964 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent to Seek Approval To 

Extend and Revise a Current 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request renewal of this collection. In 

accordance with the requirement of 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), 

we are providing opportunity for public 

comment on this action. After obtaining 

and considering public comment, NSF 

will prepare the submission requesting 

that OMB approve clearance of this 

collection for three years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by March 10, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne H. 

Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230; telephone (703) 292– 

7556; or send e-mail 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 between 8 a.m. and 8 

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

Friday. You also may obtain a copy of 

the data collection instrument and 

instructions from Ms. Plimpton. 

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 the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including through the 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of 

Collection: Survey of Research and 

Development Expenditures at 

Universities and Colleges; OMB Control 

Number 3145–0100. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

May 31, 2009. 

Proposed Renewal Project: Separately 

budgeted current fund expenditures on 

research and development in the 

sciences and engineering performed by 

universities and colleges and federally 

funded research and development 

centers—A web survey, the Survey of 

Research and Development 

Expenditures at Universities and 

Colleges, originated in fiscal year (FY) 

1954 and has been conducted annually 

since FY 1972. The survey is the 

academic research and development 

expenditure component of the NSF 

statistical program that seeks to provide 

a ‘‘central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on the availability of, and the 

current and projected need for, 

scientific and technical resources in the 

United States, and to provide a source 

of information for policy formulation by 

other agencies of the Federal 

government,’’ as mandated in the 

National Science Foundation Act of 

1950. 

Use of the Information: The proposed 

project will continue the annual survey 

cycle for up to three years. The 

Academic R&D Survey will be a census 

of the full population-for FY 2009 an 

expected 751 institutions (713 

universities or colleges plus 38 federally 

funded research and development 

centers—FFRDCs). These institutions 

account for over 95 percent of the 

Nation’s academic R&D funds. NSF will 

also conduct a pretest of a revised and 

expanded version of the survey for 

planned implementation in FY 2010 

with a subset of 40 universities or 

colleges. 

The survey has provided continuity of 

statistics on R&D expenditures by 

source of funds and by science & 

engineering (S&E) field, with separate 

data requested on current fund 

expenditures for research equipment by 

S&E field. Further breakdowns are 

collected on passed through funds to 

subrecipients and received as a 

subrecipient, and on R&D expenditures 

by field of science and engineering from 

specific Federal Government agency 

sources. Information on R&D for nonS&E fields is also requested. Data are 

published in NSF’s annual publication 

series Academic R&D Expenditures and 

are available electronically on the World 

Wide Web. 

The survey is a fully automated web 

data collection effort and is handled 

primarily by the administrators in 

university budget and accounting 

offices. To minimize burden, 

institutions are provided with an 

abundance of guidance and help menus 

on the web, in addition to printing and 

responding via paper copy if necessary. 

Each record is pre-loaded with the 

institution’s 2 previous years data and a 

complete program for editing and trend 

checking. Response to this voluntary 

survey in FY 2007 was 96.9 percent. 

BURDEN ESTIMATES 1

Year 

Total number 

of 

institutions 

Doctorategranting 

burden 

hours 

Mastersgranting 

burden 

hours 

Bachelors 

degree 

burden 

hours 

FFRDC’s 

burden 

hours 

FY 1999 ................................................................................................... 480 20.8 13.0 7.5 9.4

FY 2000 ................................................................................................... 700 21.0 12.0 10.5 9.2 

FY 2001 ................................................................................................... 625 30.2 11.9 9.0 12.1 

FY 2002 ................................................................................................... 625 28.7 14.9 12.2 4.5 

1Average burden hours for institutions responding to burden item. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices 965 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. E9–196 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 03003754] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment to Byproduct Materials 

License No. 06–00217–06, for 

Amendment of the License and 

Unrestricted Release of a Portion of 

the ABB, Inc. Facility in Windsor, CT 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Schmidt, Health Physicist, 

Decommissioning Branch, Division of 

Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I, 475 

Allendale Drive, King of Prussia, 

Pennsylvania 19406–1415; telephone 

(610)–337–5276; fax number (610)–337– 

5269; or by e-mail: jim.schmidt@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering the 

issuance of a license amendment to 

Byproduct License No. 06–00217–06. 

This license is held by ABB, Inc. (the 

Licensee), for its CE Windsor Site (the 

Facility), located at 2000 Day Hill Road 

in Windsor, Connecticut. Issuance of the 

amendment would authorize a partial 

site release of 365 contiguous acres of 

the 612 acre facility for unrestricted use. 

