Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
| Published date | 07 September 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 50183 |
| Record Number | 2021-19262 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Science Foundation |
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collect applicant information for CSO/
SSO positions. The applicant
information provided to USMS from the
Vendor gives information about which
District and Facility the applicant will
be working, the applicant’s personal
information, prior employment
verification, employment performance
and current financial status. The
information allows the selecting official
to hire applicants with a strong history
of employment performance and
financial responsibility. The questions
on this form have been developed from
the OPM, MSPB and DOJ ‘‘Best
Practice’’ guidelines for reference
checking.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: An estimated 750 respondents
will utilize the form, and it will take
each respondent approximately 60
minutes to complete the form.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated annual public
burden associated with this collection is
750 hours, which is equal to (750 (total
# of annual responses) * 60 minutes.
(7) An Explanation of the Change in
Estimates: N/A.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 1, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2021–19230 Filed 9–3–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Administration
Notice of Conditional Approval of New
York States’ Application for the Partial
Deferral of Interest Accrued on
Outstanding Title XII Loans Otherwise
Payable on or before September 30,
2021
Title XII Section 1202(b)(3)(C) of the
Social Security Act (SSA) provides that
a state may defer payment of three-
fourths of interest due on outstanding
advances to state unemployment trust
funds under Title XII Section 1201 SSA
on or before September 30 of a given
year if the state’s rate of insured
unemployment (IUR) during the first six
months of the prior calendar year
equaled or exceeded 7.5 percent. Title
XII Section 1202(b)(3)(C)(i) and 20 CFR
606.41(c) provide that a qualifying state
must pay at least 25 percent of the
amount due on or before September 30
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before September 30 in each of the
following three years. 20 CFR 606.41(d)
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to approval of this deferral.
The New York State Department of
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Training Administration has confirmed
that the state’s rate of insured
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threshold during the first 6 months of
calendar year 2020. As such New York’s
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approved contingent on the timely
payment of one-fourth of the interest
due on or before September 30, 2021.
Lenita Jacobs-Simmons,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment
and Training.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY
: National Science Foundation.
ACTION
: Submission for OMB review;
comment request.
SUMMARY
: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This is the
second notice for public comment; the
first was published in the Federal
Register and 22 comments were
received. NSF is forwarding the
proposed renewal submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance simultaneously
with the publication of this second
notice.
DATES
: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAmain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria,
VA 22314, or send email 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). Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this
notification. Copies of the submission(s)
may be obtained by calling 703–292–
7556.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number,
and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the
collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Summary of Comments on the National
Science Foundation’s Major Facilities
Guide
The draft Major Facilities Guide were
made available for review by the public
on the NSF website at https://
www.nsf.gov/bfa/lfo/lfo_documents.jsp.
In response to the Federal Register
notice published February 2, 2021, at 86
FR 7884, NSF received 22 comments
from 2 different institutions/
individuals. A summary of the
comments on the Major Facilities Guide
follows:
•7 requested clarifications and
content regarding the fourth pillar,
Mission Alignment, of information
security programs for major facility
cybersecurity programs;
•12 requested clarifications and
updates on the processes and
requirements associated with NSF
oversight of the various stages of the
facility lifecycle; and
•3 requested clarifications regarding
NSF ‘‘No Cost Overrun’’ Policy and
budget contingency for the construction
stage of major facility projects.
The full comments and NSF’s
response may be found via: http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
and https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/lfo/lfo_
documents.jsp.
Title of Collection: Major Facilities
Guide.
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OMB Approval Number: 3145–0239.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew with revisions an
information collection for three years.
Proposed Project: The National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (Pub. L.
81–507) set forth NSF’s mission and
purpose:
‘‘To promote the progress of science;
to advance the national health,
prosperity, and welfare; to secure the
national defense. * * *’’
The Act authorized and directed NSF
to initiate and support:
•Basic scientific research and
research fundamental to the engineering
process;
•Programs to strengthen scientific
and engineering research potential;
•Science and engineering education
programs at all levels and in all the
various fields of science and
engineering;
•Programs that provide a source of
information for policy formulation; and
•Other activities to promote these
ends.
