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descriptive information gathered from 

education and training projects that are 

funded by NSF. Most programs subject 

to EHR Generic data collection are 

funded by the EHR Directorate, but 

some are funded in whole or in part by 

disciplinary directorates or multidisciplinary or cross-cutting programs. 

Since 2001 in accordance with OMB’s 

Terms of Clearance (TOC), NSF 

primarily uses the data from the EHR 

Generic Clearance for program planning, 

management, and audit purposes to 

respond to queries from the Congress, 

the public, NSF’s external merit 

reviewers who serve as advisors, 

including Committees of Visitors 

(COVs), and the NSF’s Office of the 

Inspector General. 

OMB has limited the collection to 

three categories of descriptive data: (1) 

Staff and project participants (data that 

are also necessary to determine 

individual-level treatment and control 

groups for future third-party study); (2) 

project implementation characteristics 

(also necessary for future use to identify 

well-matched comparison groups); and 

(3) project outputs (necessary to 

measure baseline for pre- and postNSF-funding-level impacts). 

Use of the Information: This 

information is required for effective 

administration, communication, 

program and project monitoring and 

evaluation, and for measuring 

attainment of NSF’s program, project, 

and strategic goals, and as identified by 

the President’s Accountability in 

Government Initiative; GPRA, and the 

NSF’s Strategic Plan. The Foundation’s 

FY 2006–2011 Strategic Plan describes 

four strategic outcome goals of 

Discovery, Learning, Research 

Infrastructure, and Stewardship. NSF’s 

complete strategic plan may be found at: 

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/ 

pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf0648. 

Since the EHR Generic Clearance 

research is primarily used for 

accountability purposes, including 

responding from queries from COVs and 

other scientific experts, a census rather 

than sampling design typically is 

necessary. At the individual project 

level funding can be adjusted based on 

individual project’s responses to some 

of the surveys. Some data collected 

under the EHR Clearance serve as 

baseline data for separate research and 

evaluation studies. 

In order to conduct program- or 

portfolio-level evaluations, however, 

both experimental and quasiexperimental evaluation research 

studies on STEM education 

interventions require researchers to 

identify individual-level and 

organization- or project-level control 

and treatment groups or comparison 

groups. NSF-funded contract or grantee 

researchers and evaluators in part may 

identify control, comparison, or 

treatment groups for NSF’s ET portfolio 

using some of the descriptive data 

gathered through OMB 3145–0136 to 

conduct well-designed, rigorous 

research and portfolio evaluation 

studies. 

In accordance with the 2001, 2005, 

and 2008 OMB TOCs, NSF requests 

separate stand-alone clearance (and 

separately announces for comment in 

the Federal Register) any program or 

portfolio research or evaluation. Two 

examples of third-party evaluations that 

used EHR OMB 3145–0136 data to 

inform study design are: OMB No. 

3145–0187 (Expiring 8/2011) Evaluation 

of the NSF’s Graduate STEM Fellows in 

K–12 Education (GK–12) Program and 

OMB No. 3145–0182 (Expiring 3/2011) 

Evaluation of the NSF’s Integrative 

Graduate Education and Research 

Traineeship (IGERT) Program: Followup Study of IGERT Graduates, both 

conducted by Abt Associates. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, not-for-profit institutions, 

business or other for profit, and Federal, 

State, local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 8,494. 

Burden of the Public: The total 

estimate for this collection is 65,868 

annual burden hours. This figure is 

based on the previous 3 years of 

collecting information under this 

clearance and anticipated collections. 

The average annual reporting burden is 

between 1.5 and 72 hours per 

‘‘respondent,’’ depending on whether a 

respondent is a direct participant who is 

self-reporting or representing a project 

and reporting on behalf of many project 

participants. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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Notice of permit applications received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

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 at Title 

45 Part 670 of 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 December 9, 2010. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above 

address or (703) 292–7405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), 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. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

Permit Application No. 2011–006 

1. Applicant: Diane Marie McKnight, 

INSTAAR, 1560 30th Street, 

Boulder, CO 80309. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Enter into Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area. The applicant plans to 

enter the Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell 

(ASPA #131) to continue operation of a 

previously installed, continuously 

recording stream gauge station, perform 

maintenance, conduct stream flow 

measurements and collect water quality 

samples near the stream gauge site. The 

applicant will also collect water quality 

samples of the melt-water of the Canada 

Glacier and along the length of the 

stream to study in-stream 

biogeochemical processes. Samples of 

the microbial mats and mosses will also 

be collected for study. LIDAR and other 

survey and monitoring techniques may 

be used to detect changes in the stream 

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Location: Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, 

Taylor Valley (ASPA 131) 

Dates: February 28, 2011 to February 

28, 2016 

Permit Application No. 2011–022. 

2. Applicant: Adam Kustka, Department 

of Earth & Environmental Sciences, 

Rutgers University, 101 Warren 

Street, Newark, NJ 07102. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Export from USA, and Introduce Nonindigenous Species into Antarctica. The 

applicant is investigating the role of 

modified circumpolar deep water on 

supplying Fe to the surface ocean and 

how this Fe supply impacts initial CO2

sequestration and how it impacts the 

composition of the phytoplankton 

community assemblage. To trace the fate 

and recycling of organic carbon and Fe 

that has been incorporated into 

phytoplankton, they will use cell lysates 

labeled with the radioisotopes of C or 

Fe. In complementary experiments, 

lysates will also be labeled with the 

stable isotope 13C. These lysates will be 

generated in the university lab using 

cultures of a centric diatom 

(Thhalassiosira weissflogii) and a 

temperate haptophyte (Phaeocystic 

globosa)—species that cannot tolerate 

seawater temperatures in Antarctica. 

The lysates will be shipped from the 

University via New Zealand and used 

onboard the research vessel, Nathaniel 

B. Palmer, in the Ross Sea. Once 

experiments are concluded, the lysates 

will be placed in the radioactive waste 

stream and not released to the 

environment. 

Location: Ross Sea, Antarctica 

Dates: January 1, 2011 to March 1, 2011 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28202 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued under 

the Antarctic Conservation of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

This is the required notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy, Permit Office, 

Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 1, 2010 and October 5, 2010, 

the National Science Foundation 

published notices in the Federal 

Register of permit applications received. 

Permits were issued on November 1, 

2010 and November 3, 2010, 

respectively, to: 

Robert W. Sanders ... Permit No. 2011–019. 

Yu-Ping Chin ............ Permit No. 2011–018. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

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[NRC–2010–0335] 

Notice; Applications and Amendments 

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Imposing Procedures for Access to 

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