1778 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / Notices 

Arlington, VA 22230; Phone: 703–292–

4527, E-mail estrickl@nsf.gov. 

Russell Moy, 

Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. E7–558 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Committee on Equal Opportunities in 

Science and Engineering, Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub., L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Committee on Equal Opportunities 

in Science and Engineering (1173). 

Dates/Time: February 1, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–

5:30 p.m. and February 2, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–

2 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 1235 S, Arlington, 

VA 22304. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Margaret E.M. Tolbert, 

Senior Advisor and Executive Liaison, 

CEOSE, Office of Integrative Activities, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 

(703) 292–8040. mtolbert@nsf.gov. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the 

Executive Liaison at the above address. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and 

recommendations concerning broadening 

participation in science and engineering. 

Agenda: 

Thursday, February 1, 2007 

Welcome and introduction of the New 

CEOSE Chair by the Outgoing CEOSE Chair; 

Opening Statement by the New CEOSE 

Chair. 

Introductions. 

Presentations and Discussions: 

• Broadening Participation Initiatives, 

Issues, and Achievements of a Major Office 

and a Directorate of the National Science 

Foundation 

• Discussion with the Director of the 

National Science Foundation 

• Diversity Initiatives of the Chemistry 

Division of the National Science Foundation 

• Report on NSF Funding to Minority 

Serving Institutions 

• Ad Hoc Subcommittee Reports on 

Communications, Preparation of the CEOSE 

Biennial Report to Congress, Institutional 

Transformation, and Widening Creative 

Pathways 

Public Comment Session (Sign up 

required). 

Friday, February 2, 2007 

Opening Statement by the New CEOSE 

Chair. 

Presentations/Discussions: 

• Reports of CEOSE Liaisons to National 

Science Foundation Advisory Committees 

• Briefing on AAAS Session, Lessons 

Learned: Broadening Federal Participation 

Efforts’’, Scheduled for February 17, 2007 

• Deliberations on Key Areas of Focus in 

the Future, Recommendations, and Action 

Items 

Completion of Unfinished Business. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Managment Officer. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to OMB and solicitation of 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a 

submittal to OMB for review of 

continued approval of information 

collections under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: State Agreements Program, as 

authorized by Section 274(b) of the 

Atomic Energy Act. 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0029. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: One time or as needed. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Thirty-four Agreement States who have 

signed Section 274(b) Agreements with 

NRC. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

34. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 1,066. 

7. Abstract: Agreement States are 

asked on a one-time or as-needed basis 

to respond to a specific incident, to 

gather information on licensing and 

inspection practices and other technical 

statistical information. The results of 

such information requests, which are 

authorized under Section 274(b) of the 

Atomic Energy Act, are utilized in part 

by NRC in preparing responses to 

Congressional inquiries. Agreement 

State comments are also solicited in the 

areas of proposed procedure and policy 

development. 

Submit, by March 19, 2007, comments 

that address the following questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC World Wide Web 

site http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Margaret A. Janney, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T–5 

F52, Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7245, or by 

Internet electronic mail to: 

Infocollects@Nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

January, 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret A. Janney, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on 

Planning and Procedures; Notice of 

Meeting 

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning 

and Procedures will hold a meeting on 

January 31, 2007, Room T–2B1, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

public attendance, with the exception of 

a portion that may be closed pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to the internal 

personnel rules and practices of the 

ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 


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