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impact area would also be taken for 

contamination knowledge/biological 

knowledge after the EES is removed but 

before decontamination of the area. 

These samples would be transported 

under containment with the EES to the 

SRF for analysis. Prior to, and in 

support of, EES landing the proposed 

landing area would be cleared of old 

target objects and other debris (e.g., 

railroad ties) that pose an impact risk to 

the EES. 

‘‘Planetary protection’’ is the 

discipline/practice of protecting solar 

system bodies (e.g., a planet, planetary 

moon, or asteroid) from contamination 

by Earth life and, in the case of sample 

return missions, protecting Earth from 

potential hazards posed by 

extraterrestrial matter. For missions 

returning samples from planetary bodies 

considered to potentially harbor life, 

NASA is required to address 

Presidential Directive (PD)/National 

Security Council (NSC)–25, Scientific or 

Technological Experiments with 

Possible Large-Scale Adverse 

Environmental Effects and Launch of 

Nuclear Systems into Space, by 

presenting detailed information 

regarding the importance and potential 

environmental effects of the mission in 

the MSR Campaign’s PEIS. NASA’s 

planetary protection policies address 

missions involving samples returned 

from various solar system bodies as 

detailed in NASA Policy Directive 

8020.7G. The NASA policies are guided 

by the planetary protection policies 

published by the international 

Committee on Space Research 

(COSPAR) in response to the United 

Nations Outer Space Treaty. NASA 

Procedural Requirement (NPR) 8715.24, 

Planetary Protection Provisions for 

Robotic Extraterrestrial Missions, 

provides guidelines for categorizing 

missions according to the destination 

and proposed activity. NPR 8715.24 also 

provides specific procedural 

requirements for certain mission 

categories. All missions returning 

samples from outside the Earth-Moon 

system are designated as Category V. 

Under Category V, there are two 

subcategories: Unrestricted Earth 

Return—sample return missions from 

solar system bodies deemed by 

scientific consensus to have no 

extraterrestrial life (e.g., Earth’s Moon 

and Venus); and Restricted Earth Return 

(RER)—sample return missions from 

solar system bodies deemed by 

scientific opinion to have a possibility 

of harboring indigenous life forms (e.g., 

Mars or Europa). RER missions have 

requirements to break the chain of 

contact with the target body as well as 

isolate and robustly contain restricted 

samples during all mission phases 

through safe receipt and containment on 

Earth. 

Due to the potential for past or 

present indigenous life forms on Mars, 

the sample return portion of the MSR 

Campaign is expected to be classified as 

a Category V Restricted Earth Return 

activity, which requires an 

environmental impact statement under 

14 CFR 1216.306. The PEIS anticipates 

that this categorization will be 

established, and the PEIS’ analysis 

provides for the most conservative 

approach. The general scientific 

consensus is that the Martian surface is 

too inhospitable for life to survive there 

today. It is a freezing landscape with no 

liquid water that is continually 

bombarded with harsh radiation. 

Scientists are interested in returning 

samples that may reveal what the 

Martian environment was like billions 

of years ago, when the planet was wetter 

and may have supported microbial life. 

There is no current evidence that the 

samples collected by the Mars 2020 

mission from the first few inches of the 

Martian surface could contain 

microorganisms that would be harmful 

to Earth’s environment. Nevertheless, 

out of an abundance of caution and in 

accordance with NASA policy and 

regulations, NASA would implement 

measures to ensure that the Mars 

samples are contained (with redundant 

layers of containment) so that they 

could not impact humans or Earth’s 

environment, and the samples would 

remain contained until they are 

examined and confirmed safe for 

distribution to terrestrial science 

laboratories. NASA and its partners 

would use many of the basic principles 

that biological laboratories use today to 

contain, handle, and study materials 

that are known or suspected to be 

dangerous. 

