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ACTION: Request for information and 

comment; Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2021, the Office 

of Science and Technology Policy 

(OSTP) and the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) published in the 

Federal Register a document entitled 

‘‘Request for Information (RFI) on an 

Implementation Plan for a National 

Artificial Intelligence Research 

Resource’’ and invited comments to 

inform the work of the National 

Artificial Intelligence Research Resource 

(NAIRR) Task Force (‘‘Task Force’’). The 

Task Force has been directed by 

Congress to develop an implementation 

roadmap for a shared research 

infrastructure that would provide 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers 

and students across scientific 

disciplines with access to 

computational resources, high-quality 

data, educational tools, and user 

support. In response to requests by 

prospective commenters that they 

would benefit from additional time to 

adequately consider and respond to the 

RFI, OSTP and NSF have determined 

that an extension of the comment period 

until October 1, 2021, is appropriate. 

DATES: The end of the comment period 

for the document entitled ‘‘Request for 

Information (RFI) on an Implementation 

Plan for a National Artificial 

Intelligence Research Resource,’’ 

published on July 23, 2021 (86 FR 

39081), is extended from September 1, 

2021, until October 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to 86 FR 39081 may be sent by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: NAIRR-responses@nitrd.gov. 

Email submissions should be machinereadable and not be copy-protected. 

Submissions should include ‘‘RFI 

Response: National AI Research 

Resource’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Attn: Wendy Wigen, NCO, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314, USA. 

Instructions: Response to this RFI (86 

FR 39081) is voluntary. Each individual 

or institution is requested to submit 

only one response. Submissions must be 

in 12 point or larger font, include a page 

number on each page, and not exceed 10 

pages. Responses should include the 

name of the person(s) or organization(s) 

filing the comment. Responses should 

refer to the particular topic number(s) 

and letter(s), as listed below, to which 

the comments pertain. 

Responses to this RFI (86 FR 39081) 

may be posted online at www.ai.gov. 

Therefore, responses must be 

appropriate for posting publicly without 

change or redaction, and we request that 

no business proprietary information, 

copyrighted information, or personally 

identifiable information be submitted in 

response to this RFI. Please submit your 

comments using only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Wigen and NAIRR-responses@

nitrd.gov, (202) 459–9683. 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 a.m. and 8 

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

23, 2021, OSTP and NSF published in 

the Federal Register a document 

inviting comments on the work of the 

NAIRR Task Force (86 FR 39081). The 

Task Force has been directed by 

Congress to develop an implementation 

roadmap for a shared research 

infrastructure that would provide AI 

researchers and students across 

scientific disciplines with access to 

computational resources, high-quality 

data, educational tools, and user 

support. The RFI was issued to seek 

input from a broad array of stakeholders 

on options, models and priorities to 

consider for the NAIRR implementation 

roadmap, as well as how the NAIRR can 

reinforce principles and practices of 

ethical and responsible research and 

development of AI. Comments from the 

public will be used to inform the Task 

Force’s development of an 

implementation roadmap. The 

document stated that the comment 

period would close on September 1, 

2021. OSTP and NSF have received 

requests to extend the comment period. 

An extension of the comment period 

will provide additional opportunity for 

the public to consider the RFI and 

prepare comments to address the 

questions posed therein. Therefore, 

OSTP and NSF are extending the end of 

the comment period for the RFI from 

September 1, 2021, until October 1, 

2021. 

Submitted by the National Science 

Foundation and the White House Office 

of Science and Technology Policy on 

August 13, 2021. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Operations Manager, White House Office of 

Science and Technology Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17737 Filed 8–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0153] 

Site Characterization Investigations for 

Nuclear Power Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), 

DG–1392, ‘‘Site Characterization 

Investigations for Nuclear Power 

Plants.’’ It is proposed Revision 3 of 

Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.132. DG–1392 

proposes guidance on field 

investigations for determining the 

geologic, geotechnical, geophysical, and 

hydrogeologic characteristics of a 

prospective site for engineering analysis 

and design of nuclear power plants. 

DATES: Submit comments by October 4, 

2021. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

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–2021–0153. 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 individuals listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements, and Editing Staff. 

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: 

Edward O’Donnell, telephone: 301–415– 

3317, email: Edward.ODonnell@nrc.gov 

and Scott Stovall, telephone: 301–415– 


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2405, email: Scott.Stovall@nrc.gov. Both 

are staff of the Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– 

0153 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–2021–0153. 

• 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. DG–1392, ‘‘Site 

Characterization Investigations for 

Nuclear Power Plants’’ is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML21194A176. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal Rulemaking Website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2021–0153 in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC is issuing for public 

comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe methods that are 

acceptable to the NRC staff for 

implementing specific parts of the 

agency’s regulations, to explain 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and to describe information that 

the staff needs in its review of 

applications for permits and licenses. 

The DG, entitled, ‘‘Site 

Characterization Investigations for 

Nuclear Power Plants’’ is proposed 

Revision 3 of RG 1.132, which is 

temporarily identified by its task 

number, DG–1392. It proposes guidance 

on field investigations for determining 

the geologic, geotechnical, geophysical, 

and hydrogeologic characteristics of a 

prospective site for engineering analysis 

and design of nuclear power plants. 

The staff is also issuing for public 

comment a draft regulatory analysis for 

revision of RG 1.132 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML21194A177). The staff 

develops a regulatory analysis to assess 

the value of issuing or revising a 

regulatory guide as well as alternative 

courses of action. 

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

Issuance of DG–1392, if finalized, 

would not constitute backfitting as that 

term is defined in section 50.109 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as 

described in NRC Management Directive 

(MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, 

Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 

Information Requests’’; constitute 

forward fitting as that term is defined 

and described in MD 8.4; or affect issue 

finality of any approval issued under 10 

CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certificates, and 

Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ 

As explained in DG–1392, applicants 

and licensees are not required to comply 

with the positions set forth in DG–1392. 

Dated: August 12, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Ronaldo V. Jenkins, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and 

Programs Management Branch, Division of 

Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17686 Filed 8–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CP2020–234] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: August 20, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 


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