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date will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sunil 

Iyengar, National Endowment for the 

Arts, via email at 

NEAstrategicplanninggroup@arts.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. About the National Endowment for 

the Arts 

Established by Congress in 1965, the 

National Endowment for the Arts is an 

independent federal agency, providing 

funding and support to give Americans 

the opportunity to participate in the 

arts, exercise their imaginations, and 

develop their creative capacities. 

Currently, the NEA supports arts 

organizations and artists in every 

Congressional district in the country. 

B. Request for Comments 

As a federal agency, the National 

Endowment for the Arts is required to 

establish a new strategic plan every four 

years. The Strategic Plan sets key 

priorities for the agency and presents 

management-focused objectives and 

strategies. The current draft plan is 

intended to align the NEA’s strategic 

aims more closely with the needs of 

today, while elevating the vital and 

enduring role of the Agency within 

government and society at large. The 

NEA’s draft Strategic Plan, covering 

fiscal years 2022–2026 can be found 

online, here: https://www.arts.gov/ 

strategic-plan-input. 

Through this Request for Comments, 

the NEA is seeking public input and 

comments from a broad array of 

stakeholders (see SUMMARY). A call for 

comments has also been posted to the 

agency’s website: https://www.arts.gov/ 

strategic-plan-input. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 306. 

Dated: August 17, 2021. 

Meghan Jugder, 

Support Services Specialist, Office of 

Administrative Services & Contracts, National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Modification Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit modification 

request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of requests to modify permits 

issued to conduct activities regulated 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 

1978. This is the required notice of a 

requested permit modification. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by September 20, 2021. 

Permit applications may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–7420, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Description of Permit Modification 

Requested: The Foundation issued a 

permit (ACA 2019–001) to Ron Naveen, 

Oceanites Inc., on August 7, 2018. The 

issued permit allows the permit holder 

and agents to engage in take and 

harmful interference, as well as to enter 

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas 

(ASPAs), to continue data collections 

activities conducted to support the 

Antarctic Site Inventory. Visitor site 

surveys may include censusing penguin 

and seabird colonies throughout the 

Antarctic Peninsula. There is the 

potential for slight disturbance of the 

birds during surveying and censusing. 

This permit addresses the potential for 

infrequent, minimal take or harmful 

interference of the several penguin and 

other seabird species. While conducting 

visitor site surveys and censuses, the 

permit holder and agents may enter a 

number of ASPAs in the Antarctic 

Peninsula region. 

A recent modification to this permit, 

dated November 20, 2019, permitted the 

applicant to collect samples from adult 

gentoo penguins (Pygoselis papua) for 

genetic analysis in order to study range 

expansion, colonization of new areas, 

and gene flow. 

Now the applicant proposes a 

modification to his permit to include 

use of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) 

to enable more efficient monitoring of 

penguin breeding colonies and to 

improve penguin censusing capabilities 

in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The 

applicant has included a detailed list of 

mitigation measures to limit disturbance 

to wild populations throughout 

operations. The applicant also seeks to 

include opportunistic guano sampling 

under the existing permit to assist in 

analysis of penguin diet. Guano samples 

will be collected during planned 

operations within penguin colonies and 

the disturbance to wildlife is expected 

to be minimal. 

Location: Western Antarctic 

Peninsula. 

Dates: September 1, 2018–August 31, 

2023. 

Erika N. Davis, 

Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17825 Filed 8–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by September 20, 2021. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Polly Penhale, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–7420, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

671), as amended by the Antarctic 

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of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2022–006 

1. Applicant: Ron Naveen, Oceanites, 

PO Box 15259, Chevy Case, MD 20825. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Waste management. The 

applicant seeks a waste management 

permit to expand upon existing research 

activities conducted in the West 

Antarctica Peninsula. The applicant 

seeks to use unoccupied aerial systems 

(UAS) to enable more efficient 

monitoring of penguin breeding sites 

and to increase penguin censusing 

capabilities. The permit will cover any 

unintentional or accidental loss of 

remotely piloted aircrafts through 

planned research operations. The 

applicant has provided a detailed 

mitigation plan to minimize risk of 

equipment loss, including use of 

observers and experienced pilots. 

Location: West Antarctic Peninsula. 

Dates of Permitted Activities: 

November 1, 2021–August 31, 2023. 

Erika N. Davis, 

Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0117] 

Acceptability of ASME Code Section III, 

Division 5, High Temperature Reactors 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; draft 

NUREG; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), 

DG–1380 (proposed Revision 2 to 

Regulatory Guide [RG] 1.87), 

‘‘Acceptability of ASME Code Section 

III, Division 5, ‘High Temperature 

Reactors’’’ and accompanying draft 

NUREG–2245, ‘‘Technical Review of the 

2017 Edition of ASME Section III, 

Division 5, ‘High Temperature 

Reactors,’’’ that documents the NRC 

staff’s review of the 2017 Edition of 

ASME Section III, Division 5, certain 

portions of the 2019 Edition, and 

associated Code Cases N–861 and N– 

862. This DG describes an approach that 

is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to 

meet regulatory requirements for 

mechanical/structural integrity of 

components that operate in elevated 

temperature environments and that are 

subject to time-dependent material 

properties and failure modes. It 

endorses, with conditions, the American 

Society of Mechanical Engineers 

(ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 

(ASME Code) Section III, ‘‘Rules for 

Construction of Nuclear Facility 

Components,’’ Division 5, ‘‘High 

Temperature Reactors.’’ The draft 

NUREG provides the technical basis for 

DG–1380. 

DATES: Submit comments by October 19, 

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–2021–0117. 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: 

Jeffrey Poehler, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research, telephone: 301– 

415–8353, email: Jeffrey.Poehler@

nrc.gov, Robert Roche-Rivera, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 

301–415–8113, email: Robert.RocheRivera@nrc.gov, and Jordan Hoellman, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

telephone: 301–415–5481, email: 

Jordan.Hoellman2@nrc.gov. All are staff 

of the 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– 

0117 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–2021–0117. 

• 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 ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced (if it is 

available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that it is mentioned in this 

document. 

• 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–2021–0117 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 

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