Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices 4815

cover all the records of an agency or one

of its major subdivisions. These

comprehensive schedules provide for

the eventual transfer to the National

Archives of historically valuable records

and authorize the disposal of all other

records. Most schedules, however, cover

records of only one office or program or

a few series of records, and many are

updates of previously approved

schedules. Such schedules also may

include records that are designated for

permanent retention.

Destruction of records requires the

approval of the Archivist of the United

States. This approval is granted after a

thorough study of the records that takes

into account their administrative use by

the agency of origin, the rights of the

Government and of private persons

directly affected by the Government’s

activities, and historical or other value.

This public notice identifies the

Federal agencies and their subdivisions

requesting disposition authority,

includes the control number assigned to

each schedule, and briefly describes the

records proposed for disposal. The

records schedule contains additional

information about the records and their

disposition. Further information about

the disposition process will be

furnished to each requester.

Schedules Pending

1. Department of Commerce, Patent

and Trademark Office (N1-241–96–7).

Revisions to the agency comprehensive

schedule for the Office of Petitions, the

Office of Patent Programs Control, the

Patent Academy, the Search and

Information Resources Administration,

and the Office of Search Systems.

2. Department of Justice, United

States Marshals Service (N1–527–97–1).

Special deputation authorization files.

3. Department of State, Bureau of

Economic and Business Affairs (N1–59–

96–20). Duplicative records relating to

the UN Conference on Trade and

Development (1964).

4. Department of State, Bureau of

Diplomatic Security (N1-59–97–4).

Changes in retention periods for

passports and visa investigation case

files.

5. Department of State, Bureau of

International Organization Affairs (N1–

59–97–12). Extra copies, pre-production

materials, and distribution records for

reports relating to voting and U.S.

participation in the United Nations.

Record set of publications scheduled as

permanent.

6. Department of State, All Foreign

Service Posts (N1–84-97–2). Copies of

documents relating to passport and

citizenship matters.

7. Department of Transportation,

Federal Highway Administration (N1–

406–97–1). Routine motor carrier safety

adjudication appeals files. Substantive

cases are proposed for permanent

retention.

8. Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation (N1–368–96–1). Records of

the Office of Education and Preservation

Assistance (OEPA).

9. Panama Canal Commission (N1–

185–97–2). Geotechnical, meteorological

and hydrographic records.

10. Panama Canal Commission (N1–

185–97–3). Procurement and Supply

records.

11. Panama Canal Commission (N1–

185–97–4). Motor vehicle records.

12. Panama Canal Commission (N1–

185–97–5). Facility security and

protective services records.

13. Panama Canal Commission (N1–

185–97–7). Routine and duplicative

records of the Panama Railroad—

Panama Canal Company New York

Office.

14. Peace Corps (N1–490–95–6).

Agency copies of country evaluation

reports (copies maintained by the Office

of the Inspector General will be

preserved).

15. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1–

142–96–4). Records documenting

support services provided for the wind

energy and solar home monitoring

programs, 1980–1986.

Dated: January 24, 1997.

Michael J. Kurtz,

Assistant Archivist, Office of Record

Services—Washington, DC.

[FR Doc. 97–2452 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request; Title of Proposed Collection,

‘‘National Science Foundation

Proposal/Award Information—Grant

Proposal Guide’’

In compliance with the requirement

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

National Science Foundation (NSF) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects. This material is being

submitted for OMB review with no

changes. To request more information

on the proposed project or to obtain a

copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, call the NSF Clearance

Officer on (703) 306–1243.

Comments are invited on (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Proposed project. ‘‘National Science

Foundation Proposal/Award

Information—Grant Proposal Guide.’’

The missions of the NSF are to: increase

the Nation’s base of scientific and

engineering knowledge and strengthen

its ability to support research in all

areas of science and engineering; and

promote innovative science and

engineering education programs that

can better prepare the Nation to meet

the challenges of the future. The

foundation is also committed to

ensuring the Nation’s supply of

scientists, engineers, and science

educators. In its role as leading Federal

supporter of science and engineering,

NSF also has an important role in

national science policy planning.

The information collected is used to

help the Foundation fulfill this

responsibility by initiating and

supporting merit-selected research and

education projects in all the scientific

and engineering disciplines. NSF

receives more than 30,000 proposals

annually for new or renewal support for

research, and math/science/engineering

education projects, and makes

approximately 10,000 new awards. This

support is made primarily through

grants contracts, and other agreements

awarded to approximately 2,800

colleges, universities, academic

consortia, nonprofit institutions, and

small businesses. The awards are based

mainly on evaluations of proposal merit

submitted to the Foundation (see OMB

Clearance No. 3145–0060).

