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National Science Foundation, 2415 

Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E10241, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Individuals 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1.800.877.8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week, 365 days a year (including 

Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

computing stack has traditionally been 

viewed as a hierarchy of layers with 

devices and circuits comprising the 

lowest layers, and architectures, 

software, algorithms, and applications 

constituting progressively higher layers. 

Lower layers of the stack (e.g., devices, 

circuits, architectures) more directly 

involve semiconductor technologies to 

the extent that researchers may interact 

with large-scale fabrication facilities, 

but all levels of the stack are influenced 

by microelectronic advances to varying 

degrees. Thus, although in its entirety 

CISE research may not directly involve 

research on semiconductors, per se, the 

entire computing stack, from circuit 

design to architectures and on to 

software and applications such as 

sensor networks including the Internet 

of Things (IoT), embedded computing, 

next-generation wireless systems, largescale data analytics, AI, edge and cloud 

computing, and high-performance 

computing, heavily depends on 

advances in this space. 

As a result, much of the CISE 

directorate’s portfolio is dependent 

upon advances in semiconductor 

technologies. For one example, 

tomorrow’s artificial intelligence (AI) 

innovations offer transformative societal 

impacts, but require advanced hardware 

capabilities that leverage newer 

semiconductor technologies. 

Conversely, the hardware design 

problem is a large multi-objective, 

multiscale optimization problem that 

stands to benefit from the application of 

modern AI techniques. 

Invitation to Comment: NSF invites 

comments from the public who are 

directly engaged in, or might potentially 

benefit from, CISE-related research and 

education in semiconductor and microand nano-electronics. 

1.0 Background 

On December 14–20, 2020, CISE 

funded a workshop focusing on the 

lowest levels of the computing stack. 

This workshop considered the scientific 

frontiers for semiconductor and 

microelectronics technologies as well as 

the needs for access to semiconductor 

foundries (for details, see the workshop 

report at https://

nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/assets/429148/

nsf20_foundry_meeting_report.pdf. 

Building upon that workshop and 

report, and given the diverse interests of 

the CISE directorate and community, 

the intent of this RFI is broader. 

Specifically, NSF/CISE seeks to: 

• Gauge the extent to which the 

community’s research and educational 

agenda are handicapped, e.g., by 

unavailability of past or future 

resources. By this, NSF/CISE asks that 

respondents not restrict their answers to 

issues related to funding, but rather also 

consider issues related to infrastructure, 

facilities, access to tools/intellectual 

property/data, legal issues, etc., that 

support their research and educational 

agenda in the broader area of 

semiconductors; 

• Understand what specific activities 

the research community would pursue 

and how that activity would impact 

societal and national interests, if the 

impediments mentioned in the first 

category above are removed. NSF/CISE 

asks respondents to be specific in 

making projections about new 

technologies potentially enabled by 

advances in semiconductor and 

microelectronics technologies within 

the 5-, 10-, or 15-year horizons, or 

longer. 

2.0 Request for Information 

This RFI is issued solely for 

information-gathering purposes. NSF/ 

CISE’s intent is to analyze the responses 

received from this RFI for internal needs 

and for potentially formulating future 

programmatics. NSF/CISE may make 

anonymized versions of the responses 

available for public consumption. This 

RFI does not constitute a formal 

solicitation for proposals. To respond to 

this RFI, please use the official 

submission form available at https://

www.surveymonkey.com/r/CISERFI

onSemiconductorResearchand

Education. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.) 

Dated: June 28, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14159 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0055] 

Information Collection: NRC Online 

Form, Request for Alternatives 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Renewal of existing information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on the renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for an existing collection of 

information. The information collection 

is entitled, NRC Online Form, ‘‘Request 

for Alternatives.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by August 31, 

2021. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking Website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/ and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0055. 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. 

• Mail Comments to: David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

Mail Stop: T–6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cullison, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0055 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publicly 

available information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/ and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0055. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0055 on this website. 


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• 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. A copy of the collection of 

information and related instructions 

may be obtained without charge by 

accessing ADAMS Accession No. 

ML21060B371. The supporting 

statement is available in ADAMS under 

Accession No. ML21055A387. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents, is currently closed. You 

may submit your request to the PDR via 

email at 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking Website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0055 in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed in your 

comment submission. All comment 

submissions are posted at https://

www.regulations.gov/ and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove identifying 

or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the OMB, then you 

should inform those persons not to 

include identifying or contact 

information that they do not want to be 

publicly disclosed in their comment 

submission. Your request should state 

that comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove such 

information before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the NRC is requesting 

public comment on its intention to 

request the OMB’s approval for the 

information collection summarized 

below. 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Online Form, ‘‘Request 

for Alternative Under 10 CFR 

50.55a(z)(1) and 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2).’’ 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0244. 

3. Type of submission: Revision. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

Not applicable. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: On occasion. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: All holders of, and certain 

applicants for, nuclear power plant 

construction permits and operating 

licenses under the provisions of part 50 

of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic 

Licensing of Production and Utilization 

Facilities’’ who use alternatives to the 

requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a 

paragraphs (b) through (h) when 

authorized by the NRC have the option 

of using the online form. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 297. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 104. 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 1,782. 

10. Abstract: Section 50.55a of 10 CFR 

incorporates by reference Division 1 

rules of Section III, ‘‘Rules for 

Construction of Nuclear Power Plant 

Components,’’ and Section XI, ‘‘Rules 

for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear 

Power Plant Components,’’ of the 

American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure 

Vessel Code (B&PV Code); and the rules 

of the ASME ‘‘Code for Operation and 

Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants’’ 

(OM Code). These rules of the ASME 

B&PV and OM Codes set forth the 

requirements to which nuclear power 

plant components are designed, 

constructed, tested, repaired, and 

inspected. Section 50.55a(z) of 10 CFR 

allows applicants to use alternatives to 

the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a 

paragraphs (b) through (h) when 

authorized by the NRC. To facilitate 

licensees’ requests for alternatives to the 

requirements in the above regulations, 

the NRC is providing an optional online 

form to submit the required information 

for a specific alternative request under 

10 CFR 50.55a(z). 

III. Specific Requests for Comments 

The NRC is seeking comments that 

address the following questions: 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the estimate of the burden of the 

information collection accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection on respondents 

be minimized, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology? 

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David C. Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14245 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0001] 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Weeks of July 5, 12, 19, 

26, August 2, 9, 2021. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of July 5, 2021 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of July 5, 2021. 

Week of July 12, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of July 12, 2021. 

Week of July 19, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of July 19, 2021. 

Week of July 26, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of July 26, 2021. 

Week of August 2, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 2, 2021. 

Week of August 9, 2021—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 9, 2021. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For more information or to verify the 

status of meetings, contact Wesley Held 

at 301–287–3591 or via email at 


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