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after that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 

295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or 

send e-mail to splimpto@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: FY 2007 and FY 

2009 Survey for Science and 

Engineering Research Facilities. 

Expiration Date of Approval: April 31, 

2006. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to reinstate an information 

collection for three years. 

Proposed Project: The National 

Science Foundation Survey of Science 

and Engineering Research Facilities is a 

Congressionally mandated (Public Law 

99–159), biennial survey that has been 

conducted since 1986. The survey 

collects data on cyberinfrastructure and 

on the amount, condition, and costs of 

the physical facilities used to conduct 

science and engineering research. It was 

expected by Congress that this survey 

would provide the data necessary to 

describe the status and needs of science 

and engineering research facilities and 

to formulate appropriate solutions to 

documented needs. During the FY 2003 

and FY 2005 survey cycles, data were 

collected from a population of 

approximately 475 research-performing 

colleges and universities. This survey 

population was supplemented with 

approximately 190 nonprofit biomedical 

research institutions receiving research 

support from the National Institutes of 

Health. Beginning with the FY 2003 

cycle, a new section was added to the 

survey requesting information on the 

computing and networking capacity at 

the surveyed institutions, an 

increasingly important part of the 

infrastructure for science and 

engineering research. Other important 

changes include updating the 

networking and computing section, 

based on technological changes that 

may occur. 

Use of the Information: Analysis of 

the Facilities Survey data will provide 

updated information on the status of 

scientific and engineering research 

faculties and capabilities. The 

information can be used by Federal 

policy makers, planners, and budget 

analysts in making policy decisions, as 

well as by institutional academic 

officials, the scientific/engineering 

establishment, and state agencies and 

legislatures that fund universities. 

Burden on the Public: The Facilities 

Survey will be sent by mail to 

approximately 475 academic 

institutions and 190 nonprofit research 

organizations and hospitals. The 

completion time per academic 

institution is expected to average 41 

hours and the completion time per 

research organization/hospitals is 

expected to average 5 hours. Assuming 

a 94% response rate, this would result 

in an estimated burden of 18,307 hours 

for academic institutions and 895 hours 

for nonprofit research organizations/ 

hospitals. 

Dated: May 16, 2007. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 07–2550 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

U.S. Chief Financial Officer Council; 

Grants Policy Committee 

ACTION: Notice of open stakeholder 

Webcast meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

third of a series of open stakeholder 

webcast meetings sponsored by the 

Grants Policy Committee (GPC) of the 

U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council. 

DATES: The GPC will hold a webcast 

meeting on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 from 

2–3:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The 

Webcast will be broadcasted live. 

ADDRESSES: The GPC June 19 Webcast 

meeting will be broadcasted from and 

held in Room B–180 of the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), 451 7th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. Seating is 

limited—the first 50 people to respond 

and receive confirmation of the 

response can be part of the live 

audience. Both federal and non-federal 

employees must R.S.V.P. to reserve your 

seat by contacting Charisse CarneyNunes at GPCWebcast@nsf.gov. All who 

have reserved seating must arrive at the 

HUD building fifteen minutes prior to 

broadcast (arrive on the North side of 

the building). You must have a photo ID 

to gain access and will have to go 

through the security screening. The GPC 

encourages non-federal organizations 

staffs and members to attend the 

meeting in person or via Webcast. 

Overview: The subject of this webcast 

meeting will be grant life cycle changes: 

data and reporting requirements and 

impacts on awardee and federal 

communities, policies, and planning. 

Specifically, the Webcast goals are to: 

(1) To raise awareness in the 

stakeholder community about new 

legislation concerning transparency and 

accountability and the effects it will 

have on stakeholder federal assistance 

funding cycle, data and reporting 

requirements, policies and planning; 

and (2) to share information about the 

GPC’s long-term planning and 

prioritization efforts and to receive 

input from stakeholders to inform a 

draft plan. 

Further Information About the GPC 

Webcast: Questions on the Webcast 

should be directed to Charisse CarneyNunes, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22230; e-mail, GPCWebcast@nsf.gov. 

Information and materials that pertain 

to this webcast meeting, including the 

call-in telephone number and the 

agenda will be posted on the Federal 

Grants Streamlining Initiative (FGSI) 

Web site at http://www.grants.gov/ 

aboutgrants/grants_news.jsp under 

‘‘June 19 Meeting Materials.’’ The link 

to view the Webcast will be posted on 

this site, along with Webcast 

instructions. After the meeting, a link to 

its recording will be posted on the FGSI 

Web site for at least 90 days. 

Comments Submission Information: 

You may submit comments during the 

Webcast meeting via telephone or email. The call-in telephone number, 

which may be used only during the live 

Webcast, is 202–708–0995. The e-mail 

address for comments, which should be 

used only during the Webcast is 

HUDTV@HUD.GOV. The e-mail address 

for comments after the Webcast is 

GPCWebcast@nsf.gov. You may submit 

after Webcast comments via e-mail 

through close of business Tuesday, July 

3, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Webcast meeting has been made 

possible by the cooperation of the 

National Science Foundation, HUD, and 

the GPC. 

Purpose of the Webcast meeting: The 

purpose of the meeting is to raise 

awareness in the stakeholder 

community about new legislation. The 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act (FFATA) was signed 

into law in September 2006, and 

requires the full disclosure of entities or 

organizations receiving federal funds 

beginning in fiscal year 2007. 


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Specifically, the law requires that the 

Federal government create and maintain 

a single searchable Web site, accessible 

by the public at no cost to access, that 

includes specific data elements about 

most federal awards. Understanding this 

new legislation is extremely important 

to all GPC stakeholders because 

ultimately this law will apply to most 

awardees and sub-awardees, and federal 

agencies will require awardees to 

provide much of the needed data as a 

condition of receiving federal financial 

assistance. 

Secondarily, the purpose of the 

webcast meeting is to inform 

stakeholders about the GPC’s long-term 

planning and prioritization efforts and 

to receive input from stakeholders to 

inform a draft plan that will include 

both GPC’s mission and vision, as well 

as a listing of GPC priorities as they 

relate to ongoing activities connected to 

the FGSI. 

Meeting structure and agenda: The 

June 19 Webcast meeting will have the 

following structure and agenda: 

(1) Welcome by the host agency; 

(2) Overview of the FFATA by the 

Chair of the GPC; 

(3) Overview of the GPC’s long-term 

planning and proposed priorities by the 

Chair of the GPC; and 

(4) Participants’ discussion, questions 

and comments. 

Background: Background about the 

FGSI is set forth in the Federal Register 

published on September 13, 2006 (71 FR 

54098). 

Dated: May 17, 2007. 

Thomas Cooley, 

Chair, Grants Policy Committee of the U.S. 

Chief Financial Officer Council. 

[FR Doc. E7–9839 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Meeting for Fuel Cycle 

Facilities 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Public Meeting Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Smith, Project Manager, 

Technical Support Section, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20005–

0001. Telephone: (301) 415–6459; fax 

number: (301) 415–5370; e-mail: 

jas4@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) is hosting a workshop to discuss 

issues of interest pertaining to the 

regulation of NRC-regulated fuel cycle 

facilities. The purpose of the workshop 

is to discuss various issues of the 

regulatory program related to the update 

of 10 CFR part 70. The specific issues 

to be discussed are 10 CFR part 70, 

Appendix A reportability of incidents, 

digital control systems, enforcement 

policy revisions, uranium solubility 

issues. 

The workshop will be held in 

Rockville, Maryland, at the NRC’s 

Executive Boulevard Building, located 

at 6003 Executive Boulevard and will be 

open to the public. We are expecting 

that NRC staff, licensees and certificate 

holders, and other interested parties and 

stakeholders will be making 

presentations on these issues of interest, 

with opportunity for followup 

discussion on each subject. 

II. Dates and Location 

Date: June 14, 2007. 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Executive Boulevard Building, 6003 

Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 

20852. 

III. Contact 

James Smith, Project Manager, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Special Projects 

Branch, Mail Stop: T8F42, 301–415–

6459, Fax: 301–415–5370, e-mail: 

jas4@nrc.gov. 

IV. Further Information 

The document related to this action is 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

From this site, you can access the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS), which 

provides text and image files of NRC’s 

public documents. The ADAMS 

accession number for the document 

related to this notice is provided in the 

following table. If you do not have 

access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the document 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room (PDR) Reference 

staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, 

or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day 

of May 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margie Kotzolas, 

Acting Chief, Technical Support Branch, 

Special Projects and Technical Support 

Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety 

and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. E7–9923 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of Model Safety 

Evaluation and Model License 

Amendment Request on Technical 

Specification Improvement Regarding 

Use of the Improved Banked Position 

Withdrawal Sequence for General 

Electric Boiling Water Reactors Using 

the Consolidated Line Item 

Improvement Process 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the staff of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has prepared a 

model license amendment request 

(LAR), model safety evaluation (SE), and 

model proposed no significant hazards 

consideration (NSHC) determination 

related to changes to Standard 

Technical Specification (STS) 3.1.6, 

‘‘Rod Pattern Control,’’ and STS 3.3.2.1, 

‘‘Control Rod Block Instrumentation’’

for NUREG–1433 and NUREG–1434. 

The proposed changes would revise the 

Technical Specifications (TS) and Bases 

for STS 3.1.6, ‘‘Rod Pattern Control,’’

and STS 3.3.2.1, ‘‘Control Rod Block 

Instrumentation’’ to allow licensees to 

use an improved control rod banked 

position withdrawal sequence (BPWS) 

when performing a reactor shutdown. In 

addition, the proposed changes would 

add a footnote to Table 3.3.2.1–1, 

‘‘Control Rod Block Instrumentation’’

for NUREG–1433 and NUREG–1434. 

The requirements for implementing the 

improved BPWS are described in 

General Electric Licensing Topical 

Report (LTR) NEDO–33091–A, Revision 

2, ‘‘Improved BPWS Control Rod 

Insertion Process,’’ dated July 2004. The 

General Electric Boiling Water Reactor 

Owner’s Group (BWROG) participants 

in the Technical Specifications Task 

Force (TSTF) initially proposed these 

changes to the STS in TSTF–476, 

Revision 0, ‘‘Improved BPWS Control 

Rod Insertion Process (NEDO–33091).’’

TSTF–476, Revision 1 was submitted on 

January 9, 2007 and was later accepted 

by NRC. Hereafter, all references to 

TSTF–476 refer to TSTF–476, Revision 

1, unless otherwise noted. Technical 


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