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29, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Inputs 

and master files associated with an 

electronic information system that 

tracks contacts made by the agency with 

individuals other than the taxpayer 

whose tax liability is the subject of the 

requests. 

42. Agency for International 

Development, Office of Human 

Resources (N1–286–09–1, 1 item, 1 

temporary item). Electronic data 

concerning agency personnel used to 

facilitate human resources processes. 

43. Federal Housing Finance Agency, 

Office of the General Counsel (N1–543– 

09–1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 

Administrative hearing and litigation 

case files relating to cases in which the 

agency is a party or has an interest. 

44. National Archives and Records 

Administration, Office of Records 

Services—Washington, D.C. (N1–64–09– 

3, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master 

files and other records associated with 

an electronic information system used 

to process and track Freedom of 

Information Act requests that involve 

records that are not security classified. 

45. National Archives and Records 

Administration, Office of Records 

Services—Washington, D.C. (N1–64–09– 

4, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master 

files and other records associated with 

an electronic information system used 

to process and track declassification 

review projects and Freedom of 

Information Act and Mandatory Review 

requests that involve security classified 

records. 

46. Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence, National 

Counterintelligence Executive (N1–576– 

08–5, 38 items, 16 temporary items). 

Records relating to facilitating U.S. 

counterintelligence efforts, including 

such materials as administrative 

records, attorney’s working files, 

reference materials, extra copies of 

facilities information, non-substantive 

drafts and work papers, and background 

materials relating to counterintelligence 

matters including training. Also 

included are non-precedent setting 

determinations as to whether companies 

seeking to do business with the U.S. 

Intelligence Community pose security 

threats, and non-precedent setting 

assessments as to whether foreign 

financial interests seeking to invest in 

U.S. businesses represent a security 

threat. Proposed for permanent 

retention are precedent-setting 

determinations and assessments of 

companies and foreign financial 

interests. Also proposed for permanent 

retention are such records as controlled 

communications documenting the 

organization’s mission, agendas and 

minutes of the National 

Counterintelligence Policy Board, 

periodic reports to Congress, working 

group records, evaluations of 

counterintelligence plans of other 

Federal agencies, research reports 

relating to counterintelligence training, 

record copies of counterintelligence 

course material, damage assessment 

case files and other records relating to 

counterintelligence breaches throughout 

the Federal government, records relating 

to technology and counterintelligence 

efforts, strategic policy and planning 

records, and substantive work papers. 

47. Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence, Country Mission Managers 

(N1–576–09–2, 5 items, 1 temporary 

item). Non-substantive working papers 

relating to integrating collection and 

analysis on specific countries across the 

Intelligence Community. Proposed for 

permanent retention are program subject 

files, substantive working papers, 

controlled communications, and the 

files of boards and working groups 

comprised of senior officials. 

48. Tennessee Valley Authority, 

Information Management (N1–142–09– 

4, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records 

associated with an electronic 

information system that consolidates 

multiple work and management 

processes. Records relate to the 

management of physical plant, and 

work force assets related to such 

activities as power generation, 

transmission, and distribution, water 

treatment, and the operation of facilities 

and vehicles. 

49. Western Area Power 

Administration, Agency-wide (N1–201– 

09–1, 5 items, 5 temporary items). 

Inputs, outputs, and master files 

associated with an electronic 

information system that is used for 

managing business process, payments, 

disbursements, assets, revenues, and 

other financial matters. 

Dated: June 29, 2009. 

Sharon G. Thibodeau, 

Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records 

Services—Washington, DC. 

[FR Doc. E9–15833 Filed 7–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541) 

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 

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 August 5, 2009. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadene G. Kennedy at the above 

address or (703) 292–7405. 

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. 

The applications received are as 

follows: 

1. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–003, Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, 3333 

Torrey Pines, North, La Jolla, CA 92037. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 

enter Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, 

King George Island (ASPA 128) to 

access their summer only field camp of 

Copacabana to conduct research on 

seabirds. The applicant will continue 

their study of the behavioral ecology 

and population biology of the Adelie, 

Gentoo and chinstrap penguins and the 

interactions among these species and 

their principal avian predators: Skuas, 

sheathbills, and giant petrels. The study 

includes banding Adelie and Gentoo 

penguin chicks, apply radio transmitters 

(Txs), satellite tags (PTTs), and timedepth recorders (TDRs), conduct 

stomach pumping, blood collection, as 

well as data collection on egg sizes. The 

applicant also plans to conduct breeding 

and banded skua surveys at Lion’s 

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Rump (ASPA 151), when conditions 

and ship schedules allow. 

Location: Western Shore of Admiralty 

Bay, (ASPA 128) and Lion’s Rump 

(ASPA 151), King George Island. 

