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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) 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,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Richard A. Sloan 202–616–7600,

Director, Policy Directives and

Instructions Branch, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, U.S. Department

of Justice, Room 5307, 425 I Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20536. Additionally,

comments and/or suggestions regarding

the item(s) contained in this notice,

especially regarding the estimated

public burden and associated response

time may also be directed to Mr.

Richard A. Sloan.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Revision of a currently approved

collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Application for Posthumous

Citizenship.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection: Form N–644. Office of

Examinations, Adjudications,

Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as brief

abstract: Primary: Individuals or

Households. The information collected

will be used to determine an applicant’s

eligibility to request posthumous

citizenship status for a decedent and to

determine the decedent’s eligibility for

such status.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 50 responses at 1 hour and 50

minutes (1.83) per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 92 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: July 3, 1996.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

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Office of Justice Programs

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ) No. 1088]

RIN 1121–ZA40

National Institute of Justice

Solicitation for Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against

Women: Fiscal Year 1996

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice,

Office of Justice Programs, National

Institute of Justice.

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of the National Institute of

Justice Solicitation for Research and

Evaluation on Violence Against Women:

Fiscal Year 1996.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

proposals is close of business on July

26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: National Institute of Justice,

633 Indiana Avenue, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tawana Waugh, U.S. Department of

Justice Response Center, at 800–421–

6770 (in Metropolitan Washington, DC,

202–307–1480).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following supplementary information is

provided:

Authority

This action is authorized under the

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968, §§ 201–03, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 3721–23 (1988).

Background

The National Institute of Justice is

soliciting a second year of research and

evaluation proposals responsive to the

evaluation and research requirements

related to the Violence Against Women

Act—Title IV of the Violent Crime

Control and Law Enforcement Act of

1994, and related violence against

women issues.

Interested organizations should call

the National Criminal Justice Reference

Service (NCJRS) at 1–800–851–3420 to

obtain a copy of ‘‘Solicitation for

Research and Evaluation on Violence

Against Women’’ (refer to document No.

SL000144). The solicitation is available

electronically via the NCJRS Bulletin

Board, which can be accessed via

Internet. Telnet to

ncjrsbbs.aspensys.com, or gopher to

ncjrs.aspensys.com 71. For World Wide

Web access, connect to the Justice

Information Center at http://

www.ncjrs.org. Those without Internet

access can dial the NCJRS Bulletin

Board via modem: dial 301–738–8895.

Set modem at 9600 baud, 8–N–1.

Jeremy Travis,

Director, National Institute of Justice.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 96–070]

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council.

DATES: July 24, 1996, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.;

and July 25, 1996, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Room 9H40, 300

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546–

0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Anne L. Accola, Code Z, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546–0001, 202/358–

0682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—Update on NASA Activities

—Cross-fertilization between Codes S

and Y

—Bion Task Force

—Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

Program

—Reusable Launch Vehicle Program

—Cassini Environmental Assessment

—Summary of Air Force Science

Advisory Board New Vistas Report

—Committee/Task Force Reports

—Discussion of Issues Regarding NASA

Questions

—Discussion of Findings and

Recommendations

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register. Due to

unavoidable circumstances, this Federal

Register notice is being published less
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than 15 days prior to the date of the

meeting.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Alan M. Ladwig,

Acting Advisory Committee Management

Officer, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–17442 Filed 7–9–96; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste; Notice of Meeting

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 85th

meeting on August 21–23, 1996, Room

T–2B3, at 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland. The date of this

meeting was previously published in

the Federal Register on Wednesday,

December 6, 1995 (60 FR 62485).

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance.

The agenda for this meeting shall be

as follows:

Wednesday, August 21, 1996—8:30 a.m. until

6:00 p.m.

Thursday, August 22, 1996—8:30 a.m. until

6:00 p.m.

Friday, August 23, 1996—8:30 a.m. until 4:00

p.m.

