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easier to understand. At this time, the 

MSPB is requesting public comments on 

the revised MSPB Form 185, which is 

available for review on the MSPB Web 

site at http://mspb.gov/ 

headlinespage.html. In addition to 

soliciting comments on the changes to 

the Appeal Form, we are also soliciting 

comments on the public reporting 

burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the 

Office of the Clerk of the Board, Merit 

Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419. 

Because of possible mail delays, 

respondents are encouraged to submit 

comments by e-mail to mspb@mspb.gov 

or by facsimile (fax) transmittal to (202) 

653–7130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of the Clerk of the Board, 1615 M 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419; 

telephone (202) 653–7200; facsimile 

(fax) (202) 653–7130; e-mail to 

mspb@mspb.gov. Persons without 

Internet access may request a paper 

copy of the MSPB Appeal Form from 

the Office of the Clerk. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

current version of the MSPB Appeal 

Form was approved by OMB, in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, in July 2003. 

At the same time, OMB approved the 

Board’s use of e-Appeal, the MSPB’s 

Web-based system for filing appeals 

online (https://e-appeal.mspb.gov). 

Once OMB has approved the changes to 

the paper-based form as described 

below, the MSPB will incorporate these 

changes into e-Appeal. 

Social Security Numbers 

In Part 1 of the revised Appeal Form, 

each appellant is required to provide the 

last four digits of his or her Social 

Security number. The instructions for 

this item state as follows: ‘‘The Merit 

Systems Protection Board requires that 

you provide it with the last four digits 

of your Social Security number. This 

information will be used solely for 

identification purposes in the 

processing of your appeal. Failure to 

provide this information may result in 

the delay or non-processing of your 

appeal.’’

The reason for requiring this 

information is to ascertain whether an 

appellant has filed previous appeals 

with the MSPB that may affect the 

processing of the new appeal. Because 

of the similarity of names and the 

possibility of name changes, and 

because appellants sometimes use 

nicknames instead of formal names, it 

can be difficult to determine whether 

the person who has filed a new appeal 

is the same person who filed one or 

more previous Board appeals. Although 

requiring the last four digits of the 

appellant’s Social Security number will 

not result in certainty as to the filer’s 

identity, it will give the MSPB more 

assurance in this regard. 

Section 7(a) of the Privacy Act of 1974 

provides that it is unlawful for a federal 

agency to ‘‘deny to any individual any 

right, benefit, or privilege provided by 

law because of such individual’s refusal 

to disclose his social security account 

number.’’ Because federal law provides 

federal employees the right to file 

appeals with the MSPB, that right 

cannot be conditioned on the 

individual’s providing the MSPB with 

his or her Social Security number. 

According to a Policy Analyst with the 

Information Policy and Technology 

Branch of the OMB, OMB takes the 

position that the last four digits of an 

individual’s Social Security number do 

not constitute that individual’s Social 

Security number, and can be made 

mandatory. The Board will carefully 

safeguard the last four digits of Social 

Security numbers provided by 

appellants in MSPB proceedings. This 

information will not generally be 

disclosed to third parties. 

Estimated Reporting Burden 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the MSPB is soliciting comments on the 

public reporting burden for this 

information collection. The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to vary from 20 

minutes to 4 hours, with an average of 

60 minutes per response, including time 

for reviewing the form and instructions, 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering the data necessary, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

Specifically, the MSPB invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of MSPB’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the MSPB’s estimate 

of burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

5 CFR Parts Annual number 

of respondents 

Frequency per 

response 

Total annual response Hours per response Total hours 

1201, 1208, and 1209 ...................................... 7,150 1 7,150 1.0 7,150 

Dated: September 15, 2006. 

Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., 

Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 06–7831 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7401–01–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice 

that the agency proposes to request 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection used when 

former Federal civilian employees and 

other authorized individuals request 

information from or copies of 

documents in Official Personnel Folders 

or Employee Medical Folders from the 

National Personnel Records Center 

(NPRC) of the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). The 

public is invited to comment on the 

proposed information collection 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 


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DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 20, 

2006 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments 

(NHP), Room 4400, National Archives 

and Records Administration, 8601 

Adelphi Rd., College Park, MD 20740–

6001; or faxed to 301–713–7409; or 

electronically mailed to 

tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting statement 

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm 

at telephone number 301–837–1694, or 

fax number 301–713–7409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed 

information collections. The comments 

and suggestions should address one or 

more of the following points: (a) 

Whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NARA; 

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

information technology; and (e) whether 

small businesses are affected by this 

collection. The comments that are 

submitted will be summarized and 

included in the NARA request for Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. In this notice, 

NARA is soliciting comments 

concerning the following information 

collection: 

Title: Returned Request Form, Reply 

to Request Involving Relief Agencies, 

Walk-In Request for OPM Records or 

Information. 

