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government; and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 50. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4.2. 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information on assessments conducted 

by the National Center. An assessment 

generally includes the following 

elements: assessing the causes of the 

conflict or challenge; identifying the 

entities and individuals who would be 

substantively affected by the conflict’s 

or issue’s outcome; assessing those 

persons’ interests to identify a 

preliminary set of topics that they 

believe relevant; evaluating the 

feasibility of using a consensus-building 

or other collaborative process to address 

these topics; educating interested 

parties on collaborative processes so as 

to help them consider whether they 

want to participate; and designing the 

structure and membership of a 

collaborative process (if applicable) to 

address the conflict or challenge. This 

survey is a primary means by which the 

National Center evaluates its 

performance on this key agency activity. 

Title of Collection: Mediation Services 

Participant Questionnaire (Agreement 

Seeking). 

OMB Control Number: 3320–0004. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal 

government; and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 40. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 12. 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information to evaluate mediations 

conducted by the National Center. 

Mediation is an agreement-seeking 

facilitated negotiation in which a 

skilled, impartial third party seeks to 

enhance negotiations between parties to 

a conflict or their representatives by 

improving communication, identifying 

interests, and exploring possibilities for 

a mutually agreeable resolution. This 

survey is a primary means by which the 

National Center evaluates its 

performance on this integral agency 

activity. 

Title of Collection: Training Services 

Participant Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 3320–0006. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal 

government; and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 55. 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information to evaluate trainings 

conducted by the National Center. 

Trainings include any session of three 

hours or more in the following 

categories: skill-building workshops 

requested by agencies for their staff (e.g., 

interest-based negotiation training for 

complex intergovernmental conflicts); 

ECCR project-specific capacity building 

for stakeholders (e.g., stakeholder 

orientations related to multiparty 

negotiation); and all of the Udall 

Foundation certificate program ECCR 

trainings. This survey is a primary 

means by which the National Center 

evaluates its performance on this critical 

agency activity. 

Title of Collection: Facilitated 

Meeting/Workshop Services Participant 

Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 3320–0007. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal 

government; and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 400. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 33.3. 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information to evaluate short-term 

(typically one-day) facilitated meetings 

and workshops conducted by the 

National Center. Facilitated meetings 

and workshops are a core activity of the 

National Center, and this survey is a 

primary means by which the National 

Center evaluates its performance on this 

key activity. 

Title of Collection: ECR Support 

Services Evaluation—Requester 

Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 3320–0009. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profit; not-forprofit; federal government; and state, 

local or tribal government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 25. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2.1. 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information to evaluate programmatic 

support activities conducted by the 

National Center, which includes 

assistance with designing, 

implementing, and/or refining federal 

ECCR programs; systems for handling 

administrative disputes; or approaches 

for managing environmental decision 

making, for example, with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

processes. This survey is a primary 

means by which the National Center 

collects information to evaluate its 

performance on key activities that fall 

outside of other collection instruments 

used by the agency. 

Title of Collection: National Center for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution 

Facilitated Process Evaluation— 

Participant Questionnaire. 

OMB Control Number: 3320–0010. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit; federal 

government; and state, local or tribal 

government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 250. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 50 

Abstract: This survey collects 

information to evaluate facilitation 

processes conducted by the National 

Center. Facilitation is a collaborative 

process in which a neutral seeks to 

assist a group of individuals or other 

parties to discuss constructively a 

number of complex, potentially 

controversial issues. Facilitation is a 

core activity of the National Center, and 

this survey is a primary means by which 

the National Center evaluates its 

performance on this key activity. 

(20 U.S.C. 5601–5609) 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

David P. Brown, 

Executive Director, Morris K. Udall and 

Stewart L. Udall Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19933 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FN–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by October 16, 2023. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

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ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–4479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2024–009 

1. Applicant 

Steve Wellmeier, Director of Special 

Projects, Poseidon Expeditions USA 

LLC, 245 Warwick Ave, Suite 119, 

Warwick, RI 02889 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

Waste Management. The applicant 

seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act 

permit for waste management activities 

associated with coastal camping and the 

operation of a remotely piloted aircraft 

system (RPAS) in the Antarctic 

Peninsula region. The applicant seeks 

permission for no more than 30 campers 

and expedition staff to camp overnight 

at select locations for a maximum of 10 

hours ashore. Camping would be away 

from vegetated sites and wildlife 

concentrations, avoiding any lakes, 

protected areas, historical sites, and 

scientific stations. Tents would be 

pitched on snow, ice, or bare smooth 

rock, at least 20m from the high-water 

line. No food, other than emergency 

rations, would be brought onshore and 

all wastes, including human waste, 

would be collected and returned to the 

ship for proper disposal. For remotely 

piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) 

operation, the applicant proposes to 

operate small, battery-operated RPAS 

consisting, in part, of a quadcopter 

equipped with cameras to collect 

commercial and educational footage of 

the Antarctic. The quadcopter would 

not be flown over concentrations of 

birds or mammals, or over Antarctic 

Specially Protected Areas or Historic 

Sites and Monuments. The RPAS would 

only be operated by pilots with 

extensive experience, who are preapproved by the Expedition Leader. 

Location 

Port Lockroy, Damoy Point/Dorian 

Bay, Paradise Bay, Errera Channel, 

Neumeyer Channel, Petermann Island, 

other locations south of the Lemaire 

Channel, locations in the South 

Shetland Islands and Antarctic Sound, 

Antarctic Peninsula area. 

Dates of Permitted Activities 

October 28, 2023–March 30, 2028. 

Kimiko S. Bowens-Knox, 

Program Analyst, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19966 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–611 and 50–612; NRC– 

2023–0138] 

Kairos Power, LLC; Hermes 2 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Construction permit 

application; acceptance for docketing. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) staff accepts and 

dockets an application for a 

construction permit for the Hermes 2 

test reactor facility to be built in Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee. 

DATES: This action becomes effective on 

September 11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0138 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0138. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS 

accession number for each document 

referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• NRC’s Public website: The 

construction permit application is 

available under the NRC’s Hermes 

Construction Permit Application public 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/ 

non-power/new-facility-licensing/

hermes2-kairos.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Orenak, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

3229; email: Michael.Orenak@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

On July 14, 2023, Kairos Power LLC 

(Kairos) filed, pursuant to part 50 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of 

Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ 

an application (ADAMS Package 

Accession No. ML23195A121) for a 

construction permit for the Hermes 2 

test reactor facility (a ‘‘testing facility’’ 

as defined in 10 CFR 50.2), which 

would be located in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. The Hermes 2 facility would 

contain two fluoride-salt cooled, hightemperature reactors that use solid tristructural isotropic fuel in pebble form, 

intermediate liquid-sodium loops, and a 

common power conversion unit. A 

notice of receipt and availability was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 4, 2023 (88 FR 51876). 

The Hermes 2 construction permit 

application consists of the following 

information: 

• The general information required by 

10 CFR 50.33, 

• The Preliminary Safety Analysis 

Report required by 10 CFR 50.34(a), 

• The Environmental Report required 

by 10 CFR 50.30(f), 

• Exemption requests to support 

issuance of a construction permit, 

• Two technical reports, KP–TR–017 

and KP–TR–022, 

• A summary of the deletions from 

the Hermes Preliminary Safety Analysis 

Report, and 


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