5916 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 25 / Monday, February 7, 2000 / Notices

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Comment Request: National Science

Foundation Proposal/Award

Information—Grant Proposal Guide

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans

to request renewed clearance of this

collection. In accordance with the

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

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

we are providing opportunity for public

comment on this action. After obtaining

and considering public comment, NSF

will prepare the submission requesting

OMB clearance of this collection for no

longer than 3 years.

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;

and (d) 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.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by April 7, 2000 to be assured

of consideration. Comments received

after the date will be considered to the

extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the information collection and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports

Clearance Officer, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm.

295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail

to splimpto@nsf.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 306–1125 x

2017 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

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: ‘‘National Sciences

Foundation Proposal/Award

Information—Grant Proposal Guide’’.

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0058.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

2002.

Type of Request: Intent to seek

approval to extend with revision an

information collection for three years.

Proposed Project: The missions of

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 committed to

ensuring the Nation’s supply of

scientists, engineers, and science

educators. In its role as leading Federal

supporters of science and engineering,

NSF also has an important role in

national science policy planning.

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 30,000

proposals annually for new projects,

and makes approximately 10,000 new

awards. 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 (proposal

review is cleared under OMB Control

No. 3145–0060).

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: The Foundation

estimates that an average of 120 hours

is expended for each proposal

submitted. An estimated 38,000

proposals are expected during the

course of one year. These figures

compute to an estimated 4,560,000

public burden hours annually.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,

NSF Reports Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Workshop Concerning the Revision of

the Oversight Program for Nuclear

Fuel Cycle Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.

SUMMARY: NRC will host a public

workshop in Rockville, Maryland to

provide the public, those regulated by

the NRC, and other stakeholders, with

information about and an opportunity to

provide views on how NRC plans to

revise its oversight program for nuclear

fuel cycle facilities. This workshop

follows the recent public stakeholder

workshop held in Rockville, Maryland

on December 15, 1999. Presentations

and other documents provided at each

workshop, together with a transcript of

each workshop, are placed on the NRC

INTERNET web page (http://

www.nrc.gov).

Similar to the revision of the oversight

program for commercial nuclear power

plants, NRC initiated an effort to

improve its oversight program for

nuclear fuel cycle facilities. This is

described in SECY–99–188 titled,

‘‘EVALUATION AND PROPOSED

REVISION OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL

CYCLE FACILITY SAFETY

INSPECTION PROGRAM.’’ SECY–99–

188 is available in the Public Document

Room and on the NRC Web Page at

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

COMMISSION/SECYS/index.html.

Purpose of Workshop

To obtain stakeholder views for

improving the NRC oversight program

for ensuring licensee and certificate

holders maintain protection of worker

and public health and safety, protection

of the environment, and safeguards for

nuclear material in the interest of

national security. The oversight program

applies to nuclear fuel cycle facilities

regulated under 10 CFR Parts 40, 70,

and 76. The facilities currently include

gaseous diffusion plants, highly

enriched uranium fuel fabrication

facilities, low-enriched uranium fuel

fabrication facilities, and a uranium

hexafluoride (UF6) production facility.

These facilities possess large quantities

of materials that are potentially

hazardous (i.e., radioactive, toxic, and/

or flammable) to the workers, public,

and environment. In revising the

oversight program, the goal is to have an

oversight program that: (1) provides

earlier and more objective indications of

acceptable and changing safety and

safeguards performance, (2) increases