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DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 10, 2014. 

Permit applications may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Division of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li 

Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov or (703) 292–7149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas as requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Description of Permit Modification 

Requested: The Foundation issued a 

permit (ACA 2014–006) to Eric 

Stangeland of Quark Expeditions on 

September 18, 2013. The issued permit 

allows the applicant to conduct waste 

management activities associated with 

tourism activities including shore 

excursions, kayaking, camping, cross 

country skiing, ice climbing and 

mountaineering in the Antarctic 

Peninsula region. Mitigation measures 

are in place to reduce the risk of nonnative species introductions and the risk 

of spills. 

A recent modification to this permit, 

dated February 13, 2014, permitted the 

applicant to allow for the conduct of 

waste management activities associated 

with conducting ice swimming and 

remote controlled camera copter 

activities. 

Now the applicant proposes a 

modification to his permit to allow for 

the conduct of waste management 

activities associated with downhill 

skiing, polar plunging, and stand up 

paddleboarding (SUPing). 

The SUPing activity would consist of 

up to 10 passengers per excursion. 

Quark staff would maintain a watch for 

leopard seals and killer whales and 

abort the activity if these animals are 

sighted. SUPers would be accompanied 

by 2 Quark staff, one on a SUP and one 

in a zodiac in case of emergency. 

Mitigation measures would be in place 

to reduce the risk of non-native species 

introductions and the risk of spills 

ashore. 

The polar plunge activity would 

consist of participants entering the 

water wearing a bathing suit, for about 

5–15 seconds. This activity would take 

place either away from land, with 

passengers wearing a safety belt, 

tethered to the ship, or from a beach 

landing. A safety zodiac with at least 

two staff members will be deployed and 

staff would maintain a watch for 

leopard seals and killer whales and 

abort the activity if these animals are 

sighted. If the activity requires a beach 

landing, mitigation measures would be 

in place to reduce the risk of non-native 

species introductions and the risk of 

spills ashore. 

The downhill ski activity is the same 

as was described for the one-off activity 

detailed in the applicant’s original 

permit application. The applicant 

wishes to carry out this activity again 

this season, and in future seasons 

depending on passenger demand. 

Location: Antarctic Peninsula Region. 

DATES: (that the mod would be valid) 

November 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of 

Polar Programs. 

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Engineering Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Engineering Advisory Committee 

Meeting #1170. 

Date/Time: October 22, 2014: 12:15 p.m. to 

6 p.m. October 23, 2014: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1235, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: OPEN. 

Contact Person: Evette Rollins, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 505, Arlington, VA 22230; Telephone 

703–292–8300. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, 

recommendations and counsel on major goals 

and policies pertaining to engineering 

programs and activities. 

Agenda: 

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 

• The Federal Advanced Manufacturing 

Landscape 

• The Future of Advanced Manufacturing 

• Directorate for Engineering Update 

• OSTP Perspective on Engineering at NSF 

Thursday, October 23, 2014 

• Perspectives from the Office of the 

Director 

• Planning for ENG AdCom Subcommittee 

Work 

• Overview, Division of Chemical, 

Bioengineering, Environmental, and 

Transport Systems (CBET) 

• Roundtable on ENG Strategic Activities 

and Recommendations 

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Suzanne Plimpton, 

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Request for Input (RFI)—National Big 

Data R&D Initiative; Correction 

AGENCY: The National Coordination 

Office (NCO) for Networking and 

Information Technology Research and 

Development (NITRD), NSF. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Wigen at 703–292–4873 or 

wigen@nitrd.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. 

DATES: To be considered, written 

comments must be received by 

November 14, 2014. 

SUMMARY: This is a correction to the 

previous submission published on 

October 2, 2014, at 79 FR 59520. The 

changes are limited to the insertion of 

links to various documents referenced 

within this notice. For additional 

information and supporting information 

please see the NITRD Web site, 

www.nitrd.gov. This request encourages 

feedback from multiple big data 

stakeholders to inform the development 

of a framework, set of priorities, and 

ultimately a strategic plan for the 

National Big Data R&D Initiative. A 

number of areas of interest have been 

identified by agency representatives in 

the Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) Big Data Senior Steering Group 

(BDSSG) as well as the many members 

of the big data R&D community that 

have participated in BDSSG events and 

workshops over the past several years. 

