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the individual listed below in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted to the office listed in 

the ADDRESSES section below on or 

before October 30, 2024. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection request by 

selecting ‘‘Institute of Museum and 

Library Services’’ under ‘‘Currently 

Under Review;’’ then check ‘‘Only Show 

ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. 

Once you have found this information 

collection request, select ‘‘Comment,’’ 

and enter or upload your comment and 

information. Alternatively, please mail 

your written comments to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or 

call (202) 395–7316. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake 

Soffronoff, Survey Methodologist, Office 

of Research and Evaluation, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 955 

L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20024–2135. Mr. 

Soffronoff can be reached by telephone 

at 202–653–4648, or by email at 

jsoffronoff@imls.gov. Persons who are 

deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) may 

contact IMLS at 202–207–7858 via 711 

for TTY-Based Telecommunications 

Relay Service. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is 

the primary source of federal support for 

the nation’s libraries and museums. We 

advance, support, and empower 

America’s museums, libraries, and 

related organizations through grant 

making, research, and policy 

development. To learn more, visit 

www.imls.gov. 

Current Actions: This Notice proposes 

the clearance of a new information 

collection—the National Museum 

Survey (NMS). As noted in the 60-day 

notice, IMLS will be conducting a 

voluntary survey of museums that aims 

to capture the scope and scale of 

museums’ presence and reach within 

the United States over time. This annual 

survey will collect statistically valid 

data on the U.S. museum sector, which 

does not currently exist. The data will 

describe the scope, scale and nature of 

museums’ presence and reach within 

the U.S. NMS data will be useful to 

museum practitioners, policymakers at 

the federal, state, and local levels, the 

public, researchers, and journalists, and 

will be used for planning, research, 

evaluation, and policymaking. 

The 60-day Notice was published in 

the Federal Register on April 30, 2024 

[89 FR 34277 (Document Number 2024– 

09276)]. We received one comment 

under this Notice. That comment came 

from a representative of the American 

Library Association who wanted to 

ensure that museums located within 

libraries were included in, and eligible 

for, the NMS. The representative 

subsequently provided a list of such 

institutions for IMLS to cross-reference 

against the agency’s list of museums to 

whom the NMS will be administered. 

Any such institutions that were not 

already included were added to IMLS’ 

list. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: National Museum Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–NEW. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents/Affected Public: IMLS 

plans to conduct a census of all eligible 

U.S. museums representing a broad 

range of museum disciplines, including 

zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and 

arboretums; nature and science centers; 

history museums and historic sites; art 

museums; children’s museums; natural 

history museums; and general and 

specialized museums. 

Institutions must meet all the 

following criteria to be eligible for 

selection: 

• Be a unit of federal, state, local, or 

tribal government, or a not-for-profit 

institution. 

• Serve the public in a physical 

location it owns or operates. 

• Provide exhibitions and programs. 

• Primarily function to house, 

display, and care for animate or 

inanimate objects that form the core of 

its exhibitions, programs, and research. 

• Under normal circumstances, be 

open to the public 90 days or more per 

year, either through specific hours of 

operation or by appointment. 

• Have at least one staff member, or 

the full-time equivalent, whether paid 

or unpaid. 

IMLS will request that a senior 

administrator at each institution be 

responsible for the completion of the 

survey at their institution. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: The survey’s expected 

response rate is 35 percent, leading to 

approximately 7,500 completed cases. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 1 

hour. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,500. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: n/a. 

Total Annual Cost Burden (dollars): 

$431,718.75 (7,500 hrs × $57.56/hr). 

$57.56 represents a simple average of 

hourly mean wage figures for 

government, academic, and company/ 

enterprise managers (https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

oes113012.htm). 

Total Annual Federal Costs: 

$323,533.21. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Suzanne Mbollo, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 


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application by October 30, 2024. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–4479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2025–014 

1. Applicant: Dale Andersen, Carl 

Sagan Center, SETI Institute, 339 

Bernardo Ave., Ste. 200, Mountain 

View, CA 94043. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Harmful Interference. The 

applicant requests an ACA permit for 

the disturbance of up to 10 nesting pairs 

of Snow Petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 

association with activities associated 

with collections of sub-fossilized 

stomach-oil deposits. The deposits are 

used by geologists to date ice-sheet 

thinning, seabird occupation history, 

and sea ice changes. The applicant 

proposes to collect 2 deposits, which 

may result in the disturbance of 5–10 

pairs of Snow Petrels. 

