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secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential; and 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. The meeting from 10 a.m. 

until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 

2009 is open to the public. 

If you need special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact: 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 1800 M Street, NW., 9th Fl., 

Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 

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

least seven (7) days prior to the meeting 

date. 

Dated June 3, 2009. 

Kate Fernstrom, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. E9–13626 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–M 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to request establishment and clearance 

of this collection. In accordance with 

the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

we are providing opportunity for public 

comment on this action. After obtaining 

and considering public comment, NSF 

will prepare the submission requesting 

OMB clearance of this collection for no 

longer than 3 years. 

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 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by August 10, 2009 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton on (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 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Clearance for Program 

Review of the Science and Technology 

Centers (STC): Integrative Partnership 

Program 

Title of Collection: Program Review of 

the National Science Foundation’s 

(NSF) Science and Technology Centers: 

Integrative Partnership Program. 

OMB Control No.: 3145–(NEW). 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not 

applicable. 

Abstract 

The National Science Foundation 

(NSF) requests a three-year clearance for 

research, evaluation and data collection 

(e.g., surveys and interviews) from 

graduate student and postdoctoral 

participants in the Science and 

Technology Centers: Integrative 

Partnerships (STC) Program. Other STC 

stakeholders typically are limited to 

PhD scientists and engineers and faculty 

and administrators from universities 

and not-for-profit institutions and 

industrial/business partners, NSF 

employees and former NSF employees 

and intergovernmental personnel act 

(IPA) appointees. 

The STC program provides multiyear 

(up to ten years) support to STCs as 

continuing awards that are among the 

largest (up to $4 million a year) awarded 

by the National Science Foundation 

(NSF). This support fuels innovation 

and builds intellectual and physical 

infrastructure within and among 

disciplines in the integrative conduct of 

research, education, and knowledge 

transfer. The STC program currently 

funds a total of 17 Centers—five 

beginning in 2000, six beginning in 

2002, two beginning in 2005, and four 

beginning in 2006. STCs conduct worldclass research through partnerships 

among academic institutions, national 

laboratories, industrial organizations, 

and/or other public/private entities, and 

via international collaborations, as 

appropriate. STCs enable and foster 

excellence in education, the integration 

of research and education, and the 

creation of bonds between learning and 

inquiry so that discovery and creativity 

more fully support the learning process. 

In addition, STCs capitalize on diversity 

through participation in Center 

activities and demonstrate leadership in 

the involvement of groups 

underrepresented in science and 

engineering. 

Based on prior evaluations of the 

program, the National Science Board 

(NSB) approved the continuation of 

Science and Technology Centers 

through the establishment of new 

program solicitations and several new 

competitions. As part of the 

continuation, the NSB required the 

program to conduct a program 

evaluation of the outcomes and impact 

of the program seven years after the first 

new cohort of Centers were established 

(Memorandum to Members of the 

National Science Board, February 13, 

1997). 

A related data collection effort that 

consists of general grantee reporting is 

approved for program monitoring under 

OMB 3145–0194. To enable effective 

oversight of its investment, the NSF 

requires that each currently funded 

Center submit an annual progress report 

that describes all activities of the Center; 

each existing Center began submitting 

an annual report at the end of its first 

year. While a database of Centers’ 

characteristics, activities, and outcomes 

has been created using data from these 

annual reports, supplemental 

information is required to fulfill the 

evaluative needs of the program. 

NSF has planned a new program 

review of STC, and has contracted with 

Abt Associates Inc. to provide for 

analytic and technical support, to 

include data collection and analysis, for 

an expert peer review of the program. 

To help fulfill the evaluation needs of 

the program, NSF has planned to collect 

data that is designed to explore the 

structures and processes the STCs and 

their participating universities have in 

place for developing the human capital 

of program participants and for fostering 

a variety of career paths. The primary 

methods of data collection will include 

data gathering from open sources and 

from records at NSF and grantee centers 

and from surveys of program 

participants. There are a bounded (or 

limited) number of respondents within 

the general public who will be affected 

by this research, including former 

graduate student and postdoctoral 

fellow participants of the centers. NSF 

will use the STC program evaluation 


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data and analyses to provide members 

of an expert peer review panel with 

information about the program’s role in 

the talent development and on the 

career paths taken by students who 

participated in STCs and were involved 

in particular STC activities. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, Federal Government, and 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1700. 

Burden on the Public: 850 hours. 

Dated: June 5, 2009. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. E9–13712 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. NRC–2009–0186] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

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 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: Policy Statement on 

Cooperation with States at Commercial 

Nuclear Power Plants and Other 

Production or Utilization Facilities; 

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0163; 

3. How often the collection is 

required: On occasion, when a State 

wishes to observe NRC inspections or 

perform inspections for NRC; 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

Those States interested in observing or 

performing inspections; 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

56 (50 for nuclear facility licensees + 6 

for materials security licensees); 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 800 hours (approximately 10 

hours per response); 

7. Abstract: States wishing to enter 

into an agreement with NRC to observe 

or participate in NRC inspections at 

nuclear power facilities or conduct 

materials security inspections against 

NRC Orders are requested to provide 

certain information to the NRC to ensure 

close cooperation and consistency with 

the NRC inspection program, as 

specified by the Commission’s Policy of 

Cooperation with States at Commercial 

Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear 

Production or Utilization Facilities and 

Section 274i of the Atomic Energy Act, 

as amended. 

Submit, by August 10, 2009, 

comments that address the following 

questions: 

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? 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. OMB clearance 

requests are available at the NRC 

worldwide Web site: http:// 

www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment/omb/index.html. The 

document will be available on the NRC 

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–2009–0186. 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–2009–0186. Mail 

comments to 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– 

415–6874, or by e-mail to 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day 

of June 2009. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Tremaine Donnell, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–13704 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0042] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently 

submitted to OMB for review the 

following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby 

informs potential respondents that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

that a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The NRC published a Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

March 23, 2009. 

1. Type of submission, new, revision, 

or extension: Extension. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 748, ‘‘National 

Source Tracking Transaction Report.’’ 

3. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0202. 

4. The form number if applicable: 

NRC Form 748. 

5. How often the collection is 

required: Initially, at completion of a 

transaction, and at inventory 

reconciliation. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

report: Licensees that manufacture, 

receive, transfer, disassemble, or 

dispose of nationally tracked sources. 

7. An estimate of the number of 

annual responses: 1,350. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 1,350 (350 NRC Licensees 

+ 1,000 Agreement State Licensees). 

9. An estimate of the total number of 

hours needed annually to complete the 

requirement or request: 412. 

10. Abstract: In 2006, The NRC 

amended its regulations to implement a 


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