Due to the large scope of the MSR 

Campaign and uncertainty regarding the 

timing, location, and environmental 

impacts of actions associated with the 

ground elements, the NEPA analysis 

will be conducted in two ‘‘tiers’’ (or 

phases). This approach is endorsed 

under both 40 CFR 1501.11 and 14 CFR 

1216.307. Tier I, the focus of the PEIS, 

will programmatically address the 

potential impacts associated with the 

potential for multiple Lander launches 

(with the potential for RHUs to be 

incorporated into the Landers’ design 

architecture) from either Kennedy Space 

Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force 

Station in Florida, launch of the Orbiter 

from French Guiana, and return of the 

Orbiter and EES to include initial 

recovery, containment, and handling of 

the samples once they reach the Earth’s 

surface (i.e., at the UTTR landing site). 

Currently, definitive mission-related 

requirements associated with MSR 

Campaign ground elements for sample 

transportation and a SRF are still in the 

early planning stages of development, 

but each will be described to the 

maximum extent practicable in the 

PEIS. These aspects will be addressed 

programmatically in the Tier I PEIS, to 

the extent that information is available, 

and will be analyzed in more specific 

detail in subsequent Tier II NEPA 

analysis once this information is 

available. The Tier I analysis will also 

address the site-specific proposal to 

land the vehicle containing the samples 

(the EES) at the UTTR. 

Joel Carney, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Strategic 

Infrastructure. 

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695th Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

(ACRS) 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232(b)), 

the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings 

on May 4–5, 2022. The Committee will 

be conducting meetings that will 

include some Members being physically 

present at the NRC while other Members 

participating remotely. Interested 

members of the public are encouraged to 

participate remotely in any open 

sessions via MSTeams or via phone at 

301–576–2978, passcode 22229828#. A 

more detailed agenda including the 

MSTeams link may be found at the 

ACRS public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/acrs/agenda/index.html. If 

you would like the MSTeams link 

forwarded to you, please contact the 

Designated Federal Officer as follows: 

Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov or 

Lawrence.Burkhart@nrc.gov. 

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

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(Open/Closed) (MWS/KH)—The 

Committee will deliberate regarding the 

subject topic and Commission meeting 

preparation. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 

552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may 

be closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary.] 

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: University 

Leadership Program Briefing (Open)— 

The Committee will have presentations 

and discussion with representatives 

from NRC staff regarding the subject 

topic. 

2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Digital Twins 

Information Briefing (Open)—The 

Committee will have presentations and 

discussion with representatives from 

NRC staff, the Advanced Research 

Projects Agency-Energy, and the Electric 

Power Research Institute regarding the 

subject topic. 

4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

Reports/Commission Meeting 

Preparation (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports and 

Commission meeting preparation. [Note: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion 

of this session may be closed in order 

to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary.]. 

Thursday, May 5, 2022 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee and 

Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations/Preparation of 

Reports/Commission Meeting 

Preparation (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will hear discussion of the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings, and/or proceed to preparation 

of reports as determined by the 

Chairman. [Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may 

be closed in order to discuss and protect 

information designated as proprietary.]. 

[Note: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) 

and (6), a portion of this meeting may 

be closed to discuss organizational and 

personnel matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

the ACRS, and information the release 

of which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy.] 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

Reports/Commission Meeting 

Preparation (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports and 

Commission meeting preparation. [Note: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C 552b(c)(4), a portion 

of this session may be closed in order 

to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary.] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 13, 2019 (84 FR 27662). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff and the Designated Federal 

Officer (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 5 days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

An electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff at least one day 

before meeting. 

In accordance with Subsection 10(d) 

of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c), certain portions of this meeting 

may be closed, as specifically noted 

above. Use of still, motion picture, and 

television cameras during the meeting 

may be limited to selected portions of 

the meeting as determined by the 

Chairman. Electronic recordings will be 

permitted only during the open portions 

of the meeting. 

ACRS meeting agendas, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR) at pdr.resource@

nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– 

397–4209, or from the Publicly 

Available Records System component of 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS), 

which is accessible from the NRC 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/. 

Dated: April 12, 2022. 

Russell E. Chazell, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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[NRC–2022–0057] 

Information Collection: NRCareers 

(Monster Government Solutions) 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed information 

collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. The information collection is 

entitled, ‘‘NRCareers (Monster 

Government Solutions).’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by June 14, 

2022. 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–2022–0057. 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 C. 

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 C. 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–2022– 

0057 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: 


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