This RFI is a critical step in developing 

a cross-agency strategic plan that has 

broad community input and that can be 

referenced by all Federal agencies as 

they move forward over the next five to 

ten years with their own big data R&D 

programs, policies, partnerships, and 

activities. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview: This RFI is issued under 

the National Big Data R&D Initiative. 

The NITRD BDSSG is inviting broad 

community input as it develops a 

National Big Data R&D Strategic Plan 

that can be referenced by participating 

agencies as they conceive and deploy 

their own big data programs, policies, 

and activities. 

Background: The BDSSG was initially 

formed to identify big data R&D 

activities across the Federal 

Government, offer opportunities for 

agency coordination, and jointly 

develop strategies for a national 

initiative. The National Big Data R&D 

Initiative was launched in March 2012. 

Since the launch, the BDSSG has held 

numerous meetings and workshops, 

including a major showcase event of 

dozens of partnerships that will help 

advance the frontiers of big data R&D 

across the country. Many participating 

federal agencies have already 

established new big data programs, 

policies and activities and plan to do 

more in the future. Currently, the 

BDSSG is drafting a framework and 

establishing a set of priory goals for a 

National Big Data R&D Strategic Plan. 

Objective: The major goal of this RFI 

is to gather information from multiple 

sectors to inform the development of an 

effective National Big Data R&D 

Strategic Plan. After the submission 

period ends and the feedback is 

analyzed, a workshop will be held to 

further discuss and develop the input 

received. 

What We Are Looking For: As a big 

data stakeholder, we would like to (1) 

understand your particular role and 

point of view in the big data innovation 

ecosystem, and (2) using the draft, The 

National Big Data R&D Initiative: Vision 

and Areas of Interest (http://

www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/images/0/

09/Federal_BD_R%26D_Thrusts_and_

Priority_Themes.pdf), as the basis, 

encourage you to provide comments and 

suggestions for how we might best 

develop an overarching, comprehensive 

framework to support national-scale big 

data science and engineering research 

and education, discoveries and 

innovation. Please include a description 

of the areas of critical investment (either 

within or across agencies), both 

currently and within a five to ten year 

horizon. Collectively, your comments 

could focus on one or more agencies, 

the set of NITRD agencies as a whole, or 

the national effort. Please keep in mind 

that the focus is on high level strategies 

for how agencies can leverage their 

collective investments. It will not focus 

on individual agency plans and will not 

contain an implementation plan. We are 

interested in all points of view on the 

activities that can best support research, 

development, and innovation in Big 

Data. However, we are not interested in 

specific research proposals or vendor 

offerings. While the NITRD agencies 

would welcome input on policies that 

are directly relevant to big data R&D, 

those policies that are more 

appropriately determined by the 

Administration or Congress (or both) are 

not relevant to this exercise. 

Who Can Participate: This RFI is open 

to all. We especially encourage public 

and private sector organizations (e.g., 

universities, government laboratories, 

companies, non-profits) with big data 

interests to submit their ideas. 

Participants must also be willing to have 

their ideas posted for discussion on a 

public Web site and included with 

possible attribution in the plan. 

Submission Format: All responses 

must be no more than two (2) pages long 

(12 pt. font, 1′′ margins) and include: 

• Who you are—name, credentials, 

organization 

• Your contact information 

• Your experience working with big 

data and your role in the big data 

innovation ecosystem 

• Comments and suggestions based on 

reading the initial framework, The 

National Big Data R&D Initiative: 

Vision and Priority Actions http://

www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/images/0/

09/Federal_BD_R%26D_Thrusts_and_

Priority_Themes.pdf), and guided by 

the following questions: 

Æ What are the gaps that are not 

addressed in the Visions and Priority 

Actions document? 

Æ From an interagency perspective, 

what do you think are the most high 

impact ideas at the frontiers of big data 

research and development? 

Æ What new research, education, and/ 

or infrastructure investments do you 

think will be game-changing for the big 

data innovation ecosystem? 

Æ How can the federal government 

most effectively enable new 

partnerships, particularly those that 

cross sectors or domains? 

• A short explanation of why you feel 

your contribution/ideas should be 

included in the strategic plan 

• Examples, where appropriate 

In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), 

responses to this notice are not offers 

and cannot be accepted by the 

Government to form a binding contract. 

Responders are solely responsible for all 

expenses associated with responding to 

this RFI, including any subsequent 

requests for proposals. 

Submitted by the National Science 

Foundation for the National 

Coordination Office (NCO) for 

Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) on October 6, 2014. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

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comment. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

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