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methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 3135–0130. 

Current Actions: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households; businesses and 

organizations; State, local or Tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,209. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 5. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 642. 

Annual Responses: 3,209. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 11. 

Average Expected Annual Burden 

hours: 598. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: 1. Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; 2. the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; 3. ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; 4. 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and 5. estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

RaShaunda Thomas, 

Deputy Director, Office of Administrative 

Services & Contracts, National Endowment 

for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26668 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7536–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Establish an Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting 

the general public or other Federal 

agencies to comment on this proposed 

continuing information collection. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by February 5, 2024, 

to be assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 

W18200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; 

telephone (703) 292–7556; or send email 

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, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including federal holidays). 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Foundation, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Foundation’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Systematics 

Scientists Community Survey. 

OMB Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish information 

collection for better serving the 

systematics and biodiversity community 

of scientists. 

Abstract: The Systematics and 

Biodiversity Science Cluster (SBS) of 

the Division of Environmental Biology 

(DEB) at the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) supports research and 

methods development that advances 

understanding of the diversity, 

systematics, distribution and 

evolutionary history of extant and 

extinct organisms. SBS has a 

longstanding commitment to support 

research and taxonomic capacity 

building across the breadth of life on 

earth. 

SBS requests the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to initiate a new survey that 

will capture the current state of 

systematic research in the U.S. across 

subdisciplines, taxonomic groups, and 

scientific training and ranks. 

Use of the Information: Individual 

survey responses will not be identifiable 

to the respondent. Aggregate results 

from the survey will be analyzed and 

summarized for internal SBS use. The 

data collected and analyzed will be used 

for program planning, management, and 

evaluation purposes. Analyzed data in 

aggregate may be used in a white paper 

reporting on the state of systematics 

science in the U.S. These data are 

needed for effective administration, 

program monitoring, evaluation, and for 

strategic planning within SBS. 

Expected Respondents: The 

respondents will be scientists that selfidentify as systematists. 

Estimate of Burden 

Estimates of Annualized Cost to 

Respondents for the Hour Burdens 

The overall annualized cost to the 

respondents is estimated to be $6,730. 

The following table shows the estimated 

burden and costs to respondents, who 

are generally biologists at the 

postsecondary level. This estimated 

hourly rate is based on a report from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational 

Employment and Wages, May 2021).1

According to this report, the median 

hourly rate is $33.65. 


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Collection title Total number of 

respondents 

Burden hours per 

respondent 

Total hour 

burden 

Average hourly 

rate Estimated cost 

Survey of Systematists ................................ 800 .25 200 $33.65 $6,730 

Total ...................................................... 800 .............................. 200 .............................. 6,730 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report 

Survey requests will be sent to 

members of all North American 

scientific societies to which systematists 

belong. The total number of systematists 

employed in the U.S. is not known but 

estimated that ca. 800 will respond. 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26588 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2023–0141] 

Information Collection: Pre-Application 

Communication and Scheduling for 

Licensing Actions Related to Digital 

Instrumentation and Controls 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. The information collection is 

entitled, ‘‘Pre-Application 

Communication and Scheduling for 

Licensing Actions Related to Digital 

Instrumentation and Controls.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by February 5, 

2024. 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–2023–0141. 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 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– 

0141 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–2023–0141. 

• 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, Regulatory Issue Summary, 

and burden table are available in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML23222A221, ML23198A062, and 

ML23254A061. 

• 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–2023–0141, 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 

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: Pre-Application 

Communication and Scheduling for 

Licensing Actions Related to Digital 

Instrumentation and Controls. 

2. OMB approval number: An OMB 

control number has not yet been 

assigned to this proposed information 

collection. 

3. Type of submission: New. 


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