Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 134 / Friday, July 13, 2007 / Notices 38627 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice; 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 72 FR 23854, and no 

comments 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 

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 should be 

addressed to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

Foundation, 725 - 17th Street, NW., 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

and to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by 

e-mail to splimpton@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. 

Under OMB regulations, the agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 295, 

Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail to 

splimpton@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call 

or write, Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by 

e-mail to splimpton@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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Antarctic 

emergency response plan and 

environmental protection information. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0180. 

Abstract: The NSF, pursuant to the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16 

U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (‘‘ACA’’) regulates 

certain non-governmental activities in 

Antarctica. The ACA was amended in 

1996 by the Antarctic Science, Tourism, 

and Conservation Act. On September 7, 

2001, NSF published a final rule in the 

Federal Register (66 FR 46739) 

implementing certain of these statutory 

amendments. The rule requires nongovernmental Antarctic expeditions 

using non-U.S. flagged vessels to ensure 

that the vessel owner has an emergency 

response plan. The rule also requires 

persons organizing a non-governmental 

expedition to provide expedition 

members with information on their 

environmental protection obligations 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act. 

Expected Respondents. Respondents 

may include non-profit organizations 

and small and large businesses. The 

majority of respondents are anticipated 

to be U.S. tour operators, currently 

estimated to number twelve. 

Burden on the Public. The Foundation 

estimates that a one-time paperwork and 

recordkeeping burden of 40 hours or 

less, at a cost of $500 to $1400 per 

respondent, will result from the 

emergency response plan requirement 

contained in the rule. Presently, all 

respondents have been providing 

expedition members with a copy of the 

Guidance for Visitors to the Antarctic 

(prepared and adopted at the Eighteenth 

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting 

as Recommendation XVIII–1). Because 

this Antarctic Treaty System document 

satisfies the environmental protection 

information requirements of the rule, no 

additional burden shall result from the 

environmental information 

requirements in the proposed rule. 

Dated: July 9, 2007. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 07–3423 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–259] 

Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Notice of 

Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License, Proposed No 

Significant Hazards Consideration 

Determination, and Opportunity for a 

Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission or NRC) 

is considering issuance of an 

amendment to Renewed Facility 

Operating License No. DPR–33 issued to 

the Tennessee Valley Authority (the 

licensee) for operation of the Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, located in 

Limestone County, Alabama. 

The proposed amendment would 

allow deletion of License Condition 

2.G.(2) regarding the performance of 

power uprate large transient testing. In 

addition, it was requested that this 

proposed amendment be handled as an 

exigent request consistent with Title 10 

to the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), § 50.91(a)(6). The Commission has 

reviewed this request and determined 

that the circumstances presented by the 

licensee do not support an exigent 

review and abbreviated public comment 

period. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the Commission 

will have made findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Under 

the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR 

50.92, this means that operation of the 

facility in accordance with the proposed 

amendment would not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 


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