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provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions

may furnish written comments. These

comments must be filed with the Office

of Standards, Regulations, and

Variances, Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Room 627, 4015 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

All comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before June

6, 1996. Copies of these petitions are

available for inspection at that address.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 96–11273 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

Correction

In notice document 96–10329

appearing on page 17326 in the issue of

Friday, April 19, 1996, in the first

column, Notice 96–10146 appearing on

page 18162, in the issue of Wednesday,

April 24, 1996, in the third column,

Notice 96–10329 appearing on page

18446 in the issue of Thursday, April

25, 1996, in the second column, and

Notice 96–10328 appearing on page

18446 in the issue of Thursday, April

25, 1996, in the third column, after

Frequency of Collection insert the

following correction:

Request for Comments

NIFL solicits comments to: (1)

Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility. (2) Evaluation the

accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the

burden of the proposal collection of

information. (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected. (4) Minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated or

electronic collection technologies of

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Andrew J. Hartman,

Director, National Institute for Literacy.

[FR Doc. 96–11439 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6055–01–M

NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Regular

Meeting of the Board of Directors

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Monday, May

17, 1996.

PLACE: Neighborhood Reinvestment

Corporation, 1325 G Street, N.W., Suite

800, Board Room, Washington, D.C.

20005.

STATUS: Open/Closed.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jeffrey T. Bryson, General Counsel/

Secretary 202/376–2441.

Agenda.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes:

March 4, 1996, Regular Meeting

III. Committee Appointments:

a. Audit Committee

b. Budget Committee

c. Personnel Committee

IV. Election of Officers

V. Board Appointments

VI. Treasurer’s Report

VII. Executive Director’s Quarterly

Management Report

VIII. Personnel Matters (Closed Meeting)

IX. Adjourn

Jeffrey T. Bryson,

General Counsel/Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11452 Filed 5–3–96; 1:00 pm]

BILLING CODE 7570–01–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum Services;

Research in Learning in Museums,

Request for Proposals

AGENCY: Institute of Museum Services,

NFAH.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds

for Cooperative Agreement to Support

Research in Learning in Museums.

SUMMARY: This announcement applies to

a request for proposals to support,

through a cooperative agreement(s), a

collaborative team(s) which will design

and conduct a program of theoretical

and applied research on learning in

museums. It is intended that support for

this Request for Proposals is provided

from the Institute of Museum Services,

the National Endowment for the Arts,

the National Endowment for the

Humanities and the National Science

Foundation.

DEADLINE DATE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF

PROPOSALS: Proposals must be received

by Friday, August 2, 1996.

PROPOSALS DELIVERED BY MAIL: A

proposal sent by mail must be addressed

to the Institute of Museum Services,

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room

609, Washington, DC 20506.

PROPOSALS DELIVERED BY HAND:

Proposals that are hand-delivered must

be taken to the Institute of Museum

Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Room 609, Washington, DC 20506.

Hand-delivered applications will be

accepted between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

(Washington DC time) daily, except

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. An application that is handdelivered will not be accepted after 4:30

p.m. on the deadline date.

ADDRESSES: Institute of Museum

Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca Danvers, Program Director,

(202) 606–8539. Deaf and hearing

impaired individuals may call the TDD

Line, (202) 606–8636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The issue

of learning in a museum setting is

complex. Here, learning is viewed both

as a process (involving perception and

memory as shaped by prior experience

to develop neurological structures) and

as a product (including a range of ideas,

feelings and sensations). This view

mandates a broad conception in

considering museum learning.

As defined here, museums include

art, history, natural history, and science

museums; art, nature and science

centers; historic houses and sites;

children’s museums planetariums,

arboretums and botanical gardens, zoos

and aquariums and general and

specialized museums. They provide a

wide range of content to a virtually

unlimited variety of audiences. Thus the

issues of museum learning cuts across a

broad spectrum of contexts and

contents.

Museums share many of the

characteristics of other educational

organizations both in their educational

missions and in their conduct of

educational practice. However, museum

based learning has important

dimensions which may afford unique

experiences for learners:

Museums learning is inherently

sensory, experiential and contextual.

