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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Evaluation of the

NSF Summer Programs in Japan, the

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

in Japan, and the NSF–CGP Science

Fellowships Program.

OMB Number: 3145–New.

Expiration Date of Approval: Not

applicable.

Type of Request: Intent to seek

approval to carry out a new information

collection for one year.

Abstract: ‘‘Evaluation of the NSF

Summer Programs in Japan, the NSF

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in

Japan, and the NSF–CGP Science

Fellowships Program.’’

Proposed Project: The National

Science Foundation (NSF), through its

East Asia and Pacific Program within

the Division of International Programs,

manages a suite of programs designed to

encourage and provide international

research experiences for American

scientists and engineers with Japanese

colleagues. This suite of programs

includes the NSF–CGP Science

Fellowships and the Postdoctoral

Research Fellowships in Japan for

Ph.D.—holding scientists, and the

Summer Institute in Japan and the

Monbusho Summer Program for U.S.

Graduate Students in Science and

Engineering.

These Programs provide opportunities

for improvements in cultural sensitivity

and in the knowledge of foreign

scientific community infrastructure. The

international collaborative experiences

provided through the Programs may be

‘‘catalytic’’ by bringing scientists from a

larger global pool together in

‘‘discovery’’ and ‘‘connection,’’ and by

the American participants’ sharing their

newly-acquired knowledge, experiences

and impressions with the domestic

scientific community.

The purpose of the proposed program

evaluation is to assess the Programs

within the context of both their

individually-stated objectives and the

greater NSF-wide objectives. The tenth

anniversary this year of the Summer

Institute in Japan marks an appropriate

time for a longitudinal study of program

effectiveness and success, particularly

with regard to the effect of an early

international experience on developing

research careers. The JSPS and STA

Postdoctoral Fellowships and the NSF–

CGP Science Fellowships have a long

history (more than a decade) by which

their impact on both individual careers

and the scientific community can be

assessed.

Use of the Information: The

information will be used by NSF to

assess the extent to which these

approaches to developing international

collaborations among young and

experienced US and Asian researchers

are achieving the intended

programmatic goals and are consistent

with the specific outcome goals defined

in the context of the current NSF

Strategic Plan required by the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) of 1993. Among NSF’s

outcome goals, the most relevant to its

investments in developing

collaborations with Asian researchers

are: Promoting discoveries at and across

the frontier of science and engineering;

facilitating connections between

discoveries and their use in service to

society; developing a diverse, globally

oriented workforce of scientists and

engineers.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 30 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Individuals.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Form: 1040.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 520 hours—1040

respondents at 1/2 hour per response.

Frequency of Responses: One time.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 122nd

meeting on October 17–19, 2000, Room

T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The schedule for this meeting is as

follows:

Tuesday, October 17, 2000

A. 8:30–10:45 A.M.: Opening

Statement/Planning and Procedures

(Open)—The Chairman will open the

meeting with brief opening remarks.

The Committee will then review items

under consideration at this meeting and

consider topics proposed for future

consideration by the full Committee.

B. 11:00–12:30 P.M.: Discussion of

Updated Site Suitability and License

Application (LA) Task Action Plan

(TAP) (Open)—The Committee will

discuss the revised LA TAP.

C. 1:30–3:00 P.M.: West Valley License

Termination Report (Open)—The

Committee will be briefed by the NRC

staff on the results of its evaluation of

comments and proposed final approach

to West Valley decommissioning

criteria.

D. 3:15–5:30 P.M.: Discussion of

Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)—The

Committee will discuss proposed

ACNW Reports on matters considered

during this meeting.

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

E. 8:30–12:00 Noon: Corrosion

Resistance of Alloy-22 (Open)—The

Committee will discuss recent tests to

explore the specific aspects of the

corrosion resistance of Alloy-22

material.

F. 1:00–2:00 P.M.: Entombment

Option for Decommissioning Power

Reactors (Open)—The Committee will

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hear a presentation from the staff on its

rulemaking plan addressing the

entombment option for power reactors.