Dates: October 01, 2009 to August 31, 

2010. 

2. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–005, Scott Borg, Director, Division 

of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Polar 

Programs, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22230. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas. Principal Investigators 

and their teams plan to enter Arrival 

Heights (ASPA 122) to work on projects 

that include, but are not limited to 

operation of an ELF/VLF receiver, 

riometer and magnetometer for studies 

of the earth’s magnetic field and 

ionosphere, high latitude neutral 

mesospheric and thermospheric 

dynamics and thermodynamics, UV 

monitoring, aerosols investigations, and 

pollution surveys. In addition, Crary 

Science and Engineering Center 

Research Associate(s) will need to 

access the site daily for equipment 

monitoring, data acquisition, 

calibrations, and repairs. Official 

scientific visitors may enter the site for 

educational and/or oversight purposes. 

Personnel from the Facilities 

Engineering and Maintenance Center 

and other support departments may 

need to be called upon to perform 

inspections, maintenance or repair 

functions at the facilities within the 

ASPA. Other personnel will need to 

enter APSA 122 to monitor and 

maintain or repair weather equipment 

within the site. OPP Division Directors 

and Program managers may need to 

enter the site for oversight purposes. 

Antarctic Environmental Enforcement 

Officers may enter the site to observe 

and determine whether modifications to 

the Management Plan or the USAP 

implementing procedures are 

warranted. 

Location: Arrival Heights, Ross Island 

(ASPA 122). 

Dates: October 01, 2009 to September 

30, 2014. 

3. Applicant: Permit Application No. 

2010–006, Mahlon C. Kennicutt, II, 

Professor of Oceanography, Department 

of Oceanography, Eller Oceanography & 

Meteorology Bldg., Rm. 608, 3146 Texas 

A&M University, College Station, TX 

77843–1112. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Areas. The applicant plans to 

enter Arrival Heights (ASPA 122) and 

Hut Point (ASPA 158) to collect soil and 

permafrost samples as part of the 

ongoing environmental monitoring 

program. Samples will also be collected 

from Cape Bird (ASPA 116) as a 

reference control area for their study of 

the temporal and spatial scales of 

various types of disturbance in and 

around McMurdo Station, Antarctica. 

Location: Cape Bird (ASPA 116), 

Arrival Heights (ASPA 122) and Hut 

Point (ASPA 158). 

Dates: November 17, 2009 to 

December 31, 2009. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–15933 Filed 7–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0276] 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance and 

availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1221. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Hixon, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7639 or email to Jeffrey.Hixon@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the NRC’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

The draft regulatory guide (DG), 

entitled, ‘‘Control of Stainless Steel 

Weld Cladding of Low-Alloy Steel 

Components,’’ is temporarily identified 

by its task number, DG–1221, which 

should be mentioned in all related 

correspondence. DG–1221 is proposed 

Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.43, 

dated May 1973. 

General Design Criterion I, ‘‘Quality 

Standards and Records,’’ of Appendix 

A, ‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear 

Power Plants,’’ to Title 10, part 50, 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and 

Utilization Facilities,’’ of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50) 

requires that components important to 

safety be designed, fabricated, and 

tested to quality standards 

commensurate with the importance of 

the safety function to be performed. 

Appendix B, ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and 

Fuel Processing Plants,’’ to 10 CFR part 

50, requires that measures be 

established to ensure control of special 

processes such as welding and that 

proper testing be performed. This guide 

describes acceptable methods of 

implementing these requirements with 

regard to the selection and control of 

welding processes used for cladding 

ferritic steel components with austenitic 

stainless steel to restrict practices that 

could result in underclad cracking. This 

guide is limited to forgings and plate 

material and does not apply to other 

product forms such as castings and 

pipe. Adequate resistance to underclad 

cracking for these latter items should be 

assured on a case-by-case basis. This 

guide applies to light-water-cooled 

reactors. 

II. Further Information 

The NRC staff is soliciting comments 

on DG–1221. Comments may be 

accompanied by relevant information or 

supporting data and should mention 

DG–1221 in the subject line. Comments 

submitted in writing or in electronic 

form will be made available to the 

public in their entirety through the 

NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS). 

Personal information will not be 

removed from your comments. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, Office of Administration, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

2. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

[NRC–2009–0276]. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

301–492–3668; e-mail 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

3. Fax comments to: Rulemaking and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 492–3446. 

Requests for technical information 

about DG–1221 may be directed to the 

NRC contact, Jeffrey Hixon at (301) 251– 

7639 or e-mail to Jeffrey.Hixon@nrc.gov. 

Comments would be most helpful if 

received by August 31, 2009. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

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