Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 62 / Tuesday, April 1, 1997 / Notices 15541

Comparative Literature, submitted to the

Division of Research and Education for

projects at the March 1, 1997 deadline.

Nancy E. Weiss,

Adivsory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–8242 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Proposed Data Collection: Public’s

Views and Comments

Title of Proposed Collection: Public

Attitudes About Technology.

The National Science Foundation, an

independent federal agency, is

interested in obtaining the public’s

views and attitudes toward technology.

Specifically, we are seeking input and

comments from all interested persons

on their views of the value of

technology in their lives, and their

familiarity with and level of comfort

when using technological innovations

such as computers and other complex

yet common electronic devices.

In addition to the general public, we

are especially interested in receiving

comments from students in grades 7

through 12 and from informed observers

and followers of science and

engineering research and education.

In an effort to obtain the public’s

input and useful information, the

National Science Foundation has

developed the questions that follow.

Responses from the public will be used

only in the aggregate, and only to help

NSF in its efforts to better explain itself

and its activities to the American

public.

We hope you will provide us with

your thoughts on the following

questions. Detailed comments are also

welcome and greatly appreciated.

Responses and comments can be

mailed to Public Attitudes About

Technology, c/o Office of Legislative

and Public Affairs, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room

1245, Arlington, VA 22230. Comments

can also be sent via email to

nstw@nst.gov, or faxed to (703) 306–

1070.

All comments should be received by

Monday, April 21, 1997.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Julia Moore,

Director, Office of Legislative and Public

Affairs.

For students in grades 7–12, which

are you most likely to do after high

school?

Go to college,

Go to a trade or technical school, or

Go straight to work

Other

Again for students in grades 7–12,

what is the highest level of college

education you are most likely to

complete?

A graduate degree, such as a masters,

doctorate or law degree

A four year undergraduate degree from

a college or university, or

A two-year undergraduate degree, such

as from a community college

Other

If you had to choose, which would

you say are your favorite subjects in

school?

The ones that involve math and science

or,

the ones that involve English or social

studies—such as government and

history

Both equally

Neither

Now we’re going to list some more

specific subjects. For each one, please

say whether you consider it to be so

exciting that you would like to learn

more about it or whether it’s not that

exciting to you.

Space exploration, including the

planets, space travel, and special

projects like the Hubble Telescope

New advances in computer technology,

such as faster processing chips and

more sophisticated software

Medical research such as cloning and

hi-tech ways to study and treat human

diseases

If you had the choice, what kind of

house would your prefer to live in—a

house that has lots of electronic

equipment, hi-tech appliances and

computers, or a simpler house that has

fewer of these types of things?

Do you think that having strong

computer skills and an understanding of

other technology is necessary to make a

good living or do you think a good

living can be made without these skills?

Thinking about the computer skills

people need by the time they graduate

from high school, how do you feel about

the computer education students get in

school these days?

Do you feel that computer education is

on track or,

Do you feel that schools should be

teaching a lot more?

Next we’d like to know how confident

you feel using computers. We’d like you

to use a scale from zero to ten, where

ten represents a person who is very

confident with computers and zero is a

person who is not confident at all with

computers. Which number on this scale

from zero to ten best describes how

confident you feel using computers?

Not confident Very confident

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

09 10

In your household, who usually

programs the VCR? Someone 18 years

old or younger, or someone 19 years old

or older?

18 years old or younger

19 years old or older

Have you, personally, ever used a

computer?

If you have used a computer, how old

were you the first time you used a

computer?

In the past week, meaning the last

seven days, how much time would you

say you spent using a computer?

If you had the choice, would you like

to spend more time, less time or about

the same amount of time as you already

do using a computer?

Do you ever have the opportunity to

use the Internet or not?

In the past week, meaning the last

seven days, how much time did you,

personally, spend using an on-line

service, such as America Online, the

Internet or the World Wide Web?

For this next series of questions, we

are going to ask about various types of

technology—such as computers and

electronic equipment—that you might

come into contact with in your daily

life.

First, we’d like to know how often

you use several types of technology.

Please indicate whether you do it

several times a day, about once a day,

a few times a week, a few times a

month, less often than that, or never.

Use a computer

Operate a VCR

Program or get messages from a

telephone answering machine

Play video or computer games

Use stereo or audio equipment, such as

a CD player or boom box

Use a calculator

Please tell us whether you consider

each one of the following types of

equipment to be something that is

important for you to own or have in

your home, or whether it is something

you could easily live without.

A computer

A VCR

A telephone answering machine

Video or computer games

Stereo and audio equipment, such as a

CD player or boom box

A microwave oven

A calculator

A television

When you go to use a piece of

electronic equipment, computer

software or other type of technology for

the first time, can you usually learn to

use it on you own or do you usually

need some help?
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In general, who do you think is better

figuring out and using technology—

teenagers or adults?

