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vision of the future and the mechanisms 

it uses to carry out its charges have 

evolved significantly over the last six 

decades, its ultimate mission remains 

the same. 

Use of the Information: The regular 

submission of proposals to the 

Foundation is part of the collection of 

information and is used to help NSF 

fulfill this responsibility by initiating 

and supporting merit-selected research 

and education projects in all the 

scientific and engineering disciplines. 

NSF receives more than 50,000 

proposals annually for new projects, 

and makes approximately 11,000 new 

awards. 

Support is made primarily through 

grants, contracts, and other agreements 

awarded to approximately 2,000 

colleges, universities, academic 

consortia, nonprofit institutions, and 

small businesses. The awards are based 

mainly on merit evaluations of 

proposals submitted to the Foundation. 

The Foundation has a continuing 

commitment to monitor the operations 

of its information collection to identify 

and address excessive reporting burdens 

as well as to identify any real or 

apparent inequities based on gender, 

race, ethnicity, or disability of the 

proposed principal investigator(s)/ 

project director(s) or the co-principal 

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

Burden on the Public 

It has been estimated that the public 

expends an average of approximately 

120 burden hours for each proposal 

submitted. Since the Foundation 

expects to receive approximately 50,600 

proposals in FY 2019, an estimated 

6,072,000 burden hours will be placed 

on the public. 

The Foundation has based its 

reporting burden on the review of 

approximately 50,600 new proposals 

expected during FY 2019. It has been 

estimated that anywhere from one hour 

to 20 hours may be required to review 

a proposal. We have estimated that 

approximately 5 hours are required to 

review an average proposal. Each 

proposal receives an average of 3 

reviews, resulting in approximately 

759,000 hours per year. 

The information collected on the 

reviewer background questionnaire 

(NSF 428A) is used by managers to 

maintain an automated database of 

reviewers for the many disciplines 

represented by the proposals submitted 

to the Foundation. Information collected 

on gender, race, and ethnicity is used in 

meeting NSF needs for data to permit 

response to Congressional and other 

queries into equity issues. These data 

also are used in the design, 

implementation, and monitoring of NSF 

efforts to increase the participation of 

various groups in science, engineering, 

and education. The estimated burden 

for the Reviewer Background 

Information (NSF 428A) is estimated at 

5 minutes per respondent with up to 

10,000 potential new reviewers for a 

total of 833 hours. 

The aggregate number of burden 

hours is estimated to be 6,831,000. The 

actual burden on respondents has not 

changed. 

Dated: August 28, 2017. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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Reactor Safeguards 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

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

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings 

on October 4–6, 2018, Three White Flint 

North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North 

Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Thursday, October 4, 2018, Conference 

Room 1C3 and 1C5, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Draft Rule on 

Emergency Preparedness for Small 

Modular Reactors (Open)—The 

Committee will have briefings by and 

discussion with representatives of the 

NRC staff regarding the subject draft 

rule. 

10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Annual 

Operating Reactor Experience Briefing 

(Open)—The Committee will have an 

annual briefing on operating experience 

and significant events at the currently 

operating nuclear power plants. 

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the Quality of Selected NRC Research 

Projects (Open)—The Committee will 

have a discussion on the assessment of 

the quality of the selected NRC research 

projects. 

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ACRS Report (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS report. 

Friday, October 5, 2018, Conference 

Room 1C3 and 1C5, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee and 

Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (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. [NOTE: A portion of this 

meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of the ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy] 

10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Report (Open)—The Committee 

will continue its discussion of proposed 

ACRS report. 

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Room 1C3 and 1C5, 11601 Landsdown 

Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852 

8:30 p.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Report/Retreat (Open/Closed)— 

The Committee will continue its 

discussion of the ACRS report and 

potential retreat items. [NOTE: A 

portion of this meeting may be closed 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) 

to discuss organizational and personnel 

matters that relate solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of the 

ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 4, 2017 (82 FR 46312). 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 (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 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. The bridgeline number 

for the meeting is 866–822–3032, 

passcode 8272423#. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 

presenters should provide the Cognizant 

ACRS Staff with a CD containing each 

presentation at least 30 minutes before 

the meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of this meeting 

may be closed, as specifically noted 

above. Use of still, motion picture, and 

television cameras during the meeting 

may be limited to selected portions of 

the meeting as determined by the 

Chairman. Electronic recordings will be 

permitted only during the open portions 

of the meeting. 

ACRS meeting agendas, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room at pdr.resource@

nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– 

397–4209, or from the Publicly 

Available Records System (PARS) 

component of NRC’s document system 

(ADAMS) which is accessible from the 

NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html or http://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/#ACRS/. 

Video teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician 

(301–415–6702), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before 

the meeting to ensure the availability of 

this service. Individuals or 

organizations requesting this service 

will be responsible for telephone line 

charges and for providing the 

equipment and facilities that they use to 

establish the video teleconferencing 

link. The availability of video 

teleconferencing services is not 

guaranteed. 

Dated: August 28, 2018. 

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Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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First Energy Corp.; First Energy 

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Generation; FirstEnergy Nuclear 

Operating Company 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: 10 CFR 2.206 request; receipt. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is giving notice that 

by petition dated March 27, 2018, 

Environmental Law and Policy Center 

(ELPC) (the petitioner) has requested 

that the NRC take enforcement action 

with regard to First Energy Corp. (FE), 

First Energy Solutions (FES), 

FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation (NG), 

and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating 

Company (FENOC). The petitioner’s 

requests are included in the 

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ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

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You may obtain publicly-available 

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for Docket ID NRC–2018–0174. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

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email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

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ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

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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, 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 

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table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ 

section of this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–3308; email: 

Bhalchandra.Vaidya@nrc.gov; or Perry 

Buckberg, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–1383; email: 

Perry.Buckberg@nrc.gov. Both are staff 

of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

27, 2018, the petitioner requested that 

the NRC take enforcement action with 

regard to FE, FES, NG, and FENOC 

operations in Ohio and Pennsylvania at 

Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), 

Units 1 and 2; Davis-Besse Nuclear 

Power Station (DBNPS), Unit 1; and 

Perry Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP), Unit 

1 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18094A642). The petitioner 

requested that the NRC take the 

following actions: 


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