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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services (IMLS) is an independent 

Federal grant-making agency and is the 

primary source of Federal support for 

the Nation’s 123,000 libraries and 

17,500 museums. IMLS provides a 

variety of grant programs to assist the 

Nation’s museums and libraries in 

improving their operations and 

enhancing their services to the public. 

IMLS is responsible for identifying 

national needs for, and trends of, 

museum and library services funded by 

IMLS; reporting on the impact and 

effectiveness of programs conducted 

with funds made available by IMLS in 

addressing such needs; and identifying, 

and disseminating information on, the 

best practices of such programs. (20 

U.S.C. Chapter 72, 20 U.S.C. 9108). 

Abstract: The Public Libraries Survey 

has been conducted by the Institute of 

Museum and Library Services under the 

clearance number 3137–0074, which 

expires 11/30/2010. This survey collects 

annual descriptive data on the universe 

of public libraries in the U.S. and the 

Outlying Areas. Information such as 

public service hours per year, 

circulation of library books, etc., 

number of librarians, population of legal 

service area, expenditures for library 

collection, staff salary data, and access 

to technology are collected. 

Current Actions: This notice proposes 

clearance of the Public Libraries Survey. 

The 60-day notice for the Public 

Libraries Survey, FY 2011–2013, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 23, 2010, (FR vol. 75, No. 162, 

pgs. 51853–51854). The agency has 

taken into consideration the two 

comments that were received under this 

notice. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Public Libraries Survey, 2011– 

2013. 

OMB Number: 3137–0074. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments, State library agencies, and 

public libraries. 

Number of Respondents: 55. 

Note: 55 StLAs administer state-based 

surveys to the public libraries in their 

respective States and Outlying Areas on 

an annual basis. A portion of the statebased survey data is then provided to 

IMLS, which aggregates the information 

into the national PLS dataset. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Burden hours per respondent: 85.7. 

Total burden hours: 4,541. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: n/a. 

Total Annual Costs: $119,428. 

Contact: Comments should be sent to 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for 

Education, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, (202) 395–7316. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Kim A. Miller, 

Management Analyst, Office of Policy, 

Planning, Research, and Communication. 

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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, Public Law 104– 

13. This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 32196, and no 

comments addressing the areas in 

question were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. Comments regarding 

(a) whether the collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

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information on those who are to 

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appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

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information technology should be 

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Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

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and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling 703–292–7556. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the 

National Science Foundation’s Math 

and Science Partnership (MSP) Program. 

OMB Control No.: 3145–0200. 

Abstract: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) requests a three-year 

clearance for an evaluation of the Math 

and Science Partnership (MSP) program. 

The MSP program is a research and 

development (R&D) effort funded by the 

NSF to integrate the work of higher 

education, especially disciplinary 

faculty in math, sciences, and 

engineering, with that of K–12 

communities in order to strengthen and 

reform math and science education. The 

program is authorized under the NSF 

Authorization Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 

368), December 19, 2002 (to authorize 

appropriations for FY 2003–07 and ‘‘for 

other purposes’’). MSP is among 11 

programs specifically authorized by the 

legislation (Sec. 11 authorizes a 12th 

program, the Centers for Research on 

Mathematics and Science Learning and 

Education Improvement). 

NSF’s MSP program portfolio consists 

of about 80 awards or projects (e.g. 

design grants, standard or continuing 

grants or cooperative agreements) that 

initially were funded between 2002 and 

2004. The type of awards subject to 

study and data collection, however, 

include only the comprehensive MSPs, 

targeted MSPs and teacher institute 

partnerships, or a universe of 

approximately 65 discrete projects. 

The evaluation’s data collection and 

analysis activities will be conducted by 

COSMOS Corporation, Bethesda, MD, in 

partnership with Brown University via 

a contract administered by the NSF’s 

Division of Research, Evaluation and 

Communication (REC). This evaluation 

involves both quantitative and 

qualitative data, collected from multiple 

sources using multiple methods, 

including secondary analyses of projectrelated materials such as existing 

databases (MSP Management 

Information System—OMB 3145–0199), 

annual reports, Web sites, and relevant 


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policy and methodological documents 

and original data collection through 

one-on-one interviews with key 

stakeholders conducted during site 

visits. For the MSP Management 

Information System, the contract team 

will analyze these data using 

quantitative statistical models. A second 

data source consists of annual project 

reports and other reports submitted by 

the MSP grantees to the NSF in 

accordance with Federal research 

project reporting requirements 

established at NSF under OMB 3145– 

0058. A third source is U.S. Department 

of Education’s public use files on 

student achievement and school 

systems’ demographic characteristics. 

The fourth source for data is the 

proposed evaluation’s original data 

collection activities. In particular and 

principally a series of site visits will be 

conducted during 2006–2011. 

