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splimpto@nsf.gov. 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. You also may obtain a copy of 

the data collection instrument and 

instructions from Ms. Plimpton. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting 

Requirements for Science and 

Technology Centers (STC): Integrative 

Partnerships. 

OMB Number: 3145–0194. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2006. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) requests extension of 

data collection (annual reports) called 

‘‘Grantee Reporting Requirements for 

Science and Technology Centers (STC): 

Integrative Partnerships’’. The current 

data collection, designed to measure the 

Science and Technology Centers’

progress and plans, had been approved 

for use through January 2006. The 

annual reports have proven an effective 

means for efficiently gathering data from 

Centers. The data gathered through the 

annual reports under the current OMB 

approval has been used in making 

decisions about continued funding of 

individual Centers. In addition, a 

database of Centers’ characteristics, 

activities, and outcomes has been 

created using data from these annual 

reports. 

The Science and Technology Centers 

(STC): Integrative Partnerships Program 

supports innovation in the integrative 

conduct of research, education and 

knowledge transfer. Science and 

Technology Centers build intellectual 

and physical infrastructure within and 

between disciplines, weaving together 

knowledge creation, knowledge 

integration, and knowledge transfer. 

STCs conduct world-class research 

through partnerships of academic 

institutions, national laboratories, 

industrial organizations, and/or other 

public/private entities. Thus, new 

knowledge created is meaningfully 

linked to society. 

In addition, STCs enable and foster 

excellence in education, the integration 

of research and education, and the 

creation of bonds between learning and 

inquiry so that discovery and creativity 

more fully support the learning process. 

STCs capitalize on diversity through 

participation in Center activities and 

demonstrate leadership in the 

involvement of groups 

underrepresented in science and 

engineering. 

All Centers will be required to submit 

annual reports on progress and plans 

that are used as a basis for performance 

review and determining the level of 

continued funding. This continues the 

practice established under the 

previously approved data collection. To 

support this review and the 

management of a Center, new STCs are 

required to develop a set of management 

and performance indicators (continuing 

Centers have already developed these 

indicators). These indicators are 

submitted annually to NSF via 

FastLane. These indicators are both 

quantitative and descriptive and 

include, for example, the characteristics 

of Center personnel and students; 

sources of financial support and in-kind 

support; expenditures by operational 

component; characteristics of industrial 

and/or other sector participation; 

research activities; education activities; 

knowledge transfer activities; patents 

and licenses; publications; degrees 

granted to students involved in Center 

activities; descriptions of significant 

advances and other outcomes of the 

STCs’ efforts. The reporting will be 

added to the STC program database that 

has been compiled by an NSF 

evaluation technical assistance 

contractor to support decisions for 

continued funding of the Centers and 

will be made available for the 2007 

program evaluation. This database 

captures specific information that 

demonstrates progress towards 

achieving the goals of the individual 

Centers and the goals of the program. 

Such reporting requirements are 

included in the cooperative agreement 

that is binding between the academic 

institution and the NSF. 

Each Center’s annual report provides 

information about the following 

categories of activities: (1) Research, (2) 

education, (3) knowledge transfer, (4) 

partnerships, (5) diversity, (6) 

management, and (7) budget issues. 

For each of the categories the report 

describes overall objectives for the year, 

problems the Center has encountered in 

making progress towards goals for the 

year, specific outputs and outcomes for 

the year, and expected accomplishments 

and anticipated problems in the coming 

year. 

Use of the Information: NSF will use 

the information to make decisions on 

continued funding for the Centers, to 

evaluate the yearly progress of the 

program and to inform the upcoming 

2007 Program Evaluation. The data will 

be analyzed to evaluate progress 

towards specific goals of the STC 

program. 

Estimate of Burden: For the first year 

of this data collection, the time estimate 

for the 11 continuing Centers is a total 

of 550 hours. The time estimate for the 

2 newly funded Centers and the 

anticipated 4 additional Centers is a 

total of 600 hours. In subsequent years 

of the data collection, the time estimate 

is a total of 850 hours for the 17 Centers 

(the 11 established Centers, the 2 newly 

funded Centers, and the anticipated 4 

additional Centers). 

Respondents: Non-profit institutions; 

Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report: One from each of the 13 funded 

Centers and 4 anticipated Centers. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (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. 

Dated: September 15, 2005. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–331] 

Nuclear Management Company, Duane 

Arnold Energy Center; Notice of 

Consideration of Approval of Transfer 

of Facility Operating License and 

Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering the issuance of an order 

under 10 CFR 50.80 approving the 

transfer of Facility Operating License 

No. DPR–49 for the Duane Arnold 

Energy Center (DAEC) to the extent 

currently held by Interstate Power and 

Light Company (IPL) as owner, and 

Nuclear Management Company, LLC 

(NMC) as licensed operator of DAEC. 

The transfer would be to FPL Energy 

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Duane Arnold, LLC (FPLE Duane 

Arnold). The Commission is also 

considering amending the license for 

administrative purposes to reflect the 

proposed transfer. 

