53396 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Open 

Session. 

Open Session (11 a.m. to 12 noon) 

Discussion of Draft Report of NSB 

examination of the NSF Merit Review 

System. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael P. Crosby, Executive Officer 

and NSB Office Director, (703) 292–

7000, http://www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Michael P. Crosby, 

Executive Officer and NSB Office Director. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act; Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National 

Science Board; Programs and Plans 

Committee. 

DATE AND TIME: September 13, 2005, 

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (e.t.). 

PLACE: National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22230, Public Meeting Room 110. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Tuesday, September 13, 2005, Open 

Session. 

Open Session (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) 

• Review of NSF Draft 

Cyberinfrastructure Document. 

• Open Discussion and Comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael P. Crosby, Executive Officer 

and NSB Office Director, (703) 292–

7000, http://www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Michael P. Crosby, 

Executive Officer and NSB Office Director. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently 

submitted to OMB for review the 

following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby 

informs potential respondents that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

that a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a current valid OMB control 

number. 

1. Type of submission, new, revision, 

or extension: Extension. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 313, ‘‘Application 

for Material License’’; and NRC Form 

313A, ‘‘Training and Experience and 

Preceptor Statement.’’

3. The form number if applicable: 

NRC Form 313 and NRC Form 313A. 

4. How often the collection is 

required: There is a one-time submittal 

of information to receive a license. Once 

a specific license has been issued, there 

is a 10-year resubmittal of the 

information for renewal of the license. 

5. Who will be required or asked to 

report: All applicants requesting a 

license for byproduct or source material. 

6. An estimate of the number of 

responses: 3074 new, amendment, and 

renewal applications to NRC; 12,840 

new, amendment, and renewal 

applications to Agreement States, for a 

total of 15,914 responses. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 15,914 (3,074 NRC 

licensees + 12,840 Agreement State 

licensees). 

8. An estimate of the number of hours 

needed annually to complete the 

requirement or request: 70,022 (13,526 

hours for NRC licensees and 56,496 

hours for Agreement State licensees). 

9. An indication of whether Section 

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not 

applicable. 

10. Abstract: Applicants must submit 

NRC Forms 313 and 313A to obtain a 

specific license to possess, use, or 

distribute byproduct or source material. 

The information is reviewed by the NRC 

to determine whether the applicant is 

qualified by training and experience, 

and has equipment, facilities, and 

procedures which are adequate to 

protect the public health and safety, and 

minimize danger to life or property. 

A copy of the final supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

Home page site for 60 days after the 

signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions should be 

directed to the OMB reviewer listed 

below by October 11, 2005. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

assurance of consideration cannot be 

given to comments received after this 

date. John Asalone, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(3150–0120), NEOB–10202, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Comments can also be e-mailed to 

John_A._Asalone@omb.eop.gov or 

submitted by telephone at (202) 395–

4650. 

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda 

Jo Shelton, 301–415–7233. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day 

of September, 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Beth St. Mary, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Services. 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–7004] 

USEC Inc.’s Proposed American 

Centrifuge Plant; Notice of Availability 

of Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

for the USEC Inc. (USEC) license 

application, dated August 23, 2004, for 

the possession and use of source, 

byproduct and special nuclear materials 

at its proposed American Centrifuge 

Plant (ACP) located near Piketon, Ohio. 

The DEIS is being issued as part of the 

NRC’s decision-making process on 

whether to issue a license to USEC, 

pursuant to Title 10 of the U.S. Code of 

Federal Regulations Parts 30, 40, and 70. 

The scope of activities conducted under 

the license would include the 

construction, operation, and 

decommissioning of the ACP. 

Specifically, USEC proposes to use gas 

centrifuge technology to enrich the 

uranium-235 isotope found in natural 

uranium up to 10-weight percent. The 

enriched uranium would be used to