Location: Untersee, Antarctica. 

Dates of Permitted Activities: 15 

October, 2024–15 December, 2024. 

Permit Application: 2025–015 

2. Applicant: Sarah Ruth, National 

Science Foundation, Office of Polar 

Programs, 2415 Eisenhower Ave., 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area. The applicant seeks an 

Antarctic Conservation Act permit 

authorizing entry into Antarctic 

Specially Protected Areas (ASPA) in 

association with oversight and 

management of U.S. Antarctic Program 

science projects. The applicant proposes 

to enter specific ASPAs as needed to 

conduct site visits of various U.S. 

science teams working in those ASPAs. 

The applicant proposes to enter ASPAs 

on an as needed basis and would be 

accompanied within the ASPA at all 

times by the science project participants 

conducting work in that ASPA. No 

visits to ASPAs would occur if there is 

no U.S. Antarctic Program science 

project active in that ASPA. 

Location: ASPA 106—Cape Hallett, 

Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea; ASPA 

113—Litchfield Island, Arthur Habor, 

Anvers Island; ASPA 116—New College 

Valley; ASPA 121—Cape Royds, Ross 

Island; ASPA 124—Cape Crozier, Ross 

Island; ASPA 128—Western Shore of 

Admiralty Bay, King George Island; 

ASPA 131—Canada Glacier, Lake 

Fryxell, Taylor Valley; ASPA 137— 

Northwest White Island; ASPA 139— 

Biscoe Point, Anvers Island; ASPA 

149—Cape Shirreff and San Telmo 

Island, Livingston Island, South 

Shetland Islands; ASPA 155—Cape 

Evans, Ross Island; ASPA 172—Lower 

Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, 

McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land; 

ASPA 173—Cape Washington and 

Silverfish Bay, Terra Nova Bay, Ross 

Sea; ASPA 176—Rosenthal Islands, 

Anvers Island. 

Dates of Permitted Activities: October 

15, 2024–March 31, 2025. 

Alina Pavao, 

Administrative Assistant, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board hereby 

gives notice of the scheduling of a 

teleconference of the National Science 

Board/National Science Foundation 

Commission on Merit Review (MRX) for 

the transaction of National Science 

Board business pursuant to the NSF Act 

and the Government in the Sunshine 

Act. 

TIME AND DATE: The MRX meeting is 

scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 

2024, from 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be via 

videoconference through the National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

is: Commission Chair’s remarks about 

the agenda; Discussion of Preliminary 

Implementation Suggestions; Vote for 

Approval of Preliminary 

Implementation Suggestions; and 

Commission Chair’s closing remarks. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov, 703/292– 

7000. Meeting information and updates 

may be found at www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Christopher Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Mathematical 

and Physical Sciences; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

Name and Committee Code: Advisory 

Committee for Mathematical and 

Physical Sciences (#66). 

Date and Time: October 31, 2024: 

10:00 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.; November 1, 

2024: 9:20 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Place: NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, VA 22314/Hybrid 

participation for AC Members, 

Presenters, Visitors, and Guests. 

To attend the meeting of the Advisory 

Committee (AC) for Mathematical and 

Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) in 

person, all visitors must contact the 

Directorate for Mathematical and 

Physical Sciences at least 48 hours prior 

to the meeting to arrange for a visitor’s 

badge. Visitors must access NSF via the 

Visitor Center entry adjacent to the 

south building entrance on Eisenhower 

Avenue on the day of the meeting to 

pick up the visitor’s badge. It is 

suggested that visitors allow time to 

pass through security screening. 

To attend virtually, please use the 

link provided on the MPS AC website 

located at http://www.nsf.gov/mps/ 

advisory.jsp. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Catalina Achim, 

National Science Foundation, 2415 

Eisenhower Avenue, Room E9335, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314; Telephone: 

703–292–2048. 

Meeting Information: http://

www.nsf.gov/mps/advisory.jsp. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice, recommendations, and counsel 

on major goals and policies pertaining 

to MPS programs and activities. 


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