The Foundation has a continuing

commitment to monitor the operations

of its review and award processes to

identify and address excessive reporting

burdens. The Foundation is also

committed to monitor and identify and

real or apparent inequities based on

gender, race, ethnicity, or handicap of

the proposed principal investigator(s)/

project director(s)(s) or the co-principal

investigator(s)/co-project director(s).

The collection of this information is a

part of the regular submission of

proposals to the Foundation.

Written comments should be

submitted to Herman Fleming, Division

of Contracts, Policy and Oversight,

National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230,
4816 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices

or email hfleming@NSF.gov. Comments

should be received at NSF by April 2,

1997.

Dated: January 27, 1997.

Herman G. Fleming,

NSF Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–2360 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby

informs potential respondents that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

that a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision

2. The title of the information

collection: Application for License to

Export Nuclear Equipment and Material

3. The form number if applicable:

NRC Form 7

4. How often the collection is

required: On occasion; For each separate

request for a specific export license and

for exports of incidental radioactive

material using existing general licenses.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Any person in the U.S. who

wishes to export: (a) Nuclear material

and equipment subject to the

requirements of a specific license; (b)

radioactive waste subject to the

requirements of a specific license; and

(c) incidental radioactive material that is

a contaminant of shipments of more

than 100 kilograms of non-waste

material using existing NRC general

licenses.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 63

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 63

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 150 hours (2.4

hours per response)

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Public Law 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: Any person in the U.S.

wishing to export nuclear material and

equipment requiring a specific

authorization or radioactive waste

requiring a specific authorization

ordinarily should file an application for

a license on NRC Form 7, except that

certain submittals should be filed by

letter. The application will be reviewed

by the NRC and by the Executive

Branch, and if applicable statutory,

regulatory, and policy considerations

are satisfied, the NRC will issue a

license authorizing the export.

A completed NRC Form 7 must also

be filed by any person in the U.S.

wishing to use existing NRC general

licenses for the export of incidental

radioactive material before the export

takes place (if the total amount of the

shipment containing the incidental

radioactive material exceeds 100

kilograms). The form is reviewed by the

NRC to ensure that the NRC is informed

before the fact of these kinds of

shipments and to allow NRC to inform

other interested parties, as appropriate,

including import control authorities in

interested foreign countries.

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW

(Lower Level), Washington, DC.

Members of the public who are in the

Washington, DC, area can access the

submittal via modem on the Public

Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC’s

Advanced Copy Document Library) NRC

subsystem at FedWorld, 703–321–3339.

Members of the public who are located

outside of the Washington, DC, area can

dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use

the FedWorld Internet address:

fedworld.gov (Telnet). The document

will be available on the bulletin board

for 30 days after the signature date of

this notice. If assistance is needed in

accessing the document, please contact

the FedWorld help desk at 703–487–

4608. Additional assistance in locating

the document is available from the NRC

Public Document Room, nationally at 1–

800–397–4209, or within the

Washington, DC, area at 202–634–3273.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by March

3, 1997: Edward Michlovich, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0027), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of January 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–2379 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

[Docket Nos. 50–317 and 50–318]

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–

53 and DPR–69 issued to the Baltimore

Gas and Electric Company (BGE or the

licensee) for operation of the Calvert

Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1

and 2, located in Calvert County,

Maryland.

The proposed amendments, requested

by the licensee in a letter dated

December 4, 1996, would represent a

full conversion from the current

Technical Specifications (TSs) to a set of

TS based on NUREG–1432, Revision 1,

‘‘Standard Technical Specifications,

Combustion Engineering Plants’’ dated

April 1995. NUREG–1432 has been

developed through working groups

composed of both NRC staff members

and industry representative and has

been endorsed by the staff as part of an

industry-wide initiative to standardize

and improve TS. As part of this

submittal, the licensee has applied the

criteria contained in the Commission’s

‘‘Final Policy Statement on Technical

Specification Improvements for Nuclear

Power Reactors (final policy

statement),’’ published in the Federal

Register on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132),

to the current Calvert Cliffs TSs, and,

using NUREG–1432 as a basis,

developed a proposed set of improved

TSs for Calvert Cliffs. The criteria in the

final policy statement were

subsequently added to 10 CFR 50.36,

‘‘Technical Specifications,’’ in a rule

change which was published in the

Federal Register on July 19, 1995 (60 FR

36953) and became effective on August

18, 1995.

The licensee has categorized the

proposed changes to the existing TSs

into five general groupings. These

groupings are characterized as

administrative changes, relocated

changes, more restrictive changes, less

restrictive changes, and removed detail.

Administrative changes are those that

involve restructuring, renumbering,