Much of what a visitor learns in a

museum is subject specific, generally

based on that museum’s role as a

repository of cultural artifacts, but much
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of it is not. Museum learning is often

‘‘object-centered’’ and activity

centered,’’ but visitors also perceive and

remember the other facets of a museum

experience including the rich social,

physical and personal contexts.

Museum learning provides

opportunities for active learning and

provides for multiple points of entry

into the learning experience. Because a

museum visit may offer varied

experiences, including the potential for

discovery learning and for self-directed

and self-paced inquiry, museums may

provide learning experiences for a

variety of learners with differing

characteristics, needs expectations and

learning styles.

Although museum learning

experiences include formal, nonformal.

and informal modes, they often differ

from or transcend the typical offerings

of formal, sequential instruction tied to

specified goals with clearly identified

populations which are found in other

educational organizations.

AVAILABLE FUNDS: An award(s) is

expected to be no greater than

$1,000,000 and may be less, depending

on the availability of funds and the

quality of proposals. The supporting

funding agencies reserve the right to

make one, multiple or no awards as a

result of this request for proposals. The

coordinating agency, the Institute of

Museum Services, reserves the right to

negotiate with the applicant to ensure

that the goals of this request for

proposals are met.

APPLICATION FORMS: Applicants may

obtain application packets for Research

in Learning in Museums, Request for

Proposals, by contacting the Institute of

Museum Services, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Room 609, Washington,

DC 20506, (202) 606–8539, TDD Line—

(202) 606–8636, or e-mail at

imsinfo@ims.fed.us.

APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: In addition to

statutes and regulations referenced in

the Statement of Assurances, these

Office of Management and Budget

Circulars may apply to the management

of project activities by the cooperative

team(s), depending on the

organizational structure of the official

applicant(s): A–21 Cost Principles for

Educational Institutions; A–87 Cost

Principles for State and Local

Governments; A–102 Uniform

Administrative Requirements for Grants

and Cooperative Agreements to State

and Local Governments; A–110 Uniform

Administrative Requirement for Grants

and Other Agreements to Non-Profit

Organizations; A–122 Cost Principles

for Non-Profit Organizations; A–128

Audits of Institutions of Higher

Education and Other Non-Profit

Institutions; A–133 Audits of State and

Local Governments.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

No. 45.301, Institute of Museum Services)

Dated: May 1, 1996.

Diane B. Frankel,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–11261 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7036–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for 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 currently valid OMB control

numbers.

1. Type of submission new, revision,

or extension: Extension.

2. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR 81, Standard

Specifications for Granting of Patent

Licenses.

3. The form number if applicable:

4. How often the collection is

required: Application for licenses are

submitted once. Other reports are

submitted annually or as other events

require.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Applicants for and holders of

NRC licenses to NRC inventions.

6. An estimated number of annual

respondents: 0.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 0.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 35 hours;

however, no applications are

anticipated during the next three years.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 81

establishes the standard specifications

for the issuance of licenses to rights in

inventions covered by patents or patent

applications invested in the United

States, as represented by or in the

custody of the Commission and other

patents in which the Commission has

legal rights.

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW

(Lower Level, Washington, DC.

Members of the public who are in the

Washington, DC, area can access the

submittal via modem on the Public

Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC’s

Advanced Copy Document Library) NRC

subsystem at FedWorld, 703–321–3339.

Members of the public who are located

outside of the Washington, DC, area can

dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use

the FedWorld Internet address:

fedworld.gov (Telnet). The document

will be available on the bulletin board

for 30 days after the signature date of

this notice. If assistance is needed in

accessing the document, please contact

the FedWorld help desk at 703–487–

4608. Additional assistance in locating

the document is available from the NRC

Public Document Room, nationally at 1–

800–397–4209, or within the

Washington, DC, area at 202–634–3273.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by June 6,

1996. Peter Francis, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0121), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day

of May 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 96–11294 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

Jefferson Proving Ground (U.S. Army),

Indiana

[Docket No. 040–08838]

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Finding of no significant impact

associated with amendment to Materials

License SUB–1435 for Release of Area

South of Firing Line for Unrestricted

Use, U.S. Army Jefferson Proving

Ground, Madison, IN.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission is considering issuing an

amendment to Material License No.

SUB–1435, to release, for unrestricted

use, that portion of the U.S. Army