6398 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2000 / Notices

Estimated Hours Per Request: 470 hrs.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

188,000.

Frequency of Report: Semi-annually.

David B. Nelson,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Administrator.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Conservation of Antarctic Animals and

Plants

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications

Received Under the Antarctic

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law

95–541.

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish

notice of permit applications received

pursuant to the Antarctic Conservation

Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to

submit written data, comments, or

views with respect to these permit

applications on or before March 10,

2000. The permit applications may be

inspected by interested parties at the

Permit Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,

Office of Polar Programs, National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Jatko, Environmental Officer, at

the above address or (703) 306–1032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Raytheon

Polar Services Company, a business unit

of Raytheon Technical Services

Company, is in the phase-in period for

assuming responsibility for the contract

to provide operations support to the

United States Antarctic Program. As

part of that support, Raytheon personnel

will be required to engage in activities

that require permitting under the

Antarctic Conservation Act. Five

separate permit applications have been

submitted, as follows:

1. Entry into Antarctic Specially

Protected Area 113, Litchfield Island,

Arthur Harbor, Palmer Archipelago, for

inspection and re-supply of the survival

cache;

2. Entry into Antarctic Specially

Protected Area 137, Northwest White

Island, McMurdo Sound, for access to

and maintenance of Black Island

INMARSAT transmitting and receiving

equipment;

3. Entry into Antarctic Specially

Protected Area 128, Western Shore of

Admiralty Bay, King George Island, for

movement of personnel and supplies to

and from the U.S. research station

known as Copacabana;

4. Taking associated with removing

penguins, seals and skuas from

McMurdo Station and associated

airfields to ensure safety of operations

and protection of the animals;

5. Taking associated with removing

penguins, seals and other birds from the

Palmer Station pier to ensure safety of

operations and protection of the

animals.

The permit applicant is: Raytheon

Polar Services Company, 16800 E.

CentreTech Parkway, Aurora, CO

80011–9646. The proposed duration of

each permit is from April 1, 2000

through March 31, 2005.

Joyce A. Jatko,

Acting Permit Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Permit Modifications Issued

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act

of 1978, Public Law 95–541

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation modified a permit to

conduct activities regulated under the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

(Public Law 95–541).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Jatko, Office of Polar Programs,

Room 755, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22230.

DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT AND MODIFICATION:

On September 25, 1998, the National

Science Foundation issued a permit

(ACA #99–010) to Dr. Rennie S. Holt

after posting a notice in the August 27,

1998 Federal Register. No public

comments were received. A request to

modify the permit was posted in the

Federal Register on December 23, 1999.

No public comments were received. The

modification, issued by the Foundation

on January 27, 2000, allows for tooth

extraction from up to 100 adult

Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus

gazella) per year for age determination.

The tooth extractions will be taken from

animals already captured for other

permitted procedures. This is part of an

ongoing study of Antarctic fur seals by

the U.S. Antarctic Marine Living

Resources (AMLR) Program.

LOCATION: Cape Shirreff, Livingston

Island (ASPA #149), the South Shetland

Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

DATES: January 10, 2000–April 1, 2001.

Joyce Jatko,

Acting Permit Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request.

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action

to submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: ‘‘Reports Concerning

Possible Non-Routine Emergency

Generic Problems’’.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0012.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Nuclear power plant and materials

applicants and licensees.

5. The number of annual respondents:

203 (103 reactor licensees: 100 materials

licensees).

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 43,260 (420 hours per reactor

licensee respondent); 10,000 (100 hours

per materials licensee respondent).

7. Abstract: NRC is requesting

approval authority to collect

information concerning non-routine,

emergency generic problems which

would require prompt action from NRC

to preclude potential threats to public

health and safety.

Submit, by April 10, 2000, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated