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the Proposed Decision and Order 

granted by MSHA shall be submitted to 

the MSHA District Manager for revision 

and approval prior to implementation of 

the training plan by South32 Hermosa. 

(k) The Petitioner asserts that this 

Petition for Modification of Application 

of Mandatory Standard has been posted 

on the mine bulletin board at the 

Hermosa Mine as of October 17, 2024, 

and there are no representatives of 

miners at this operation. 

In support of the proposed alternative 

method, the Petitioner has also 

submitted: a schematic diagram of a 

typical MineARC refuge chamber, a 

table of MineARC refuge chamber 

models, a table of fire hazards in the 

mine, a mine map showing locations of 

initial refuges, a MineARC refuge 

chamber layout drawing example, 

MineARC refuge chamber operating 

procedures, and a MineARC refuge 

chamber brochure. 

The Petitioner asserts that the 

alternate method proposed will at all 

times guarantee no less than the same 

measure of protection afforded the 

miners under the mandatory standard. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; 

Antarctic Emergency Response Plan 

and Environmental Protection 

Information 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to renew this collection. 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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

clearance of this collection for no longer 

than 3 years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by February 3, 2025 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, Suite 

W18200, 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, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Antarctic 

emergency response plan and 

environmental protection information. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0180. 

Current Expiration Date of Approval: 

April 30, 2025. 

Abstract: NSF, pursuant to the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16 

U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (‘‘ACA’’) regulates 

certain non-governmental activities in 

Antarctica. The ACA was amended in 

1996 by the Antarctic Science, Tourism, 

and Conservation Act. On August 13, 

2001, NSF published a final rule in the 

Federal Register (66 FR 42451) 

implementing certain of these statutory 

amendments. The rule requires nongovernmental Antarctic expeditions 

using non-U.S. flagged vessels to ensure 

that the vessel owner has an emergency 

response plan. The rule also requires 

persons organizing a non-governmental 

expedition to provide expedition 

members with information on their 

environmental protection obligations 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act. 

Expected Respondents. Respondents 

may include non-profit organizations 

and small and large businesses. The 

majority of respondents are anticipated 

to be U.S. tour operators, currently 

estimated to number twenty-one. 

Burden on the Public. The Foundation 

estimates that a one-time paperwork and 

recordkeeping burden of 40 hours or 

less, at a cost of $500 to $1400 per 

respondent, will result from the 

emergency response plan requirement 

contained in the rule. Presently, all 

respondents have been providing 

expedition members with a copy of the 

Guidance for Visitors to the Antarctic 

(prepared and adopted at the Eighteenth 

Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting 

as Recommendation XVIII–1). Because 

this Antarctic Treaty System document 

satisfies the environmental protection 

information requirements of the rule, no 

additional burden shall result from the 

environmental information 

requirements in the proposed rule. 

Dated: December 2, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; Survey 

of Doctorate Recipients 

AGENCY: National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics, National Science 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Center for 

Science and Engineering Statistics 

(NCSES) within the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request renewal of the Survey of 

Doctorate Recipients (SDR)(OMB 

Control Number 3145–0020). In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

NCSES is providing opportunity for 

public comment on this action. After 

obtaining and considering public 

comment, NCSES 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 February 3, 2025 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to the address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E6300, 

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: 2025 Survey of 

Doctorate Recipients. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0020. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

July 31, 2026. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: Established within the NSF 

by the America COMPETES 

Reauthorization Act of 2010 section 505, 

codified in the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 

the National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics (NCSES) 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, 

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NCSES is the primary sponsor of the 

Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR); 

the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

serves as a co-sponsor. The SDR has 

been conducted biennially since 1973 

and is a longitudinal survey. The 2025 

SDR will consist of a sample of 

individuals under 76 years of age who 

have earned a research doctoral degree 

in a science, engineering, or health 

(SEH) field from a U.S. academic 

institution. The purpose of this panel 

survey is to collect data to provide 

national estimates on the doctoral 

science and engineering workforce and 

changes in their employment, 

education, and demographic 

characteristics. NCSES uses these data 

to prepare congressionally mandated 

reports (explained below). Government 

agencies and academic researchers use 

SDR data and publications to make 

planning decisions regarding science 

and engineering research, training, and 

employment opportunities. Employers 

also use the SDR to understand trends 

in employment sectors, industry types, 

and salary. Students who want to learn 

about the relationship between graduate 

education and careers often obtain 

valuable information from the SDR. Data 

and publications from the SDR are 

available to the public on the NCSES 

website: https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/ 

doctorate-recipients/. The first SDR 

longitudinal data products were 

released in 2022 and are available here: 

Survey of Doctorate Recipients: https:// 

ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf22327. 

