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mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting 

Requirements for the Engineering 

Research Centers (ERCs). 

OMB Number: 3145–0220. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to renew an information 

collection. 

Abstract: 

Proposed Project: The Engineering 

Research Centers (ERC) program 

supports an integrated, interdisciplinary 

research environment to advance 

fundamental engineering knowledge 

and engineered systems; educate a 

globally competitive and diverse 

engineering workforce from K–12 on; 

and join academe and industry in 

partnership to achieve these goals. ERCs 

conduct world-class research through 

partnerships of academic institutions, 

national laboratories, industrial 

organizations, and/or other public/ 

private entities. New knowledge thus 

created is meaningfully linked to 

society. 

ERCs conduct world-class research 

with an engineered systems perspective 

that integrates materials, devices, 

processes, components, control 

algorithms and/or other enabling 

elements to perform a well-defined 

function. These systems provide a 

unique academic research and 

education experience that involves 

integrative complexity and 

technological realization. The 

complexity of the systems perspective 

includes the factors associated with its 

use in industry, society/environment, or 

the human body. 

ERCs enable and foster excellent 

education, integrate research and 

education, speed knowledge/technology 

transfer through partnerships between 

academe and industry, and prepare a 

more competitive future workforce. 

ERCs capitalize on diversity through 

participation in center activities and 

demonstrate leadership in the 

involvement of groups 

underrepresented in science and 

engineering. 

Centers are required to submit annual 

reports on progress and plans, which 

will be used as a basis for performance 

review and determining the level of 

continued funding. To support this 

review and the management of a Center, 

ERCs also are required to submit 

management and performance 

indicators annually to NSF via a data 

collection website that is managed by a 

technical assistance contractor. These 

indicators are both quantitative and 

descriptive and may include, for 

example, the characteristics of center 

personnel and students; sources of cash 

and in-kind support; expenditures by 

operational component; characteristics 

of industrial and/or other sector 

participation; research activities; 

education activities; knowledge transfer 

activities; patents, licenses; 

publications; degrees granted to 

students involved in Center activities; 

descriptions of significant advances and 

other outcomes of the ERC effort. Such 

reporting requirements will be included 

in the cooperative agreement which is 

binding between the academic 

institution and the NSF. 

Each Center’s annual report will 

address the following categories of 

activities: (1) Vision and impact, (2) 

strategic plan, (3) research program, (4) 

innovation ecosystem and industrial 

collaboration, (5) education, (6) 

infrastructure (leadership, management, 

facilities, diversity) and (7) budget 

issues. 

For each of the categories the report 

will describe overall objectives for the 

year, progress toward center goals, 

problems the Center has encountered in 

making progress towards goals and how 

they were overcome, plans for the future 

and anticipated research and other 

barriers to overcome in the following 

year, and specific outputs and 

outcomes. 

Use of the Information: The data 

collected will be used for NSF internal 

reports, historical data, performance 

review by peer site visit teams, program 

level studies and evaluations, and for 

securing future funding for continued 

ERC program maintenance and growth. 

Estimate of Burden: 150 hours per 

center for 17 centers for a total of 2,550 

hours. 

Respondents: Academic institutions. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report: One from each of the 17 ERCs. 

Dated: June 19, 2018. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13482 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0110] 

Report to Congress on Abnormal 

Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2017 

Dissemination of Information 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: NUREG; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG– 

0090, Volume 40, ‘‘Report to Congress 

on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 

2017.’’ The report describes those events 

that the NRC or an Agreement State 

identified as abnormal occurrences 

(AOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2017, 

based on the criteria defined in the 

report. The report describes six events at 

Agreement State-licensed facilities and 

five events at an NRC-licensed facilities. 

DATES: NUREG–0090, Volume 40, is 

available June 25, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0110 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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0110. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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, 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: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vered Shaffer, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 630–829– 

9862, email: Vered.Shaffer@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

Section 208 of the Energy 

Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended 

(Pub. L. 93–438), defines an ‘‘abnormal 

occurrence’’ (AO) as an unscheduled 

incident or event that the NRC 

determines to be significant from the 

standpoint of public health or safety. 


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The AO report (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18157A051), describes those events 

that the NRC identified as AOs during 

FY 2017, based on the criteria defined 

in Appendix A of the report. 

The report describes six events at 

Agreement State-licensed facilities and 

five events at an NRC-licensed facilities. 

All 11 events occurred at medical 

facilities and are ‘‘medical events’’ as 

defined in part 35 of title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). 

Agreement States are the 37 U.S. 

States that currently have entered into 

formal agreements with the NRC 

pursuant to Section 274 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), 

to regulate certain quantities of AEAlicensed material at facilities located 

within their borders. 

The Federal Reports Elimination and 

Sunset Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–66) 

requires that AOs be reported to 

Congress annually. The full report, 

NUREG–0090, Volume 40, ‘‘Report to 

Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: 

Fiscal Year 2017,’’ is also available 

electronically at the NRC’s website at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day 

of June 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Annette L. Vietti-Cook, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13509 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–113; NRC–2018–0112] 

Pennsylvania State University 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License renewal; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has issued a renewal 

of special nuclear materials (SNM) 

License No. SNM–95 held by the 

Pennsylvania State University (PSU), 

University Park, Pennsylvania, to 

possess and use SNM for education, 

research, and training programs. The 

renewed license authorizes PSU to 

continue to possess and use SNM for an 

additional 10 years from the date of 

issuance. 

DATES: Renewed License SNM–95 was 

issued on April 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0112 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 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0112. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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, 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. In 

addition, for the convenience of the 

reader, the ADAMS accession numbers 

are provided in a table in the 

‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section of 

this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Merritt N. Baker, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7119; email: Merritt.Baker@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

Pursuant to section 2.106 of title 10 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the 

issuance of renewal of License SNM–95 

to PSU, which authorizes PSU to 

possess and use SNM for education, 

research, and training programs at its 

campus in University Park, 

Pennsylvania. This licensee’s original 

request for renewal of its license was 

made on September 23, 2013 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML13273A207). Because 

the licensed material will be used for 

research, development, and for 

educational purposes, renewal of 

License SNM–95 is an action that is 

categorically excluded from a 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement, 

pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(14)(v). A 

notice of receipt of the license renewal 

application with an opportunity to 

request a hearing and petition for leave 

to intervene was published in the 

Federal Register on February 2, 2015 

(80 FR 5580). The NRC did not receive 

a request for a hearing or for a petition 

for leave to intervene. This license 

renewal complies with the standards 

and requirements of the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC’s 

rules and regulations as set forth in 10 

CFR chapter 1. Accordingly, the license 

renewal was issued on April 24, 2018, 

and was effective immediately. 

The NRC prepared a safety evaluation 

report for the renewal of License SNM– 

95 and concluded that the licensee can 

continue to operate the facility without 

endangering the health and safety of the 

public. 

II. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in the 

following table are available to 

interested persons through ADAMS 

accession numbers as indicated. 

Document ADAMS 

accession No. 

Penn State Request for Renewal Application ..................................................................................................................................... ML13273A207 

Penn State Resubmitted Renewal Application .................................................................................................................................... ML14219A483 

NRC Request for Additional Information ............................................................................................................................................. ML15183A349 

PSU Response to Request for Additional Information ........................................................................................................................ ML15224A545 

Transmittal of PSU License Renewal (SNM-95) ................................................................................................................................. ML16336A260 

Safety Evaluation Report for PSU License Renewal .......................................................................................................................... ML16336A226 

SNM–95 Penn State Materials License .............................................................................................................................................. ML16336A223 


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