The evaluation’s overall framework 

consists of several substudies each 

focusing on a different, but essential 

part of the MSP grantees’ work (e.g., 

partnerships, the role of disciplinary 

faculty, student achievement). The 

relevant evaluation design under these 

conditions might be considered a metaanalytic rather than singular design— 

e.g., providing a rationale for the 

selection of substudies as well as some 

guidance for conducting the substudies. 

Consultations have occurred with a 

team of external experts on the research 

design during the evaluation’s design 

phase and will continue to take place 

throughout the evaluation. The team of 

external experts represents the nation’s 

leading researchers and scholars on 

methodology and content in the field of 

evaluation and representatives are from 

top-tier university schools of education 

and departments of mathematics or 

science; an education advocacy group; 

and an education research council. 

The data collection instruments 

include face-to-face interviews, such as 

focus groups, and telephone or 

electronic surveys. An interview 

protocol based on the evaluation 

framework will be administered during 

the site visits. Expected respondents at 

site visits are Principal Investigators, coPrincipal Investigators, administrators, 

teams of external experts, and other 

stakeholders who participated in MSP. 

There are no costs to respondents other 

than the time involved in the interview 

or survey process. 

Information from the evaluation’s data 

collections and analysis will be used to 

improve the NSF’s program processes 

and outcomes. It will enable NSF to 

prepare and publish reports, and to 

respond to requests from Committees of 

Visitors, Congress, and the Office of 

Management and Budget, particularly as 

related to the Government Performance 

and Results Act (GPRA) and the 

Program Effectiveness Rating Tool 

(PART). 

The primary evaluation questions 

include but are not limited to: 

(1) How has the MSP Program effected 

or influenced the expertise, numbers, 

and diversity of the mathematics and 

science teaching force, K–12 student 

achievement in mathematics and 

science, and other presumed program 

outcomes? 

(2) What factors or attributes have 

accelerated or constrained progress in 

the MSP Program’s achievements? and 

(3) How have institutions of higher 

education (IHEs) disciplinary faculty 

(mathematics, science, and engineering) 

participated in the MSP Program, and 

what has been their role in the 

Program’s achievements? 

Respondents: Individuals and not-forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Total 

Respondents: 352. 

Total Burden on the Public: 960 

hours. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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2010–0101] 

Southern California Edison Company, 

San Onofre Nuclear Generating 

Station, Units 2 and 3; Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption, pursuant to 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Section 73.5, 

‘‘Specific exemptions,’’ from the 

implementation date for certain new 

requirements of 10 CFR part 73, 

‘‘Physical protection of plants and 

materials,’’ for Facility Operating 

License Nos. NPF–10, and NPF–15, 

issued to Southern California Edison 

Company (SCE, the licensee), for 

operation of the San Onofre Nuclear 

Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 

(SONGS 2 and 3), located in San Diego 

County, California. In accordance with 

10 CFR 51.21, the NRC prepared an 

environmental assessment documenting 

its finding. The NRC concluded that the 

proposed actions will have no 

significant environmental impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

SCE from the required implementation 

date of March 31, 2010, for one new 

requirement of 10 CFR part 73. 

Specifically, SCE would be granted a 

second exemption, further extending the 

date for full compliance with one new 

requirement contained in 10 CFR 73.55, 

from October 31, 2010 (the date 

specified in a prior exemption granted 

by NRC on March 16, 2010), until 

February 28, 2011. SCE has proposed an 

alternate full compliance 

implementation date of February 28, 

2011, which is approximately 11 

months beyond the compliance date 

required by 10 CFR Part 73. The 

proposed action, an extension of the 

schedule for completion of certain 

actions required by the revised 10 CFR 

part 73, does not involve any physical 

changes to the reactors, fuel, plant 

structures, support structures, water, or 

land at the SONGS 2 and 3 site. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

August 24, 2010, as supplemented by 

letter dated October 17, 2010. The NRC 

staff’s safety evaluation will be provided 

in the exemption that will be issued as 

part of the letter to the licensee 

approving the exemption from the 

regulation, if granted. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action, a second 

scheduler exemption, is needed to 

provide the licensee with additional 

time to implement one specific element 

of the new requirements in 10 CFR part 

73, which involves significant physical 

modifications to the SONGS 2 and 3 

security systems. While the licensee 

completed much of the work required 

by the 10 CFR Part 73 rule change at 

SONGS 2 and 3 by the March 31, 2010, 

implementation date, and has made 

substantial progress on completing the 

remaining item for which the previous 

scheduler exemption was granted, SCE 

requires additional time to complete all 

modifications associated with the single 

remaining item to achieve full 

compliance with 10 CFR part 73. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its 

environmental assessment of the 

proposed action. The staff has 

concluded that the proposed action to 

further extend the implementation 

deadline for one item would not 


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