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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held inperson and via conference call. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Bahgi Berhane, 202–521–3600, 

or email MCCAdvisoryCouncil@mcc.gov 

or visit https://www.mcc.gov/about/orgunit/advisory-council. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda. During the Spring 2022 

meeting of the MCC Advisory Council, 

Co-Chairs will meet with MCC 

leadership. Additionally, Council 

members will provide advice on the 

compact program development process 

and MCC’s investment strategy in Sierra 

Leone. 

Public Participation. The meeting will 

be open to the public. Members of the 

public may file written statement(s) 

before or after the meeting. If you plan 

to attend, please submit your name and 

affiliation no later than Monday, April 

18, 2022 to MCCAdvisoryCouncil@

mcc.gov, to receive instructions on how 

to attend. 

Authority: Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

Dated: March 25, 2022. 

Thomas G. Hohenthaner, 

Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06711 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Intent To Renew a Current 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics, National Science 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES) within the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request renewal of the Higher 

Education Research and Development 

Survey. In accordance with the 

requirements 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 that OMB 

approve clearance of this collection for 

three years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by May 31, 2022 to be 

assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, W18253, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone 

(703) 292–7556; 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 8:00 a.m. and 

8:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Higher Education 

Research and Development Survey. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0100. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

August 31, 2022. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: Established within NSF by 

the America COMPETES 

Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505, 

codified in the NSF Act of 1950, as 

amended, the National Center for 

Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES)—one of 13 principal federal 

statistical agencies—serves as a central 

Federal clearinghouse for the collection, 

interpretation, analysis, and 

dissemination of objective data on 

science, engineering, technology, and 

research and development for use by 

practitioners, researchers, policymakers, 

and the public. 

The Higher Education Research and 

Development (R&D) Survey (formerly 

known as the Survey of R&D 

Expenditures at Universities and 

Colleges) originated in fiscal year (FY) 

1954 and has been conducted annually 

since FY 1972. The survey represents 

one facet of the research and 

development component of NCSES’s 

statistical program, which also includes 

R&D surveys on the business, federal 

government, higher education, state 

government, and nonprofit sectors. 

Use of the Information: The proposed 

project will continue the annual survey 

cycle for three years. The Higher 

Education R&D Survey will provide 

continuity of statistics on R&D 

expenditures by source of funding, type 

of R&D (basic research, applied 

research, or development), and field of 

research, with separate data requested 

on research equipment by field. Further 

breakdowns are collected on funds 

passed through to subrecipients and 

funds received as a subrecipient, and on 

R&D expenditures by field from specific 

federal agency sources. The survey also 

requests total R&D expenditures funded 

from foreign sources, R&D within an 

institution’s medical school, clinical 

trial expenditures, R&D by type of 

funding mechanism (contracts vs. 

grants), and R&D by cost category 

(salaries, equipment, software, etc.). 

Since FY 2020, the survey has requested 

headcounts and full-time equivalents of 

R&D personnel (researchers, R&D 

technicians, and R&D support staff). 

Data are published in NSF’s annual 

publication series Higher Education 

Research and Development, available on 

the web at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ 

srvyherd/. 

Expected respondents: The FY 2022 

Higher Education R&D Survey will be 

administered to approximately 650 

institutions. In addition, a shorter 

version of the survey asking for R&D 

expenditures by source of funding and 

broad field will be sent to 

approximately 275 institutions spending 

at least $150 thousand but less than $1 

million on R&D in their previous fiscal 

year. A short population review 

screener is also sent to approximately 

125 institutions before the survey cycle 

to identify potential eligible institutions 

not already in the survey frame. Finally, 

a survey requesting R&D expenditures 

by source of funds, cost categories, and 

type of R&D will be administered to the 

43 Federally Funded Research and 

Development Centers. 

Estimate of burden: The survey is a 

fully automated web data collection 

effort and is handled primarily by 

administrators in university sponsored 

programs and accounting offices. To 

minimize burden, institutions are 

provided with an abundance of 

guidance and resources on the web and 

can respond via downloadable 

spreadsheet if desired. Each institution’s 

record is pre-loaded with the 2 previous 

years of comparable data that facilitate 

editing and trend checking. Response to 

this voluntary survey has exceeded 95 

percent each year. 

The average burden estimate is 64 

hours for the approximately 650 

institutions reporting at least $1 million 

in R&D expenditures, 8 hours for the 

approximately 275 institutions reporting 

less than $1 million, 1 hour for the 

approximately 125 institutions in the 

population screener, and 11 hours for 

the 43 organizations completing the 

FFRDC survey. The total calculated 

burden across all forms is 44,398 hours. 

Comments: 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 

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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 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. 

Dated: March 25, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06725 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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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 Committee on 

Oversight for the transaction of National 

Science Board business pursuant to the 

NSF Act and the Government in the 

Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Monday, April 4, 2022, 

from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference organized through the 

National Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

is: Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks; 

Discussion of Vision for Facilitating the 

Broader Impacts of the Cutting-Edge 

Science and Engineering Funded by 

NSF. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

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

7000. Members of the public can 

observe this meeting through a You 

Tube livestream. The link is https://

youtu.be/sWEkXQX-da8. 

Meeting information is available from 

the NSB website at https://www.nsf.gov/ 

nsb/meetings/index.jsp#up. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for 

Cyberinfrastructure; 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 Cyberinfrastructure 

(25150). 

Date and Time: April 28, 2022; 10 

a.m.–5 p.m., April 29, 2022; 10 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Place: Virtual Meeting, National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

This meeting will be held virtually. 

The final meeting agenda and 

instructions to register will be posted on 

the ACCI website: https://www.nsf.gov/ 

cise/oac/advisory.jsp. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Dr. Kevin Thompson, CISE, Office of 

Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 

Telephone: 703–292–8970. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the 

contact person listed above and will be 

posted within 90-days after the meeting 

end date to the ACCI website: https://

www.nsf.gov/cise/oac/advisory.jsp. 

Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on 

the impact of its policies, programs and 

activities in the OAC community. To 

provide advice to the Director/NSF on 

issues related to long-range planning. 

Agenda: Updates on NSF wide OAC 

activities. 

Dated: March 24, 2022. 

Crystal Robinson, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06641 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. STN 50–528, STN 50–529, and 

STN 50–530; NRC–2022–0058] 

Arizona Public Service Company; Palo 

Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 

Units 1, 2, and 3 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Exemption; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an 

exemption in response to a January 14, 

2022, request from Arizona Public 

Service Company (the licensee), as 

supplemented by letter dated February 

22, 2022. The licensee requested an 

exemption from NRC regulations to 

remove the diverse auxiliary feedwater 

actuation system using the riskinformed process for evaluations for 

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, 

Units 1, 2, and 3. 

DATES: The exemption was issued on 

March 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2022–0058 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2022–0058. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The request for 

the exemption was submitted by letter 

dated January 14, 2022, as 

supplemented by letter dated February 

22, 2022, and are available in ADAMS 

under Accession Nos. ML22014A415 

and ML22053A212, respectively. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva 

P. Lingam, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–1564, email: 

Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the exemption is attached. 

Dated: March 24, 2022. 


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