Among Federal agencies, NSF is a
leader in providing the academic
community with advanced
instrumentation needed to conduct
state-of-the-art research and to educate
the next generation of scientists,
engineers and technical workers. The
knowledge generated by these tools
sustains U.S. leadership in science and
engineering (S&E) to drive the U.S.
economy and secure the future. NSF’s
responsibility is to ensure that the
research and education communities
have access to these resources, and to
provide the support needed to utilize
them optimally, and implement timely
upgrades.
The scale of advanced
instrumentation ranges from small
research instruments to shared
resources or facilities that can be used
by entire communities. The demand for
such instrumentation is very high, and
is growing rapidly, along with the pace
of discovery. For major facilities and
shared infrastructure, the need is
particularly high. This trend is expected
to accelerate in the future as increasing
numbers of researchers and educators
rely on such major facilities,
instruments, and databases to provide
the reach to make the next intellectual
leaps.
NSF currently provides support for
facility construction from two accounts:
The Major Research Equipment and
Facility Construction (MREFC) account,
and the Research and Related Activities
(R&RA) account. The MREFC account,
established in FY 1995, is a separate
budget line item that provides an
agency-wide mechanism, permitting
directorates to undertake major facility
projects greater than $100M and mid-
scale research infrastructure projects
between $20M and $100M. Smaller
mid-scale and research instrumentation
projects continue to be supported from
the R&RA Account.
Facilities are defined as shared-use
infrastructure, instrumentation and
equipment that are accessible to a broad
community of researchers and/or
educators. Facilities may be centralized
or may consist of distributed
installations. They may incorporate
large-scale networking or computational
infrastructure, multi-user instruments or
networks of such instruments, or other
infrastructure, instrumentation and
equipment having a major impact on a
broad segment of a scientific or
engineering discipline. Historically,
awards have been made for such diverse
projects as accelerators, telescopes,
research vessels and aircraft, and
geographically distributed but
networked sensors and instrumentation.
The growth and diversification of
major facility projects require that NSF
remain attentive to the ever-changing
issues and challenges inherent in their
planning, construction, operation,
management and oversight. Most
importantly, dedicated, competent NSF
and awardee staff are needed to manage
and oversee these projects; giving the
attention and oversight that good
practice dictates and that proper
accountability to taxpayers and
Congress demands. To this end, there is
also a need for consistent, documented
requirements and procedures to be
understood and used by NSF program
managers and awardees for all such
major projects.
Use of the Information: Facilities are
an essential part of the science and
engineering enterprise, and supporting
them is one major responsibility of the
National Science Foundation (NSF).
NSF makes awards to external entities—
primarily universities, consortia of
universities or non-profit
organizations—to undertake
construction, management and
operation of facilities. Such awards
frequently take the form of cooperative
agreements. NSF does not directly
construct or operate the facilities it
supports. However, NSF retains
responsibility for overseeing their
development, management and
successful performance. The Major
Facilities Guide is intended to:
•Provide step-by-step guidance for
NSF staff and awardees to carry out
effective project planning, management
and oversight of major facilities while
considering the varying requirements of
a diverse portfolio;
•Clearly state the policies, processes
and procedures pertinent at each stage
of a facility’s life cycle from
development through construction,
operations, and termination; and
•Document and disseminate ‘‘good
practices’’ identified over time so that
NSF and awardees can carry out their
responsibilities more effectively.
This version of the Major Facilities
Guide reflects new legislation
applicable to major facilities, NSF’s
expectations for construction schedules
for alignment with good practices,
minimum competencies for project
personnel, and guidance on the content
of Segregation of Funding Plans and
how to scale earned value management
systems (EVMS). The Guide does not
replace existing formal procedures
required for all NSF awards, which are
described in the, Proposal & Award
Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG).