The Licensee requested this action in a 

letter dated December 27, 2007. The 

NRC has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment in support of this proposed 

action in accordance with the 

requirements of Title 10, Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51 (10 

CFR Part 51). Based on the 

Environmental Assessment, the NRC 

has concluded that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact is appropriate with 

respect to the proposed action. The 

amendment will be issued to the 

Licensee following the publication of 

this Finding of No Significant Impact 

and Environmental Assessment in the 

Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensee’s December 27, 2007, 

license amendment request, resulting in 

the partial site release of 365 contiguous 

acres of the Windsor, Connecticut 

facility for unrestricted use. Historical 

NRC-licensed activities previously 

conducted at the Facility included 

research, development, and commercial 

fuel fabrication and component repair. 

Additionally, the Facility was also used 

to fabricate naval fuel for the United 

States Government. License No. 06– 

00217–06 was issued in the 1960’s 

pursuant to 10 CFR Part 30 and has been 

amended periodically since that time. 

The license currently authorizes the 

Licensee to possess and use unsealed 

byproduct material, and limited 

amounts of source and special nuclear 

material, solely for purpose of 

conducting decommissioning activities 

at the Facility. 

The Facility is situated on 612 acres 

of which about a third is developed 

with buildings containing office space, 

fabrication shops, and laboratories. The 

balance of the Facility is comprised of 

undeveloped wooded land. The Facility 

is located in an industrial zone with 

nearby property that includes 

commercial, agricultural, industrial, and 

residential areas. Within the Facility, 

NRC-licensed material was confined to 

numerous laboratories and fabrication 

buildings associated with commercial 

nuclear activities. All of these buildings 

have been removed and the impacted 

areas remediated. Those areas of the 

facility that were involved with the 

United States Government fuel 

fabrication have been designated as 

Formally Utilized Sites Remedial Action 

Program areas and have not yet been 

remediated. The Formally Utilized Sites 

Remedial Action Program areas within 

the Facility include two buildings 

having a total footprint of about 50,000 

ft2 along with other undeveloped areas 

having a total footprint of about 15 

acres. Also located within the Facility 

boundary is a 10.6 acre plot of land 

previously used as a United States Navy 

training site which was owned by the 

United States Government and was 

previously remediated by the United 

States Department of Energy. 

On September 13, 2007, the Licensee 

completed the licensed 

decommissioning activities for the nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action 

Program areas of the Facility and 

requested that all of these areas be 

removed from control of NRC License 

No. 06–00217–06. These activities were 

conducted in accordance with a 

decommissioning plan that was 

approved for use as part of Amendment 

54 to License No. 06–00217–06. The 

Licensee conducted final status surveys 

of these areas of the Facility and 

provided information to the NRC to 

demonstrate that it meets the criteria in 

Subpart E to 10 CFR Part 20 for 

unrestricted release. On December 27, 

2007, the Licensee requested that only 

365 contiguous acres of the nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action 

Program areas be considered for 

unrestricted release in order to provide 

buffer areas around the Formally 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 

areas on the Facility that have yet to be 

remediated. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The Licensee has ceased conducting 

licensed activities within the areas of 

the Facility for which the partial site 

release has been requested and seeks 

unrestricted use of the area. License No. 

06–00217–06 will remain in place for 

the balance of the Facility to support 

future Formally Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program decommissioning and 

eventual site release. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The historical review of licensed 

activities conducted at the Facility 

shows that such activities involved 

primarily uranium-234, uranium-235, 

uranium-238, cesium-137, and cobalt60. Prior to performing the final status 

survey for the areas for which the 

unrestricted release has been requested, 

the Licensee conducted 

decontamination and remediation 

activities, as necessary, in the areas of 

the Facility affected by these 

radionuclides. The Licensee conducted 

final status surveys between 2005 and 

2007. These surveys covered all 

impacted areas within the requested 

partial site release portion of the 

Facility. Notification that 

decommissioning activities in nonFormally Utilized Sites Remedial Action 

Program areas of the site were complete 

was provided in the Licensee’s letter 

dated September 13, 2007. The Licensee 

elected to demonstrate compliance with 

the radiological criteria for unrestricted 

release as specified in 10 CFR Part 

20.1402 by developing derived 

concentration guideline levels for its 

Facility. The Licensee conducted sitespecific dose modeling using input 

parameters specific to the Facility. This 

dose modeling used the residential 

farmer scenario. The Licensee thus 

determined the maximum amount of 

residual radioactivity on building 

surfaces, equipment, materials, and soils 

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