, Rules and Directive Branch, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 

415–5144.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lisamarie Jarriel, Agency Allegations 

Advisor, Office of Enforcement, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, (301)–

415–8529, email LLJ@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Staff Response to Comments 

The NRC received 17 submittals 

providing comments suggesting changes 

or expressing concerns in response to 

the outline of the proposed industry 

guidance for establishing and 

maintaining a SCWE published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2004. 

Although most stakeholders, including 

representatives from both the industry 

and whistleblower advocates, were in 

general agreement concerning the 

content of the outline, some 

improvements were suggested and many 

have been incorporated into the draft 

document. The most significant 

comment, however, addressed whether 

the Agency should be producing such a 

document at all. Industry 

representatives commented that the 

industry, rather than the NRC, should 

develop the guidance. The following 

specific comments related to the topic of 

whether it is appropriate for the NRC to 

issue the guidance, and the NRC staff’s