34486 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 125 / Thursday, June 28, 2001 / Notices

Further information about this

meeting can be obtained from Ms. Laura

S. Nelson, Advisory Committee

Management Officer, National

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20506, or by calling

(202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–8282.

Advance notice of any special needs or

accommodations is appreciated.

Laura S. Nelson,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

Comment request.

SUMMARY: The National Science

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the

following information collection

requirement to OMB for review and

clearance under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13. This is the second notice for public

comment; the first was published in the

Federal Register at 66 FR 2456, and no

comment were received. NSF is

forwarding the proposed renewal

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for clearance

simultaneously with the publication of

this second notice. Comments regarding

(a) whether the collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; (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 should be

addressed to: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for National Science

Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance

Officer, National Science Foundation,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295,

Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email

to splimpto@nsf.gov. Comments

regarding these information collections

are best assured of having their full

effect if received within 30 days of this

notification. Copies of the submission(s)

may be obtained by calling 703–292–

7556.

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless the

collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB control number

and the agency informs potential

persons who are to respond to the

collection of information that such

persons are not required to respond to

the collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Title: National Science Foundation

Grant Proposal Guide.

OMB Control Number: 3145–0058.

Summary of Collection: The mission

of the National Science Foundation is to

serve as a catalyst for progress through

investment in science, mathematics and

engineering. The agency is guided by its

longstanding commitment to the highest

standards of excellence in the support of

discovery and learning. NSF pledges to

provide the leadership and stewardship

necessary to sustain and strengthen the

Nation’s science, mathematics, and

engineering capabilities and to promote

the use of those capabilities in service

to society. NSF’s continuing mission is

set out in the preamble to the National

Science Foundation Act of 1950 (Pub. L.

507):

To promote the progress of science; to

advance the national health, prosperity, and

welfare; to secure the national defense; and

for other purposes.

The information collected is used to

help the Foundation fulfill this

responsibility by initiating and

supporting merit-selected research and

education projects in all the scientific

and engineering disciplines. NSF

receives more than 30,000 proposals

annually for new or renewal support for

research in math/science/engineering

education projects and makes

approximately 10,000 new awards. The

Foundation exercises its authority

primarily by making merit-based grants

and cooperative agreements and

providing other forms of assistance to

individual researchers and groups, in

partnership with over 2800 colleges,

universities and other institutions—

public and private, state, local and

federal—throughout the U.S. The

awards are based mainly on evaluations

of proposal merit submitted to the

Foundation (see OMB Clearance No.

3145–0060).

The Foundation has a continuing

commitment to monitor the operations

of its review and award processes to

identify and address excessive reporting

burdens. The Foundation also is

committed to monitor and identify any

real or apparent inequities based on

gender, race, ethnicity, or handicap of

the proposed principal investigator(s)/

project director(s) or co-principal

investigator(s)/co-project director(s).

The collection of this information is a

part of the regular submission of

proposal to the Foundation. This

information also is protected by the

Privacy Act.

Description of Respondents:

Nonprofit institutions; state, local or

tribal governments; and business or

other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 30,000.

Frequency of Responses: Annually.

Total Burden Hours: The Foundation

estimates that an average of 120 hours

is expended for each proposal

submitted. If an estimated 30,000

proposals are expected during the

course of one year, these figures

compute to an estimated 3,600,000

public burden hours annually.

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science

Foundation.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–313]

Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC or the Commission)

is considering issuance of an

amendment to Facility Operating

License No. DPR–51, issued to Entergy

Operations, Inc., (the licensee), for

operation of Arkansas Nuclear One,

Unit 1 (ANO–1) located in Pope County,

Arkansas.

The proposed amendment, requested

by the licensee in a letter dated January

28, 2000, as supplemented by letters

dated August 9 and September 28, 2000,

and February 6, March 19, and May 1,

2001, would represent a full conversion

from the current Technical

Specifications (CTS) to a set of

improved Technical Specifications (ITS)

based on NUREG–1430, ‘‘Standard

Technical Specifications, Babcock and

Wilcox Plants.’’ NUREG–1430 has been

developed by the Commission’s staff

through working groups composed of

both NRC staff members and industry

representatives, and has been endorsed