Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 68917 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street (All visitors 

must use Diagonal Road Entrance), 

Alexandria, VA 22314–3428 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Quarterly Report on Corporate 

Stabilization Fund. 

2. Board Briefing, Estimated Range of 

Premiums for the NCUSIF and 

Assessment for the Corporate 

Stabilization Fund. 

3. 2015 Operating Budget. 

4. 2015 Overhead Transfer Rate. 

5. 2015 Operating Fee Assessment 

Scale. 

RECESS: 12:00 p.m. 

TIME AND DATE: 12:15 p.m., Thursday, 

November 20, 2014. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Share Insurance Appeal. Closed 

pursuant to Exemption (6). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerard Poliquin, Secretary of the Board, 

Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Gerard Poliquin, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27510 Filed 11–17–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978. 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications 

Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 

45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of permit applications received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by December 19, 2014. This 

application 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 a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details: 

Permit Application: 2015–015 

1. Applicant: Dr. Joseph A Covi, 

University of North Carolina at 

Wilmington, Biological and Marine 

Biological Department, Wilmington, 

NC 28403. 

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested 

ASPA entry. Applicant desires to 

collect sediment samples from lakes, 

ephemeral ponds, and terrestrial slopes 

in the ASPAS, to assess the presence 

and potential origin of anthropogenic 

chemicals in lake and ephemeral pond 

sediments. Up to 54 samples of lake 

sediment, 54–108 samples of ephemeral 

pond sediment, and 54 samples of 

terrestrial sediment would be taken. 

Sediment disturbance would be limited 

to 15x15cm and 2.5cm in depth for lake 

and dry sediments. If ice cover allows 

traversing across a lake, samples taken 

through ice holes would be 30cm deep 

and 6cm in diameter. 

Location 

King George Island ASPAs 132 (Potter 

Peninsula), 150 (Ardley Island), and 171 

(Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula). 

Dates 

February 1, 2015–March 1, 2016. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of 

Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27363 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. NRC–2014–0247] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to 

submit an information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) invites public 

comment about our intention to request 

the OMB’s approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. The title of the information 

collection: 10 CFR Part 31, General 

Domestic Licenses for Byproduct 

Material. 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0016. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: Reports are submitted as 

events occur. General license 

registration requests may be submitted 

at any time. Changes to the information 

on the registration may be submitted as 

they occur. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Persons receiving, possessing, using, or 

transferring devices containing 

byproduct material. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

10,929 (971 NRC respondents, 9,958 

Agreement State respondents). 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 36,186 hours (4,843 hours for 

NRC licensees + 31,343 hours for 

Agreement State licensees). 

7. Abstract: Part 31 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

establishes general licenses for the 

possession and use of byproduct 

material in certain devices. General 

licensees are required to keep testing 

records and submit event reports 

identified in Part 31, which assist the 

NRC in determining with reasonable 

assurance that devices are operated 

safely and without radiological hazard 

to users or the public. 

Submit, by January 20, 2015, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

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68918 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 2014 / Notices 

1Notice of the United States Postal Service Filing 

of a Functionally Equivalent International Business 

Reply Service Competitive Contract 3 Negotiated 

Service Agreement, November 12, 2014 (Notice). 

1. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the NRC to 

properly perform its functions? Does the 

information have practical utility? 

2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 

3. Is there a way to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected? 

4. How can the burden of the 

information collection be minimized, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology? 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly-available 

documents, including the draft 

supporting statement, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, Room O–1F21, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 

OMB clearance requests are available at 

the NRC’s Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/ 

public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The 

document will be available on the 

NRC’s home page site for 60 days after 

the signature date of this notice. 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be made available 

for public inspection. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. Comments submitted should 

reference Docket No. NRC–2014–0247. 

You may submit your comments by any 

of the following methods: Electronic 

comments go to http://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. NRC–2014–0247. Mail 

comments to the NRC Clearance Officer, 

Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

Questions about the information 

collection requirements may be directed 

to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine 

Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301– 

415–6258, or by email to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day 

of November, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27317 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2015–10; Order No. 2248] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing concerning 

an additional International Business 

Reply Service negotiated service 

agreement. This notice informs the 

public of the filing, invites public 

comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 

20, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On November 12, 2014, the Postal 

Service filed notice that it has entered 

into an additional International 

Business Reply Service (IBRS 3) 

negotiated service agreement 

(Agreement).1

To support its Notice, the Postal 

Service filed a copy of the Agreement, 

a copy of the Governors’ Decision 

authorizing the product, a certification 

of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a), 

and an application for non-public 

treatment of certain materials. It also 

filed supporting financial workpapers. 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2015–10 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Notice. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s filing is 

consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 

3642, 39 CFR part 3015, and 39 CFR 

part 3020, subpart B. Comments are due 

no later than November 20, 2014. The 

public portions of the filing can be 

accessed via the Commission’s Web site 

(http://www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Pamela A. 

Thompson to serve as Public 

Representative in this docket. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. CP2015–10 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Postal Service’s 

Notice. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Pamela 

A. Thompson is appointed to serve as 

an officer of the Commission to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this proceeding (Public 

Representative). 

3. Comments are due no later than 

November 20, 2014. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27288 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2015–9; Order No. 2249] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing concerning 

an addition of Global Expedited Package 

Services 3 to the competitive product 

list. This notice informs the public of 

the filing, invites public comment, and 

takes other administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: November 

20, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On November 12, 2014, the Postal 

Service filed notice that it has entered 

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