G. 2:00–3:15 P.M.: Consultant/

Member Reports (Open)—The

Committee will hear comments from

consultants and members on recent

relevant activities.

H. 3:30–5:30 P.M.: Discussion of

Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)—The

Committee will continue its discussion

of proposed ACNW reports.

Thursday, October 19, 2000

I. 8:30–10:00 A.M.: Part 40 LLW

Source Material and Improvement of

Control of Regulated Source Material

(Open)—The Committee will receive an

information briefing by the NRC staff on

its progress in developing a more riskinformed and coherent set of

requirements for licensing source

material.

J. 10:00–2:00 P.M.: Discussion of

Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)—The

Committee will continue its discussion

of proposed ACNW reports.

K. 2:00–3:00 P.M.: Miscellaneous

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

matters related to the conduct of

Committee activities and matters and

specific issues that were not completed

during previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

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questions may be asked only by

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consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

Howard J. Larson, ACNW, as far in

advance as practicable so that

appropriate arrangements can be made

to schedule the necessary time during

the meeting for such statements. Use of

still, motion picture, and television

cameras during this meeting will be

limited to selected portions of the

meeting as determined by the ACNW

Chairman. Information regarding the

time to be set aside for taking pictures

may be obtained by contacting the

ACNW office, prior to the meeting. In

view of the possibility that the schedule

for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by

the Chairman as necessary to facilitate

the conduct of the meeting, persons

planning to attend should notify Mr.

Larson as to their particular needs.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefore can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J.

Larson, ACNW (Telephone 301/415–

6805), between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm

EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available for downloading or reviewing

on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/

ACRSACNW.

Videoteleconferencing service is

available for observing open sessions of

ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use

this service for observing ACNW

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(301/415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and

3:45 p.m. EDT at least 10 days before the

meeting to ensure the availability of this

service. Individuals or organizations

requesting this service will be

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and for providing the equipment and

facilities that they use to establish the

videoteleconferencing link. The

availability of videoteleconferencing

services is not guaranteed.

Dated: October 2, 2000.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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ACTION: Notice of Records Used in

Computer Matching Programs;

Notification to individuals who are

beneficiaries under the Railroad

Retirement Act.

SUMMARY: As required by the Computer

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of

1988, RRB is issuing public notice of its

use and intent to use, in ongoing

computer matching programs, civil

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Name of Participating Agencies

Office of Personnel Management and

Railroad Retirement Board.

Purpose of the Match

The purpose of the match is to enable

the RRM to (1) Identify affected RRB

annuitants who are in receipt of a

Federal public pension benefit but who

have not reported receipt of this benefit

to the RRB and (2) receive needed

Federal public pension benefit

information for affected RRB annuitants

more timely and accurately. Previously

the RRB relied on the affected annuitant

to report adjustments in the amounts of

such public pension benefits.

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Sections 3(a)(1), 4(a)(1) and 4(f)(1) of

the Railroad Retirement Act require that

the RRB reduce the Railroad Retirement

benefits of certain beneficiaries entitled

to Railroad Retirement employee and/or

spouse/widow benefits who are also

entitled to a government pension based

on their own noncovered earnings. This

reduction is referred to as Public Service

Pension offset. Section 224 of the Social

Security Act provides for the reduction

of disability benefits when the disabled

worker is also entitled to a public

disability benefit (PDB). This reduction

is referred to as PDB offset. A civil

service disability benefit is considered a

PDB. Section 224(h)(1) requires any

Federal agency to provide RRB with

information in its possession that RRB

may require for the purposes of making

a timely determination of the amount of

reduction under section 224 of the

Social Security Act. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

Section 552a(b)(3) OPM has established

routine uses to disclose the subject

information to RRB.

Categories of RECORDS and

Individuals Covered

The records to be used in the match

and the roles of the matching

participants are described as follows: