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Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 

(202) 653–4676; TDD (202) 653–4614 at 

least seven (7) days prior to the meeting 

date. 

Dated: October 7, 2010. 

Nancy E. Weiss, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26005 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–M 

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Federated Indians of 

the Graton Rancheria Casino and 

Hotel, Sonoma County, CA 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission (NIGC). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq., the NIGC, in cooperation with the 

Federated Indians of the Graton 

Rancheria (the ‘‘Graton Rancheria’’), 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision (ROD) for the Federated 

Indians of the Graton Rancheria Casino 

and Hotel, Sonoma County, CA. 

ADDRESSES: The document is available 

electronically on the following websites: 

http://www.gratoneis.com, http://www.

nigc.gov/Environment_Public_Health_

Safety/NEPA_Compliance.aspx. Hard 

copies of the document are available for 

viewing at the following addresses: 

Rohnert Park—Cotati Regional Library 

and Santa Rosa Central Library, general 

information, including directions and 

office hours is available online at: 

http://www.sonoma.lib.ca.us/branches/ 

or by calling (707) 584–9121 for the 

Rohnert Park—Cotati Regional Library 

or (707) 545–0831 for the Santa Rosa 

Central Library. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to request a copy 

of the ROD, please contact: Brad 

Mehaffy, NEPA Compliance Officer, 

National Indian Gaming Commission, 

1441 L Street, NW., Suite 9100, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Phone: (202) 632–7003, Ext. 256. 

Fax: (202) 632–7066. 

E-mail: bradley_mehaffy@nigc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ROD 

covered by this Notice of Availability 

(NOA) is for the Federated Indians of 

the Graton Rancheria Casino and Hotel, 

Sonoma County, CA. The NIGC 

approves Alternative H–sub1 as the 

preferred alternative (see Attachment 3 

of the ROD). 

Authority: This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 1506.6 of the 

Council of Environmental Quality 

Regulations 40 CFR, parts 1500 through 

1508 implementing the procedural 

requirements of the NEPA of 1969, as 

amended 42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq. This 

notice is also published in accordance 

with 40 CFR 93.155, which provides 

reporting requirements for conformity 

determinations. 

Dated: October 8, 2010. 

Tracie Stevens, 

Chairwoman. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26074 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, the 

National Science Foundation invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this information collection. 

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. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection; they also will 

become a matter of public record. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by December 14, 2010 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 

295, Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

COMMENTS: Contact Suzanne Plimpton, 

the NSF Reports Clearance Officer, 

phone (703) 292–7556, or send e-mail to 

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, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Major Research Instrumentation 

(MRI) Program. Outcomes Survey. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Abstract 

The Major Research Instrumentation 

Program (MRI) catalyzes new knowledge 

and discoveries by providing the 

Nation’s scientists and engineers with 

state-of-the-art research 

instrumentation. The MRI Program 

enables research-intensive learning 

environments that promote the 

development of a diverse workforce and 

next generation instrumentation, as well 

as facilitates academic/private sector 

partnerships. Among the goals of the 

MRI Program are: 

• Supporting the acquisition of major 

state-of-the-art instrumentation, thereby 

improving access to, and increased use 

of, modern research and research 

training instrumentation by a diverse 

workforce of scientists, engineers, and 

graduate and undergraduate students; 

• Fostering the development of the 

next generation of instrumentation, 

resulting in new instruments that are 

more widely used, and/or open up new 

areas of research and research training; 

• Enabling academic departments, 

disciplinary and cross-disciplinary units 

organizations and multi-organization 

collaborations to create well-equipped 

research environments that integrate 

research with education; 

• Supporting the acquisition and 

development of instrumentation that 

contributes to, or takes advantage of, 

existing investments in 

cyberinfrastructure, while avoiding 

duplication of services already 

provisioned by NSF investments; and 

• Promoting substantive and 

meaningful partnerships for instrument 

development between the academic and 

private sectors. Such partnerships have 

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the potential to build capacity for 

instrument development in academic 

settings and to create new products with 

wide scientific and commercial impact. 

The MRI program is seeking OMB 

approval to administer a comprehensive 

survey of all MRI awardees to better 

understand outcomes from the program. 

Expected Respondents 

The respondents will be current and 

former MRI awardees all based at 

academic and non-profit organizations. 

Quantitative procedures will be fielded 

using Web-based modes. Up to 3,600 

MRI awardees (respondents) will be 

contacted to request their participation 

in the survey. As needed, each MRI 

awardee will be contacted with 

reminders to complete the survey no 

more than twice during the survey’s 

duration under this generic clearance. 

