45792 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 6, 2008 / Notices 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, August 11, 2008, at 9 a.m.–3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room M–07 at the Old Post Office, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael P. McDonald, Advisory 

Committee Management Officer, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; 

telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 

606–8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting of the 

Humanities Panel is to solicit and 

collect advice and comments on the 

Endowment’s EDSITEment program. 

EDSITEment is an online educational 

partnership between the Endowment 

and the Verizon foundation, 

Thinkfinity.org and can be accessed at 

http://edsitement.neh.gov/. The meeting 

is open to the public. A 10-minute time 

slot is reserved for public comments at 

the end of the meeting. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–17982 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

National Science Board; Request for 

Public Comment on Use of Cost 

Sharing in National Science 

Foundation-Funded Activities 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: On August 9, 2007, the 

America COMPETES Act directed the 

National Science Board (Board) of the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) to 

‘‘evaluate the impact of its [2004] policy 

to eliminate cost sharing for research 

grants and cooperative agreements for 

existing programs that were developed 

around industry partnerships and 

historically required industry cost 

sharing, such as the Engineering 

Research Centers [ERCs] and Industry/ 

University Cooperative Research 

Centers [I/UCRCs].’’ The Act directed 

that the Board ‘‘also consider the impact 

that the cost sharing policy has on 

initiating new programs for which 

industry interest and participation are 

sought.’’

In fall 2007, the Board charged a Task 

Force on Cost Sharing to evaluate the 

impacts of its 2004 policy on the ERC 

and I/UCRC programs and also on the 

Experimental Program to Stimulate 

Competitive Research (EPSCoR), 

another NSF program with capacitybuilding goals. On February 8, 2008, the 

Board issued a report to Congress 

containing several recommendations 

regarding mandatory cost sharing policy 

at NSF (http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/ 

publications/2008/ 

rprt_congress_cs_policy.pdf ). The 

Board is continuing its study, focusing 

now on voluntary cost sharing and the 

impact of both mandatory and voluntary 

cost sharing on broadening the 

participation of traditionally 

underrepresented groups and 

organizations in federally sponsored 

research. The Board’s intent is to release 

a second, more comprehensive report on 

NSF cost sharing policy in early 2009. 

Qualitative input from the research 

community for this report will be drawn 

in part from responses to this notice and 

from two public roundtable discussions 

held in Arlington, VA on July 9 and 10, 

2008. 

The Board is soliciting public 

comment regarding community 

experiences in cost sharing with 

emphasis on the following: (1) The 

relationship between cost sharing and 

NSF program goals; (2) the relationship 

between cost sharing and institutional 

competitiveness in NSF grant funding; 

(3) the role of cost sharing in the NSF 

merit review process; (4) the importance 

of types, sources, and timing of 

voluntary cost sharing; (5) effort 

associated with tracking and reporting 

cost-shared resources; (6) the 

relationship between cost sharing and 

institutional strategic investment; (7) 

options for ensuring equity in NSF grant 

funding when cost sharing is either 

required or volunteered; (8) research 

resources from state providers; and (9) 

research resources from industry 

providers. 

Full text of questions can be found at 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committees/cs/ 

comment.jsp. Additional background 

material about the Task Force can be 

found at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/ 

committees/tskforce_cs.jsp. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jennifer Richards, 

Executive Secretary, Task Force on Cost 

Sharing, National Science Board Office, 

National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1220, 

Arlington, VA 22230; telephone (703) 

292–7000; FAX (703) 292–9008; e-mail 

nsbcostsharing@nsf.gov. Due to 

potential delays in NSB’s receipt and 

processing of mail sent through the U.S. 

Postal Service, we encourage 

respondents to submit comments 

electronically to ensure timely receipt. 

We cannot guarantee that comments 

mailed will be received before the 

comment closing date. Please include 

‘‘Cost Sharing’’ in the subject line of the 

e-mail message, and your name, title, 

organization, postal address, telephone 

number, and e-mail address in the text 

of the e-mail message. Please also 

include the full body of your comments 

in the text of the e-mail message and as 

an attachment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Richards at the addresses noted 

above. 

Ann Ferrante, 

Writer-Editor, National Science Board Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–18023 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 52–027 and 52–028] 

South Carolina Electric and Gas 

Company as Itself and Acting as Agent 

for the South Carolina Public Service 

Company (Also Referred to as Santee 

Cooper) Acceptance for Docketing of 

an Application for Combined License 

for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station 

Units 2 and 3 

By letter dated March 27, 2008, South 

Carolina Electric and Gas Company 

(SCE&G), acting for itself and as an 

agent for South Carolina Public Service 

Company (also referred to as Santee 

Cooper) submitted an application to the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) for a combined license (COL) for 

two AP1000 advanced passive 

pressurized water reactors in 

accordance with the requirements 

contained in 10 CFR 52, ‘‘Licenses, 

Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear 

Power Plants.’’ These reactors will be 

identified as Virgil C. Summer Nuclear 

Station (VCSNS) Units 2 and 3 and 

located on the existing VCSNS site in 

Fairfield County, South Carolina. A 

notice of receipt and availability of this 

application was previously published in 

the Federal Register (73 FR 39339) on 

July 9, 2008. 

