Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Notices 8385 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02447 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; Survey 

of Earned Doctorates 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This is the 

second notice for public comment; the 

first was published in the Federal 

Register, and one comment was 

received. NSF is forwarding the 

proposed submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance simultaneously with the 

publication of this second notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAmain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314, or send email to splimpto@

nsf.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

Copies of the submission may be 

obtained by calling 703–292–7556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF may 

not conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number and the agency 

informs potential persons who are to 

respond to the collection of information 

that such persons are not required to 

respond to the collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Title of Collection: Survey of Earned 

Doctorates. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0019. 

Summary of Collection: The SED has 

been conducted annually since 1958 

and is jointly sponsored by four Federal 

agencies (NSF/NCSES, National 

Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of 

Education/National Center for 

Education Statistics, and National 

Endowment for the Humanities) to 

avoid duplication of effort in collecting 

such data. The authority to collect 

information for the Survey of Earned 

Doctorates (SED) is established under 

the National Science Foundation Act of 

1950, as amended, Public Law 507 (42 

U.S.C. 1862), Section 3(a) (6), which 

directs the NSF ‘‘. . . to provide a 

central clearinghouse for the collection, 

interpretation, and analysis of data on 

scientific and engineering resources and 

to provide a source of information for 

policy formation by other agencies of 

the federal government.’’ 

This request to extend the information 

collection for three years is to cover the 

2022 and 2023 SED survey cycles. Data 

are obtained primarily via Web survey 

from each person earning a research 

doctorate at the time they receive the 

degree. Graduate schools help distribute 

the SED to their graduating doctorate 

recipients. 

The survey will be collected in 

conformance with the NSF Act of 1950, 

as amended, and the Privacy Act of 

1974. Responses from individuals are 

voluntary. NCSES will ensure that all 

individually identifiable information 

collected will be kept strictly 

confidential and will be used for 

research or statistical purposes, 

analyzing data, and preparing scientific 

reports and articles. 

Use of the Information: NCSES, as the 

lead agency, publishes statistics from 

the survey in several reports, but 

primarily in the annual publication 

series reporting on all fields of study, 

titled Doctorate Recipients from U.S. 

Universities. Information from the SED 

is also used to prepare congressionally 

mandated reports such as Science and 

Engineering Indicators and Women, 

Minorities and Persons with Disabilities 

in Science and Engineering. 

Expected Respondents: The SED is a 

census of all individuals receiving a 

research doctorate from an accredited 

U.S. academic institution in an 

academic year (AY) beginning 1 July 

and ending 30 June of the following 

year. Based on the historical trend, 

NCSES expects that approximately 

57,000 individuals will receive a 

research doctorate from U.S. institutions 

in AY2022, and approximately 58,000 

in AY2023. NCSES estimates the 

response rate will be 92 percent for both 

the 2022 and 2023 SED survey cycles. 

In addition to the survey completion of 

individuals receiving their research 

doctorates, the SED requires the 

collection of administrative data such as 

graduation lists from approximately 600 

Institutional Coordinators at the 

participating institutions who help to 

distribute the Web survey link, track 

survey completions, and submit 

information to the SED survey 

contractor. 

Estimate of Burden: Based on an 

average Web survey completion time of 

20 minutes, the respondent burden for 

completing the SED is estimated at 

17,480 hours in 2022 (57,000 doctorate 

recipients × 92% response × 20 minutes) 

and 17,787 hours in 2023 (58,000 

doctorate recipients x 92% response x 

20 minutes). With about 600 schools 

expected to participate in the 2022 and 

2023 SED, the estimated burden to 

Institutional Coordinators is 12,000 

hours for each survey cycle. Therefore, 

the total burden for the SED is estimated 

to be 29,480 (17,480 + 12,000) hours in 

the 2022 survey cycle and 29,787 

(17,787 + 12,000) hours in the 2023 

survey cycle. NCSES estimates that the 

average annual burden for the 2022 and 

2023 survey cycles over the course of 

the three-year OMB clearance period 

will be no more than 19,756 hours 

[(29,480 hours + 29,787 hours)/3 years]. 

Comment: As required by 5 CFR 

1320.8(d), comments on the information 

collection activities were solicited 

through publication of a 60-day notice 

in the Federal Register on 14 October 

2020 at 85 FR 65078. NCSES received 

one public comment from the 

Federation of American Societies for 

Experimental Biology advocating for the 

collection of information on the 

participation of sexual and gender 

minorities in doctoral education. NCSES 

informed the commenter that it shares 

their interest in improving federal data 

collections and providing reliable 

measures for important segments of the 

population. NCSES also informed the 

commenter that it is conducting 

research to evaluate these measures 

with the goal that this research, in 

combination with on-going sexual 

orientation and gender identity (SOGI) 

survey content research being 

conducted by other federal agencies, 

will enable the development of standard 

guidance for collecting SOGI data in the 

near future. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of burden of the proposed 


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collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02449 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 40–8907; NRC–2019–0026] 

United Nuclear Corporation Church 

Rock Project 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft environmental impact 

statement; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On November 13, 2020, the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) issued for public comment a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for United Nuclear Corporation’s (UNC) 

license amendment request. UNC is 

requesting authorization to amend its 

license (SUA–1475) to excavate 

approximately 1 million cubic yards 

(CY) of mine waste from the Northeast 

Church Rock Mine Site and dispose of 

it at the existing mill site in McKinley 

County, New Mexico. The public 

comment period was originally 

scheduled to close on December 28, 

2020. On December 23, 2020, the NRC 

extended the public comment until 

February 26, 2021. The NRC has 

decided to further extend the public 

comment until May 27, 2021 to allow 

more time for members of the public to 

develop and submit their comments. 

The NRC plans to further engage the 

local communities to promote full 

understanding of the proposed action 

and facilitate public comment and will 

also hold a public comment meeting 

during the extended comment period. 

DATES: The due date of comments 

requested in the document published 

December 23, 2020 (85 FR 84016) is 

extended. Comments should be filed no 

later than May 27, 2021. 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 on or 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 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. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

• Email comments to: UNCChurchRockEIS.resource@nrc.gov. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

• Leave a voicemail at: 888–672– 

3425. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Waldron, Office of Nuclear 

Material 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 regarding 

this document. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by 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. 

• 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. 

• Project Web page: Information 

related to the UNC Church Rock project 

can be accessed on the NRC’s project 

web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/infofinder/decommissioning/uranium/ 

united-nuclear-corporation-unc-.html. 

• Public Libraries: A copy of the draft 

EIS can be accessed at the following 

public library: 

Æ Octavia Fellin Public Library 

Gallup, NM 87301 

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. Written 

comments may be submitted during the 

draft EIS comment period as described 

in the ADDRESSES section of the 

document. 

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 posts all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov and enters all 

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 

because the NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions before making 

the comment submissions available to 

the public or entering the comment 

submissions into ADAMS. 

II. Discussion 

On November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706), 

the NRC issued for public comment the 

draft EIS for the UNC license 

amendment to excavate approximately 1 

million CY of mine waste from the 

Northeast Church Rock Mine Site and 

dispose of it at the existing mill site in 

McKinley County, New Mexico. 

The draft EIS for UNC’s license 

amendment application includes the 


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