OMB number: 3095–0037. 

Agency form number: NA Forms 

13022, 13064, 13068. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Former Federal 

civilian employees, their authorized 

representatives, state and local 

governments, and businesses. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

32,060. 

Estimated time per response: 5 

Minutes. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

when individuals desire to acquire 

information from Federal civilian 

employee personnel or medical records. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2,671 hours. 

Abstract: In accordance with rules 

issued by the Office of Personnel 

Management, the National Personnel 

Records Center (NPRC) of the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) administers Official Personnel 

Folders (OPF) and Employee Medical 

Folders (EMF) of former Federal civilian 

employees. When former Federal 

civilian employees and other authorized 

individuals request information from or 

copies of documents in OPF or EMF, 

they must provide in forms or in letters 

certain information about the employee 

and the nature of the request. The NA 

Form 13022, Returned Request Form, is 

used to request additional information 

about the former Federal employee. The 

NA Form 13064, Reply to Request 

Involving Relief Agencies, is used to 

request additional information about the 

former relief agency employee. The NA 

Form 13068, Walk-In Request for OPM 

Records or Information, is used by 

members of the public, with proper 

authorization, to request a copy of a 

Personnel or Medical record. 

Dated: September 13, 2006. 

Martha Morphy, 

Assistant Archivist for Information Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–7888 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[DOCKET NO. 030–34092] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment to Byproduct Materials 

License No. 29–30285–01, for 

Termination of the License and 

Unrestricted Release of the SK BioPharmaceutical R&D Center’s Facility 

in Fairfield, NJ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Lawyer, Health Physicist, 

Commercial and R&D Branch, Division 

of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region 1, 

475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, 

Pennsylvania; telephone 610–337–5366; 

fax number 610–337–5393; or by e-mail: 

drl1@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering the 

issuance of a license amendment to 

Byproduct Materials License No. 29–

30285–01. This license is held by SK 

Bio-Pharmaceutical R&D Center (the 

Licensee), for its SK Bio-Pharmaceutical 

R&D Center, located at 140A New Dutch 

Lane in Fairfield, New Jersey (the 

Facility). Issuance of the amendment 

would authorize release of ‘‘the 

Facility’’ for unrestricted use. The 

Licensee requested this action in a letter 

dated June 29, 2006. The NRC has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) 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 EA, the NRC has concluded that 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to 

the proposed action. The NRC plans to 

issue the amendment following the 

publication of this FONSI and EA in the 

Federal Register. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Identification of Proposed Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the Licensee’s June 29, 2006, license 

amendment request, resulting in release 

of ‘‘the Facility’’ for unrestricted use. 

License No. 29–30285–01 was issued on 

June 19, 1996, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 

30, and has been amended periodically 

since that time. This license authorized 

the Licensee to use unsealed byproduct 

material for purposes of conducting 

research and development activities on 

laboratory bench tops and in hoods and 

animal studies. 

The Facility is situated on 15,000 

square feet, and consists of general 

offices and laboratories. The Facility is 

located in a mixed industrial and 

commercial area. Within the Facility, 

use of licensed materials was confined 

to 1,600 square feet of laboratories. 

On May 26, 2006, the Licensee ceased 

licensed activities and initiated a survey 

and decontamination of the Facility. 

Based on the Licensee’s historical 

knowledge of the site and the conditions 

of the Facility, the Licensee determined 

that only routine decontamination 

activities, in accordance with their NRCapproved, operating radiation safety 

procedures, were required. The Licensee 

was not required to submit a 

decommissioning plan to the NRC 

because worker cleanup activities and 

procedures are consistent with those 

approved for routine operations. The 

Licensee conducted surveys of the 

Facility and provided information to the 

NRC to demonstrate that it meets the 


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