Instead, it draws upon and supplements
it for the purpose of providing detailed
guidance on NSF policy and procedures
related to the planning and oversight of
major facilities and mid-scale projects.
All facilities projects require merit and
technical review, as well as approval of
certain deliverables. The level of review
and approval varies substantially from
standard grants, as does the level of
oversight needed to ensure appropriate
and proper accountability for federal
funds. The requirements, recommended
procedures and best practices presented
in the Guide apply to any facility
significant enough to require close and
substantial interaction with the
Foundation and the National Science
Board.
This Guide will be updated
periodically to reflect changes in
requirements, policies and/or
procedures. Award Recipients are
expected to monitor and adopt the
requirements and best practices
included in the Guide which are aimed
at improving management and oversight
of major facilities projects and at
enabling the most efficient and cost-
effective delivery of tools to the research
and education communities.
The submission of proposals and
subsequent project documentation to
the Foundation related to the
development, construction and
operations of major facilities is part of
the collection of information. This
information is used to help NSF fulfill
this responsibility in supporting merit-
based research and education projects in
all the scientific and engineering
disciplines. The Foundation also has a
continuing commitment to provide
oversight on facilities development and
construction which must be balanced
against monitoring its information
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collection so as to identify and address
any excessive reporting burdens.
NSF has approximately twenty-two
(22) major facilities in various stages of
development, construction, operations
and termination. Facilities undergoing a
major upgrade may be classified in both
design or construction and operations at
the same time. Two to four (2 to 4) new
awards are made approximately every
five (5) years based on science
community infrastructure needs and
availability of funding. Among the
twenty-five major facilities, there are
approximately seven (7) facilities
annually that are either in development
or construction. These stages require the
highest level of reporting and
management documentation per the
Major Facilities Guide. NSF estimates
there will be twelve (12) mid-scale
projects in progress at a given time.
Burden to the Public: The Foundation
estimates that approximately five (5)
Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) are
necessary for each major facility project
in design or construction to respond to
NSF performance and financial
reporting and project management
documentation requirements on an
annual basis; or 10,400 hours per year.
The Foundation estimates
approximately one and half (1.5) FTE
for a major facility in operations to
respond to NSF performance and
financial reporting on an annual basis;
or 3,120 hours per year. For mid-scale
projects, the Foundation estimates
approximately one (1) Full Time
Equivalent (FTE’s) is necessary for each
mid-scale project to respond to NSF
project management documentation
requirements on an annual basis; or
2,080 hours per year. With seven (7)
major facilities in design or construction
and eighteen (18) in operations and
twelve (12) mid-scale projects, this
equates to roughly 165,000 public
burden hours annually.
Dated: September 1, 2021.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2021–19262 Filed 9–3–21; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
[NRC–2021–0160]
Applications and Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses Involving
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Considerations and Containing
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information and Order Imposing
Procedures for Access to Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information
AGENCY
: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION
: License amendment request;
notice of opportunity to comment,
request a hearing, and petition for leave
to intervene; order imposing
procedures.
SUMMARY
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) received and is
considering approval of two amendment
requests. The amendment requests are
for Florida Power & Light Co., Turkey
Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit
Nos. 3 and 4 and Tennessee Valley
Authority, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant,
Units 1, 2, and 3. For each amendment
request, the NRC proposes to determine
that they involve no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC). Because each
amendment request contains sensitive
unclassified non-safeguards information
(SUNSI), an order imposes procedures
to obtain access to SUNSI for contention
preparation by persons who file a
hearing request or petition for leave to
intervene.
DATES
: Comments must be filed by
October 7, 2021. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed by November 8, 2021. Any
potential party as defined in section 2.4
of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) who believes
access to SUNSI is necessary to respond
to this notice must request document
access by September 17, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking Website:
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0160. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
section of this document.
•Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Shirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
5411, email: Shirley.Rohrer@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–
0160, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0160.
•NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced (if it is
available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this
document.
•Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking Website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2021–0160, facility
name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and
subject, in your comment submission.
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