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12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Update on 

Dissemination Activities of the 

2021–2022 CEOSE Report 

1:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Discussion with 

NSF Leadership 

1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Discussion: 

CEOSE Rural STEM Education 

Report/Brief 

2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break 

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Reports of the 

CEOSE AC Liaisons and CEOSE 

Federal Liaisons 

4:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Announcements 

and Final Remarks 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20069 Filed 9–15–23; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s (NSB) 

Committee on Oversight hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a 

videoconference meeting for the 

transaction of National Science Board 

business pursuant to the National 

Science Foundation Act and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, September 

20, 2023, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

videoconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the meeting is: Committee Chair’s 

opening remarks; Chief Financial 

Officer highlights of quarterly report; 

and Discussion of future Merit Review 

Digests and NSB Overviews. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

(Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov), 703/292– 

7000. Members of the public can 

observe this meeting through a YouTube 

livestream. The YouTube link is: 

https://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=qCnhaaf-lqE. 

Christopher Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

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[NRC–2023–0064] 

Information Collection: Standard 

Specification for the Granting of Patent 

Licenses 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Renewal of existing information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on the renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for an existing collection of 

information. The information collection 

is entitled, ‘‘Standard Specification for 

the Granting of Patent Licenses.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

17, 2023. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the Commission is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0064. 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. 

• Mail comments to: David C. 

Cullison, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Mail Stop: T–6 A10M, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023– 

0064 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0064. 

• 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 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporting 

statement is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML23143A321. 

• 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 Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2023–0064, in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed in your 

comment submission. All comment 

submissions are posted at https://

www.regulations.gov and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove identifying 

or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that comment 

submissions are not routinely edited to 


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remove such information before making 

the comment submissions available to 

the public or entering the comment into 

ADAMS. 

II. Background 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the NRC is requesting 

public comment on its intention to 

request the OMB’s approval for the 

information collection summarized 

below. 

1. The title of the information 

collection: Part 81 of title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Standard Specification for the Granting 

of Patent Licenses.’’ 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0121. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

Not applicable. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: Applications for licenses 

are submitted once. Other reports are 

submitted annually, or as other events 

require. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Applicants for and holders of 

NRC licenses to NRC inventions. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 3.5. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 10. 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 10; however, no applications 

are anticipated during the next 3 years. 

10. Abstract: As specified in 10 CFR 

part 81, the NRC may grant 

nonexclusive licenses or limited 

exclusive licenses to its patented 

inventions to responsible applicants. 

Applicants for licenses to NRC 

inventions are required to provide 

information which may provide the 

basis for granting the requested license. 

In addition, all license holders must 

submit periodic reports on efforts to 

bring the invention to a point of 

practical application and the extent to 

which they are making the benefits of 

the invention reasonably accessible to 

the public. Exclusive license holders 

must submit additional information if 

they seek to extend their licenses, issue 

sublicenses, or transfer the licenses. In 

addition, if requested, exclusive license 

holders must promptly supply to the 

United States Government copies of all 

pleadings and other papers filed in any 

patent infringement lawsuit, as well as 

evidence from proceedings relating to 

the licensed patent. 

III. Specific Requests for Comments 

The NRC is seeking 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? 

Please explain your answer. 

2. Is the estimate of the burden of the 

information collection accurate? Please 

explain your answer. 

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 on respondents 

be minimized, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology? 

Dated: September 13, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David C. Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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709th Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

(ACRS) 

In accordance with the purposes of 

sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232(b)), 

the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings 

on October 3–6, 2023. The Committee 

will be conducting meetings that will 

include some Members being physically 

present at the NRC while other Members 

participate remotely. Interested 

members of the public are encouraged to 

participate remotely in any open 

sessions via MS Teams or via phone at 

301–576–2978, passcode 433849183#. A 

more detailed agenda including the 

MSTeams link may be found at the 

ACRS public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/acrs/agenda/index.html. If 

you would like the MSTeams link 

forwarded to you, please contact the 

Designated Federal Officer as follows: 

Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov, or 

Lawrence.Burkhart@nrc.gov. 

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 

1:00 p.m.–1:05 p.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

1:05 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Draft SECY on 

Microreactor Licensing and Deployment 

Considerations (Open)—The Committee 

will have presentations, discussion, and 

deliberation with representatives from 

the NRC staff regarding the subject 

topic. 

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.: Planning and 

Procedures Session/Future ACRS 

Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS 

Comments and Recommendations/ 

Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will hear discussion of 

the recommendations of the Planning 

and Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings, and/or proceed to preparation 

of reports as determined by the 

Chairman. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(2), a portion of this session may 

be closed to discuss organizational and 

personnel matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the ACRS.] [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may 

be closed to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary.] 

Thursday, October 5, 2023 

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

Reports/Committee Deliberation (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will deliberate 

and continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS reports. [Note: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), a portion of this 

session may be closed to discuss and 

protect information designated as 

proprietary.] 

Friday, October 6, 2023 

8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

Reports/Committee Deliberation (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will deliberate 

and continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS reports. [Note: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), a portion of this 

session may be closed to discuss and 

protect information designated as 

proprietary.] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 13, 2019 (84 FR 27662). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff and the Designated Federal 

Officer (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 5 days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 


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