Do you have a computer at home?

Do you have access to the Internet

through a computer at home?

Suppose you had a research report to

write either at school or work. If you

had the choice, how would you prefer

to conduct the research?

For students in grades 7–12, when

you have to conduct an experiment or

do other labatory work in your science

classes at school, does that work usually

help you understand what the class is

studying, or not?

Next is a list of a few things that some

people do on computers. Please tell us

if this is something you have ever done

on a computer, or not.

Used a word processing program to

write a report

Used the Internet to conduct research

Played computer games

Chatted on the Internet or sent e-mail

Searched the Internet for interesting

sites

Tell us whether or not you expect to

see these things happened in your

lifetime:

Space travel will be common for

ordinary Americans

New technology will prevent wars from

happening

Cloning of humans will be common

Every person in the country, including

kids, will have their own portable

phone and personal phone number

Home computers will work as a

computer, TV, VCR, and telephone all

in one

Cancer will be cured

AIDS will be cured

Most Americans will live to be more

than 100 years old

Floods, earthquakes and other natural

disasters will be controlled or

prevented by new developments in

science

Americans will vote for President and

other elected officials on the Internet

For students in grades 7–12, in terms

of the grades you usually get, would you

say you are a top student in your school,

above average, average or below

average?

How many hours did you spend

watching television yesterday?

Now thinking about the last week,

meaning the last seven days, how many

hours would you say you spent in total

talking with friends on the telephone?

How often do you read books on your

own, that is, books that are not required

reading for school or work?

For students in grades 7–12, are you

currently involved in any activities that

require you stay after school, such as a

sports team, theater, band or club?

Do you regularly carry a beeper or

pager, or not?

Now here are some background

questions.

How old are you?

Are you in school now, and if so,

what grade? If not, what is the highest

grade that you completed?

Are you, yourself of Hispanic origin

or descent such, as Mexican, Puerto

Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish

background?

What is your race? Are you white,

African-American, or some other race?

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 8, 1997.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED PLACE: The

Board Room, 5th Floor, 490 L’Enfant

Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20594.

STATUS: Open.

6825 Marine Incident Summary Report:

Near Grounding of the Liberian Tankship

PATRIOT, Bay of Campeche, Mexico,

October 15, 1995.

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202)

314–6100.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Bea

Hardesty, (202) 314–6065.

Dated: March 28, 1997.

Bea Hardesty,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 55–61425–SP; ASLBP No. 97–

725–02–SP]

Frank J. Calabrese, Jr.; Designation of

Presiding Officer

Pursuant to delegation by the

Commission dated December 29, 1972,

published in the Federal Register, 37

F.R. 28710 (1972), and Sections 2.105,

2.700, 2.702, 2.714, 2.714a, 2.717 and

2.1207 of the Commission’s Regulations,

a single member of the Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel is hereby

designated to rule on petitions for leave

to intervene and/or requests for hearing

and, if necessary, to serve as the

Presiding Officer to conduct an informal

adjudicatory hearing in the following

proceeding.

Frank J. Calabrese, Jr.

(Denial of Senior Reactor Operator’s

License)

The hearing, if granted, will be

conducted pursuant to 10 C.F.R.

Subpart L of the Commission’s

Regulations, ‘‘Informal Hearing

Procedures for Adjudications in

Materials and Operator Licensing

Proceedings.’’ This proceeding concerns

a denial by NRC Staff of Mr. Calabrese’s

senior reactor operator’s license

application and Mr. Calabrese’s request

for a hearing pursuant to 10 C.F.R.

Section 2.103.

The Presiding Officer in this

proceeding is Administrative Judge G.

Paul Bollwerk, III. Pursuant to the

provisions of 10 C.F.R. § 2.722, the

Presiding Officer has appointed

Administrative Judge Thomas D.

Murphy to assist the Presiding Officer in

taking evidence and in preparing a

suitable record for review.

All correspondence, documents and

other materials shall be filed with Judge

Bollwerk and Judge Murphy in

accordance with C.F.R. § 2.701. Their

addresses are:

Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk,

III, Presiding Officer, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555

Administrative Judge Thomas D.

Murphy, Special Assistant, Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board Panel,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555

Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th

day of March 1997.

B. Paul Cotter, Jr.,

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel.

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[Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324]

Carolina Power & Light Co.

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–

71 and DPR–62, issued to the Carolina

Power & Light Company (the licensee),

for operation of the Brunswick Steam

Electric Plant (BSEP) Units 1 and 2

respectively, located near Southport in

Brunswick County, North Carolina.

The proposed amendment would

revise the Technical Specifications (TS)

for BSEP Units 1 and 2 to eliminate

certain instrumentation response time

testing requirements in accordance with