Technology will be heavily utilized to 

limit the burden on respondents. 

Use of the Information 

The purpose of this survey of MRI 

awardees is to better understand 

outcomes of NSF MRI-related 

investments. The data will be used 

internally to inform NSF as it considers 

future improvements to the MRI 

program, and to gain a better 

understanding regarding the program’s 

impact on associated research and 

education activities. Findings may be 

presented externally in technical papers 

at conferences, published in the 

proceedings of conferences, or in 

journals. 

Burden on the Public 

Number of Respondents: 3600. 

Number of Minutes per Response: 30. 

Overall Burden Request (in hours): 

1800. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Suzanne Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26020 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No.: 40–8905; NRC–2010–0326] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for License 

Amendment No. 61 for Rio Algom 

Mining LLC, Ambrosia Lake, NM— 

SUA–1473 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas McLaughlin, Project Manager, 

Materials Decommissioning Branch, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 

(301) 415–5869; fax number: (301) 415– 

5369; e-mail: 

Thomas.McLaughlin@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) is considering the issuance of a 

license amendment to Source Materials 

License SUA–1473 issued to Rio Algom 

Mining LLC (Rio Algom, or the 

Licensee) to authorize an alternate onsite disposal cell location for disposal of 

byproduct material at its Ambrosia Lake 

Mill Facility, in Ambrosia Lake, New 

Mexico. The NRC has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for this 

proposed action in accordance with the 

requirements of 10 CFR part 51. Based 

on the EA, the NRC has concluded that 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to 

the proposed action. The amendment 

will be issued following the publication 

of this Notice. 

The Licensee previously has 

addressed, and the NRC has approved, 

the remaining site-wide reclamation 

plan elements through separate 

licensing actions, including the original 

reclamation plan for Tailings Ponds 1, 2, 

and 3 Disposal Cells (approved in 

September 1990), mill demolition, 

relocation of lined evaporation pond 

sediments, soil decommissioning plan, 

and groundwater remediation. The 

expansion of Tailings Pond Disposal 

Cell 2 was approved by License 

Amendment No. 58. The current 

licensing action is to provide an 

alternate on-site disposal area for 

placing byproduct material such as mill 

building debris and windblown 

impacted soil. 

II. Environmental Assessment 

Summary 

The purpose of the proposed 

amendment is to authorize an alternate 

on-site disposal cell location at the 

Licensee’s Ambrosia Lake Mill Facility, 

in Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico. By 

letter dated April 26, 2010, Rio Algom 

submitted a request to the NRC for 

approval of an alternate on-site disposal 

cell location for disposal of byproduct 

material. 

Rio Algom proposes placing 

byproduct materials, consisting 

primarily of mill building debris and 

windblown impacted soils, in the 

former ore-storage area west of the 

existing mill office, and stabilizing the 

materials in accordance with NRC 

standards in 10 CFR part 40. The cover 

over the disposal area would consist of 

a radon/infiltration barrier, overlain by 

a frost protection layer and rock erosion 

protection layers. Following approval by 

NRC of successful remediation of the 

area pursuant to the Reclamation Plan, 

the construction will be completed and 

the site eventually will be transferred to 

DOE. 

The staff, in coordination with the 

New Mexico Environmental Department 

(NMED), has prepared the EA in support 

of the proposed license amendment. 

The EA evaluates the construction of an 

alternate on-site disposal cell and is 

limited to the construction impacts as 

all other impacts (long-term and 

indirect) were previously evaluated in 

the Tailings Pond 2 expansion EA 

completed in November 2007, in 

connection with License Amendment 

No. 58. 

The potential direct impacts from 

construction activities primarily would 

be dust generation due to excavating 

material to form the channel, noise 

generated by construction equipment, 

and water surface runoff. The staff has 

determined that these potential direct 

impacts would be sufficiently mitigated, 

and the potential impacts at the tailings 

cell area would be small as the area is 

already disturbed from site reclamation 

activities. 

Three alternatives to the proposed 

action were considered and rejected, 

including: no action, increasing the 

capacity of disposal area #2, or selecting 

another disposal area at the facility. 

II. Finding of No Significant Impact 

Based on the analysis contained in 

this EA, the staff concluded that there 

are no significant environmental 

impacts from the proposed action, and 

that the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement is not 

warranted. Accordingly, the NRC 

determined that a Finding of No 

Significant Impact is appropriate. 

III. Further Information 

Documents related to this action, 

including the application for 

amendment and supporting 

documentation, are available 

electronically at the NRC’s Electronic 

Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, 

you can access the NRC’s Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

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