The SDR will collect data by web 

survey and computer-assisted telephone 

interviews beginning in June 2025. The 

survey will be collected in conformance 

with the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

(CIPSEA) of 2018 and the individual’s 

response to the survey is voluntary. 

NCSES will ensure that all information 

collected will be kept strictly 

confidential and will be used only for 

statistical purposes. 

Use of the Information: NCSES uses 

the information from the SDR to prepare 

two congressionally mandated reports: 

Diversity and STEM: Women, 

Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities 

and Science and Engineering Indicators. 

NCSES publishes statistics from the 

SDR in additional reports, primarily in 

the biennial series, Characteristics of 

Scientists and Engineers with U.S. 

Doctorates. As with prior SDR data 

collections, a cross-sectional public 

release file of collected data designed to 

protect respondent confidentiality will 

be made available to researchers on the 

NCSES website: https://ncses.nsf.gov/ 

explore-data/microdata. 

Expected Respondents: The SDR 

sample is drawn using the Survey of 

Earned Doctorates (SED) as a frame. The 

SDR uses a fixed panel design with a 

sample of new doctoral graduates added 

to the panel in each biennial survey 

cycle. For the 2025 SDR, a statistical 

sample of approximately 116,000 

individuals with U.S. earned doctorates 

in science, engineering, or health will be 

contacted. The sample consists of all 

eligible cases from the previous cycle 

(106,000) after removing cases that have 

never responded or have chronically not 

responded. The 2025 sample will also 

include 10,000 new doctoral graduates 

who received their U.S. doctorate 

between July 2021 and June 2023. 

Across the full sample, NCSES estimates 

approximately 88% of individuals will 

reside in the U.S. and the remaining 

12% will reside abroad. 

Estimate of Burden: NCSES expects 

the overall 2025 SDR response rate to be 

approximately 70 percent. The amount 

of time to complete the questionnaire 

may vary depending on an individual’s 

circumstances; however, based on 2023 

SDR completion times, NCSES estimates 

an average completion time of 

approximately 21 minutes. NCSES 

estimates that the average annual 

burden for the 2025 survey cycle over 

the course of the three-year OMB 

clearance period will be no more than 

9,474 hours [(116,000 respondents × 

70% response × 21 minutes)/60 

minutes/3 years]. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NCSES, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

NCSES’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, use, and 

clarity 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: December 2, 2024. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards: Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the charter 

of the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) was 

established by section 29 of the Atomic 

Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended. 

Its purpose is to provide advice to the 

Commission with regard to the hazards 

of proposed or existing reactor facilities, 

to review each application for a 

construction permit or operating license 

for certain facilities specified in the 

AEA, and such other duties as the 

Commission may request. The Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission has determined 

that renewal of the charter for the ACRS 

until December 2, 2026, is in the public 

interest in connection with the statutory 

responsibilities assigned to the ACRS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell E. Chazell, Office of the 

Secretary, NRC, Washington, DC 20555; 

telephone: (301) 415–7469 or at 

Russell.Chazell@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AEA, 

as amended by Public Law 100–456, 

also specifies that the Defense Nuclear 

Safety Board may obtain the advice and 

recommendations of the ACRS. 

Membership on the Committee 

includes individuals experienced in 

reactor operations and management; 

probabilistic risk assessment; analysis of 

reactor accident phenomena; design of 

nuclear power plant structures, systems 

and components; materials science; and 

mechanical, civil, and electrical 

engineering. 

This action is being taken in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of December, 2024. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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