The NRC staff has determined that 

VCSNS has submitted information in 

accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, ‘‘Rules 

of Practice for Domestic Licensing 

Proceedings and Issuance of Orders,’’

and 10 CFR Part 52 that is acceptable for 

docketing. The docket numbers 

established for the VCSNS Units 2 and 

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3 COL application are 52–027 and 52–

028, respectively. 

The NRC staff will perform a detailed 

technical review of the application. 

Docketing of the application does not 

preclude the NRC from requesting 

additional information from the 

applicant as the review proceeds, nor 

does it predict whether the Commission 

will grant or deny the application. The 

Commission will conduct a hearing in 

accordance with Subpart L, ‘‘Informal 

Hearing Procedures for NRC 

Adjudications,’’ of 10 CFR Part 2 and 

will receive a report on the COL 

application from the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards in 

accordance with 10 CFR 52.87, ‘‘Referral 

to the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS).’’ If the Commission 

finds that the COL application meets the 

applicable standards of the Atomic 

Energy Act and the Commission’s 

regulations, and that required 

notifications to other agencies and 

bodies have been made, the Commission 

will issue a COL, in the form and 

containing conditions and limitations 

that the Commission finds appropriate 

and necessary. 

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, 

the Commission will also prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. Pursuant to 10 CFR 

51.26, and as part of the environmental 

scoping process, the staff intends to 

hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed 

information regarding this meeting will 

be included in a future Federal Register 

notice. 

Finally, the Commission will publish 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

hearing, which will notice the 

opportunity to petition to intervene. 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, Public File Area O1 

F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, and will be 

accessible electronically through the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room link at the 

NRC Web site http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. The 

application is also available at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-licensing/ 

col.html. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS or who encounter 

problems in accessing 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 1st day 

of August 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brian Hughes, 

Senior Project Manager, AP1000 Projects 

Branch 1, Division of New Reactor Licensing, 

Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E8–18004 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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Office of New Reactors; 

Interim Staff Guidance on Evaluation 

and Acceptance Criteria for 10 CFR 

20.1406 to Support Design Certification 

and Combined License Applications 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public 

comment on its Proposed Interim Staff 

Guidance (ISG) DC/COL–ISG–06 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML081850160). 

This ISG is to clarify the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC) position 

on what is an acceptable level of detail 

and content for demonstrating 

compliance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations Section 20.1406 (10 

CFR 20.1406). Regulatory Guide (RG) 

4.21, ‘‘Minimization of Contamination 

and Waste Generation: Life Cycle 

Planning,’’ provides an acceptable 

method of demonstrating compliance. 

This ISG provides further clarification 

on the evaluation and acceptance 

criteria that will be used by NRC staff 

in reaching a reasonable assurance 

finding that a Design Certification (DC) 

or Combined License (COL) applicant 

has complied with the requirements of 

10 CFR 20.1406. The NRC staff issues 

DC/COL–ISGs to facilitate timely 

implementation of the current staff 

guidance and to facilitate activities 

associated with review of applications 

for DC and COLs by the Office of New 

Reactors. The NRC staff will also 

incorporate the approved DC/COL–ISG–

006 into the next revision of the 

Standard Review Plan and related 

guidance documents. 

DATES: Comments must be filed no later 

than 30 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register . 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: Comments may be 

submitted to: Chief, Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–

0001. 

Comments should be delivered to: 

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland, Room T–6D59, between 7:30 

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. 

Persons may also provide comments via 

e-mail to Timothy J. Frye at 

timothy.frye@nrc.gov. The NRC 

maintains an Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

These documents may be accessed 

through the NRC’s Public Electronic 

Reading Room on the Internet at 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 Public 

Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy J. Frye, Chief, Health Physics 

Branch, Division of Construction, 

Inspection, & Operational Programs, 

Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC, 20555–0001; telephone 301–415–

3900 or e-mail at timothy.frye@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agency posts its issued staff guidance in 

the agency external Web page (http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/isg/). 

The NRC staff is issuing this notice to 

solicit public comments on the 

proposed COL/DC–ISG–006. After the 

NRC staff considers any public 

comments, it will make a determination 

regarding the proposed COL/DC–ISG–

006. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day 

of July 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

William D. Reckley, 

Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and 

Advanced Reactors Branch, Division of New 

Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. 

[FR Doc. E8–18012 Filed 8–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

DATES: Weeks of August 4, 11, 18, 25, 

September 1, 8, 2008. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

Week of August 4, 2008 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of August 4, 2008. 

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