15634 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 56 / Tuesday, March 24, 2015 / Notices 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirements to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 79 FR 69883, and no 

comments were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. The full submission 

may be found at: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Comments: Comments regarding (a) 

whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

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 should be 

addressed to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

Foundation, 725—17th Street NW., 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or 

send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling 703–292–7556. 

It is not permissible for NSF to 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number and the agency 

informs potential persons who are to 

respond to the collection of information 

that such persons are not required to 

respond to the collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Survey of Earned Doctorates. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0019. 

Summary of Collection: The authority 

to collect information for the Survey of 

Earned Doctorates (SED) is established 

under the National Science Foundation 

Act of 1950, as amended, Public Law 

507 (42 U.S.C. 1862), Section 3(a) (6), 

which directs the NSF ‘‘. . . to provide 

a central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on scientific and engineering 

resources and to provide a source of 

information for policy formation by 

other agencies of the federal 

government.’’ More recently, the 

National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics (NCSES) was 

established within NSF by Section 505 

of the America COMPETES 

Reauthorization Act of 2010 and given 

a broader mandate to collect data related 

to STEM education, the science and 

engineering workforce, and U.S. 

competitiveness in science, engineering, 

technology, and R&D. The SED is part 

of an integrated survey system that 

fulfills the education and workforce 

components of this mission. 

The SED has been conducted 

annually since 1958 and is jointly 

sponsored by six Federal agencies (NSF, 

National Institutes of Health, U.S. 

Department of Education, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, and 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration) in order to avoid 

duplication of effort in collecting such 

data. It is an accurate, timely source of 

information on an important national 

resource—highly educated individuals. 

Data are obtained via Web survey or 

paper questionnaire from each person 

earning a research doctorate at the time 

they receive the degree. Graduate 

schools help distribute the SED to their 

graduating doctorate recipients. Data are 

collected on the doctorate recipient’s 

field of specialty, educational 

background, sources of financial 

support in graduate school, debt level, 

postgraduation plans for employment, 

and demographic characteristics. 

The survey will be collected in 

conformance with the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 

and the Privacy Act of 1974. Responses 

from individuals are voluntary. NSF 

will ensure that all individually 

identifiable information collected will 

be kept strictly confidential and will be 

used for research or statistical purposes, 

analyzing data, and preparing scientific 

reports and articles. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Federal government, universities, 

researchers, and others use the 

information extensively. NSF, as the 

lead agency, publishes statistics from 

the survey in several reports, but 

primarily in the annual publication 

series, ‘‘Doctorate Recipients from U.S. 

Universities.’’ These reports are 

available on the Web. NSF uses this 

information to prepare congressionally 

mandated reports such as Science and 

Engineering Indicators and Women, 

Minorities and Persons with Disabilities 

in Science and Engineering. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 52,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 28,800. 

Dated: March 19, 2015. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06672 Filed 3–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–313; NRC–2015–0069] 

Entergy Operations, Inc., Arkansas 

Nuclear One, Unit 1 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an 

exemption in response to a March 20, 

2014, request from Entergy Operations, 

Inc. (Entergy or the licensee), from the 

requirements to use Charpy V-notch 

(CV) and drop weight-based 

methodology to determine initial nilductility reference temperature (RTNDT) 

for use in evaluating the integrity of 

Linde 80 weld materials in the reactor 

pressure vessel (RPV) beltline at 

Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Unit 1. 

This exemption would allow the 

licensee to use an alternate methodology 

to incorporate fracture toughness test 

data to determine RTNDT values for use 

in the evaluation of the RPV beltline 

weld material integrity in support of the 

development of updated pressuretemperature limit curves. 

DATES: March 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2015–0069 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

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