During this meeting, the Committee

plans to consider the following:

A. Thermal-Mechanical-HydrologicalChemical Coupled Processes—The

Committee will devote an entire day to

a study of the Department of Energy and

NRC staff plans to develop and use

coupled process models in evaluating

various aspects of repository

performance. The Committee will

investigate how thermal input to the

host rock and ground water system will

effect the hydrolic, mechanical, and

chemical characteristics and processes

of the geologic systems.

B. Meeting with the Director, NRC’s

Division of Waste Management, Office

of Nuclear Materials Safety and

Safeguards—The Director will discuss

items of current interest related to the

Division of Waste Management

programs which may include: progress

at the Yucca Mountain site, the status of

EPA’s Yucca Mountain standards and

NRC’s high-level waste regulations, and

the status of a branch technical position

on low-level waste performance

assessment.

C. Preparation of ACNW Reports—

The Committee will discuss proposed

reports, including: specifying a critical

group and reference biosphere to be

used in a performance assessment of a

nuclear waste disposal facility, the

consideration of coupled processes

(Thermal-Mechanical-HydrologicalChemical) in the design of a high-level

waste repository, and comments on a

Branch Technical Position on the use of

Expert Elicitation.

D. Technical Guidance on Expert

Elicitation—The Committee will review

the NRC staff’s draft technical position

on the use of expert elicitation in the

licensing of a nuclear waste disposal

facility.

E. Time of Compliance in Low-Level

Waste Disposal—The Committee will

discuss options for setting a regulatory

time of compliance for a low-level waste

disposal facility. Participation by

representatives of individual states is

anticipated.

F. Committee Activities/Future

Agenda—The Committee will consider

topics proposed for future consideration

by the full Committee and Working

Groups. The Committee will discuss

ACNW-related activities of individual

members.

G. Miscellaneous—The Committee

will discuss miscellaneous matters

related to the conduct of Committee

activities and organizational activities

and complete discussion of matters and

specific issues that were not completed

during previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACNW meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

September 27, 1995 (60 FR 49924). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented

by members of the public, electronic

recordings will be permitted only

during those portions of the meeting

that are open to the public, and

questions may be asked only by

members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr.

Richard K. Major, as far in advance as

practicable so that appropriate

arrangements can be made to allow the

necessary time during the meeting for

such statements. Use of still, motion

picture, and television cameras during

this meeting may be limited to selected

portions of the meeting as determined

by the ACNW Chairman. Information

regarding the time to be set aside for this

purpose may be obtained by contacting

the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch prior to

the meeting. In view of the possibility

that the schedule for ACNW meetings

may be adjusted by the Chairman as

necessary to facilitate the conduct of the

meeting, persons planning to attend

should check with Mr. Major if such

rescheduling would result in major

inconvenience.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefor can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Richard K.

Major, Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch

(telephone 301/415–7366), between 8:00

a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available on FedWorld from the ‘‘NRC

MAIN MENU.’’ Direct Dial Access

number to FedWorld is (800) 303–9672;

the local direct dial number is 703–321–

3339.

Dated: July 3, 1996.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Office.

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the

Railroad Retirement Board will hold a

meeting on July 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m., at

the Board’s meeting room on the 8th

floor of its headquarters building, 844

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois,

60611. The agenda for this meeting

follows:

(1) Draft Legislation to Enhance Debt

Collection Efforts: Section 12(o) Lien

Authority.

(2) Legislative Program for Fiscal Year

1998.

(3) Administrative Circular REF(IRM)–1.

Custon Tailored Information Services.

(4) Coverage Determinations:

A. WCL Railcars, Inc.

B. Contract Rail Service Company.

(5) Regulations—Part 211, Pay for Time

Lost.

(6) Medicare Part B Services (Contract No.

92RRB006) and Update on Status Of

Medicare Transaction System (MTS) and Of

Meetings with MetraHealth and Health Care

Financing Administration (HCFA).

(7) Labor Member Truth in Budgeting

Status Report.

The entire meeting will be open to the

public. The person to contact for more

information is Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board, Phone No. 312–

751–4920.

Dated: July 5, 1996.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

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