According to an application for 

approval filed by DAEC, FPLE Duane 

Arnold, an indirect, wholly owned 

subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc., would 

assume title to IPL’s 70 percent 

ownership of the facility following 

approval of the proposed license 

transfer, and would be responsible for 

the operation, maintenance, and 

eventual decommissioning of DAEC. 

FPLE Duane Arnold will also take title 

to the general license for the 

independent spent fuel storage 

installation. No physical changes to the 

DAEC facility or operational changes are 

being proposed in the application. 

The proposed amendment would 

replace references to IPL and NMC in 

the license with references to FPLE 

Duane Arnold, to reflect the proposed 

transfer. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, 

or any right thereunder, shall be 

transferred, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the 

license, unless the Commission shall 

give its consent in writing. The 

Commission will approve an 

application for the transfer of a license, 

if the Commission determines that the 

proposed transferee is qualified to hold 

the license, and that the transfer is 

otherwise consistent with applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and 

orders issued by the Commission 

pursuant thereto. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

conforming license amendment, the 

Commission will have made findings 

required by the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s regulations. 

As provided in 10 CFR 2.1315, unless 

otherwise determined by the 

Commission with regard to a specific 

application, the Commission has 

determined that any amendment to the 

license of a utilization facility which 

does no more than conform the license 

to reflect the transfer action involves no 

significant hazards consideration. No 

contrary determination has been made 

with respect to this specific license 

amendment application. In light of the 

generic determination reflected in 10 

CFR 2.1315, no public comments with 

respect to significant hazards 

considerations are being solicited, 

notwithstanding the general comment 

procedures contained in 10 CFR 50.91. 

The filing of requests for hearing and 

petitions for leave to intervene, and 

written comments with regard to the 

license transfer application, are 

discussed below. 

Within 20 days from the date of 

publication of this notice, any person 

whose interest may be affected by the 

Commission’s action on the application 

may request a hearing and, if not the 

applicant, may petition for leave to 

intervene in a hearing proceeding on the 

Commission’s action. Requests for a 

hearing and petitions for leave to 

intervene should be filed in accordance 

with the Commission’s rules of practice 

set forth in Subpart C ‘‘Rules of General 

Applicability: Hearing Requests, 

Petitions to Intervene, Availability of 

Documents, Selection of Specific 

Hearing Procedures, Presiding Officer 

Powers, and General Hearing 

Management for NRC Adjudicatory 

Hearings,’’ of 10 CFR part 2. In 

particular, such requests and petitions 

must comply with the requirements set 

forth in 10 CFR 2.309. Untimely 

requests and petitions may be denied, as 

provided in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1), unless 

good cause for failure to file on time is 

established. In addition, an untimely 

request or petition should address the 

factors that the Commission will also 

consider, in reviewing untimely 

requests or petitions, set forth in 10 CFR 

2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). 

Requests for a hearing and petitions 

for leave to intervene should be served 

upon Robert E. Helfrich, Senior 

Attorney, FPL Energy, LLC, 700 

Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, Florida 

33408, (561) 304–5288, facsimile: (561) 

691–7135, e-mail: 

robert_helfrich@fpl.com, Sam Behrends, 

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 1875 

Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1200, 

Washington, DC 20009, (202) 986–8108, 

facsimile: (202) 986–8102, e-mail: 

Sbehrend@llgm.com, Kent M. Ragsdale, 

Managing Attorney—Regulatory Alliant 

Energy Corporate Services, Inc., PO Box 

351, 2100 First Street, SE., Cedar 

Rapids, IA 52406–0351, 319–786–7765, 

facsimile: (319) 786–4533, e-mail: 

kentragsdale@alliantenergy.com, 

Jonathan Rogoff, Vice President, General 

Counsel and Secretary, Nuclear 

Management Company, LLC, 700 First 

Street, Hudson, WI 54016, (715) 377–

3316, facsimile: (715) 386–1013, e-mail: 

jonathan.rogoff@nmcco.com; the 

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001 (e-mail address for 

filings regarding license transfer cases 

only: OGCLT@NRC.gov); and the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.302 and 

2.305. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

As an alternative to requests for 

hearing and petitions to intervene, 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice, persons may 

submit written comments regarding the 

license transfer application, as provided 

for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission 

will consider and, if appropriate, 

respond to these comments, but such 

comments will not otherwise constitute 

part of the decisional record. Comments 

should be submitted to the Secretary, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 

and should cite the publication date and 

page number of this Federal Register 

notice. 

For further details with respect to this 

action, see the application dated August 

1, 2005, available for public inspection 

at the Commission’s Public Document 

Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 

North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland. Publicly available records 

will be accessible electronically from 

the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System’s (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 

at the NRC Web site, http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–

397–4209, (301) 415–4737 or by e-mail 

to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day 

of September 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Deirdre W. Spaulding, 

Project Manager, Section 1, Project 

Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project 

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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