40144 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 126 / Thursday, June 29, 2000 / Notices

include them in other NSF compilations

such as National Patterns of R&D

Resources and Science and Engineering

Indicators. In most cases the data and

information will be made available on

the World Wide Web. The results of

surveys and studies will help policy

makers in decisions on research and

development funding, regulations, and

reporting guidelines.

Burden on the Public

NSF estimates that a total reporting

and recordkeeping burden of 5,860

hours will result from the collection of

information. The calculation is:

Survey Name Number of

Respondents Hours

Cognitive testing-Survey of Scientific & Engineering Research Facilities .................................................................. 50 100

Cognitive testing-Survey of R&D Funding & Performance by Nonprofit Organizations ............................................. 30 60

Quick Response Survey for understanding change in R&D in the industrial sector .................................................. 50 300

Workshops on surveys & economic issues ................................................................................................................. 25 600

Additional surveys not specified .................................................................................................................................. 200 4,800

Total ...................................................................................................................................................................... 355 5,860

Request for Comments

We invite comments specifically on:

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed

collection of information;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Suzanne Plimpton,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40–8905]

Quivira Mining Company

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of Quivira

Mining Company’s Application for

establishing Alternate Concentration

Limits in Source Material License SUA–

1473 for the Ambrosia Lake, New

Mexico, facility and notice of

opportunity for a hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) has received, by

letter dated February 17, 2000, an

application from Quivira Mining

Company (Quivira) to establish

Alternate Concentration Limits and

amend the Source Material License No.

SUA–1473 for the Ambrosia Lake

uranium mill facility.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

S. Caverly, Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch,

Division of Fuel Cycle Safely and

Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

Telephone (301) 415–6699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC

hereby provides notice of an

opportunity for a hearing on the license

amendment under the provisions of 10

CFR Part 2, Subpart L, ‘‘Informal

Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ Pursuant to § 2.1205(a),

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding may file a

request for a hearing. In accordance

with § 2.1205(d), a request for hearing

must be filed within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The request for a hearing must

be filed with the Office of the Secretary,

either:

(1) By delivery to the Docketing and

Service Branch of the Office of the

Secretary at One White Flint North,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

20852; or

(2) By mail or telegram addressed to

the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Docketing and Service

Branch.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.1205(f),

each request for a hearing must also be

served, by delivering it personally or by

mail, to:

(1) The applicant, Quivira Mining

Company, 6305 Waterford Blvd., Suite

325, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118,

Attention: William Paul Goranson; and

(2) The NRC staff, by delivery to the

General Counsel, One White Flint

North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

MD 20852, or by mail addressed to the

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555.

In addition to meeting other

applicable requirements of 10 CFR part

2 of the NRC’s regulations, a request for

a hearing filed by a person other than

an applicant must describe in detail:

(1) The interest of the requestor in the

proceeding;

(2) How that interest may be affected

by the results of the proceeding,

including the reasons why the requestor

should be permitted a hearing, with

particular reference to the factors set out

in § 2.1205(h);

(3) The requestor’s areas of concern

about the licensing activity that is the

subject matter of the proceeding; and

(4) The circumstances establishing

that the request for a hearing is timely

in accordance with § 2.1205(d).

The request must also set forth the

specific aspect or aspects of the subject

matter of the proceeding as to which

petitioner wishes a hearing.

In addition, members of the public

may provide comments on the subject

application within 30 days of the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. The comments may be

provided to David L. Meyer, Chief,

Rules Review and Directives Branch,

Division of Freedom of Information and

Publications Services, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington DC 20555.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd

day of June 2000.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

Philip Ting,

Chief, Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch, Division

of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 00–16442 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

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