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NSF response
NSF guidance for expiring/canceling award
funds will not differ from the standard guidance applicable to all award funds as outlined in the NSF AAG Chapter V: Allowability of Costs. NSF will work toward further improving the awareness of awards
with canceling funds held by our awardees.
This will include additional communications
with awardee institutions as well as other
efforts to further highlight awards with canceling funds.
A new NSF E58 Grants.gov Application
Guide will be issued concurrently with the
PAPPG.

Expiring Funds ............

University of Minnesota.

Not addressed in the Guide. The process
around expiring funds is not addressed in
the guide. While we are now notified that
certain funds are expiring there isn’t guidance provided on options that a university
can employ to manage the funds. Federal
agencies differ in the amount of individual
guidance provided and at times we are unsure if a methodology described for one
agency should be used for another agency.

Grants.gov Application
Guide.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

There are items added by GPG 14–1 and
15–1 which are not addressed in the
Grants.gov guide, and we’re not sure
whether this means they are not required
when submitting via Grants.gov. For example, the Collaboration type and Proposal
type checkboxes on the FastLane cover
page don’t appear to correspond to any information on the Grants.gov SF424.

Title of Collection: ‘‘National Science
Foundation Proposal/Award
Information-Grant Proposal Guide’’.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0058.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to extend with revision 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.
* * *’’

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Comment

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.
Over the years, NSF’s statutory
authority has been modified in a
number of significant ways. In 1968,
authority to support applied research
was added to the Organic Act. In 1980,
The Science and Engineering Equal
Opportunities Act gave NSF standing
authority to support activities to
improve the participation of women and
minorities in science and engineering.
Another major change occurred in
1986, when engineering was accorded
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Act. NSF has always dedicated itself to
providing the leadership and vision
needed to keep the words and ideas
embedded in its mission statement fresh
and up-to-date. Even in today’s rapidly
changing environment, NSF’s core
purpose resonates clearly in everything
it does: Promoting achievement and
progress in science and engineering and
enhancing the potential for research and
education to contribute to the Nation.
While NSF’s vision of the future and the
mechanisms it uses to carry out its
charges have evolved significantly over
the last four decades, its ultimate
mission remains the same.
Use of the Information: The regular
submission of proposals to the
Foundation is part of the collection of
information and is used to help NSF
fulfill this responsibility by initiating
and supporting merit-selected research
and education projects in all the
scientific and engineering disciplines.
NSF receives more than 51,000
proposals annually for new projects,
and makes approximately 10,500 new
awards.
Support is made primarily through
grants, contracts, and other agreements
awarded to more than 2,000 colleges,
universities, academic consortia,
nonprofit institutions, and small
businesses. The awards are based
mainly on evaluations of proposal merit
submitted to the Foundation.
The Foundation has a continuing
commitment to monitor the operations
of its information collection to identify
and address excessive reporting burdens
as well as to identify any real or
apparent inequities based on gender,
race, ethnicity, or disability of the
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project director(s) or the co-principal
investigator(s)/co-project director(s).
Burden on the Public: The Foundation
estimates that an average of 120 hours
is expended for each proposal
submitted. An estimated 51,600
proposals are expected during the
course of one year for a total of
6,192,000 public burden hours
annually.
Dated: August 25, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC–2014–0075]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (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

SUMMARY:

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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
April 29, 2014.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: NRC Form 354, ‘‘Data Report
on Spouse.’’
3. Current OMB approval number:
OMB 3150–0026.
4. The form number if applicable:
Form 354.
5. How often the collection is
required: On Occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to
report: NRC contactors, licensees,
applicants, and other (e.g. intervener’s)
who marry or cohabitate after
completing the Personnel Security
Forms, or after having been granted an
NRC access authorization or
employment clearance.
7. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 80.
8. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 16.
9. Abstract: NRC Form 354 must be
completed by the NRC’s contractors,
licensees, applicants who marry or
cohabitate after completing the
Personnel Security Forms, or after
having been granted an NRC access
authorization or employment clearance.
Form 354 identifies the respondent, the
marriage, and data on the spouse and
spouse’s parents. This information
permits the NRC to make initial security
determinations and to assure there is no
increased risk to the common defense
and security.
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly-available
documents, including the final
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/
index.html. The document will be
available on the NRC’s home page site
for 60 days after the signature date of
this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by September 29, 2014.
Comments received after this date will
be considered if it is practical to do so,
but assurance of consideration cannot
be given to comments received after this
date: Danielle Jones, Desk Officer, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
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Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503.
Comments can also be emailed to
[email protected] or
submitted by telephone at 202–395–
1741.
The Acting NRC Clearance Officer is
Brenda Miles, telephone: 301–415–
7884.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
day of August, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Miles,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Services.
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[Docket No. NRC–2014–0182]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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.
AGENCY:

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 54,
‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating
Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0155.
3. How often the collection is
required: There is a one-time
application for any licensee wishing to
renew the operating license for its
nuclear power plant. There is a one-time
requirement for each licensee with a
renewed operating license to submit a
letter documenting the completion of
inspection and testing activities. All
holders of renewed licenses must
perform yearly record keeping.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Commercial nuclear power plant
licensees who wish to renew their
operating licenses and holders of
renewed licenses.

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5. The number of annual respondents:
58 (52 recordkeepers + 6 responses (2
license renewal applications expected
on average + 4 letters documenting the
completion of inspection and testing
activities expected on average)).
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 220,340 hours (168,340 hours of
reporting + 52,000 hours of
recordkeeping).
7. Abstract: Part 54 of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
establishes license renewal
requirements for commercial nuclear
power plants and describes the
information that licensees must submit
to the NRC when applying for a license
renewal. The application must contain
information on how the licensee will
manage the detrimental effects of agerelated degradation on certain plant
systems, structures, and components so
as to continue the plant’s safe operation
during the renewal term. The NRC
needs this information to determine
whether the licensee’s actions will be
effective in assuring the plants’
continued safe operation during the
period of extended operation.
Holders of renewed licenses must
retain in an auditable and retrievable
form, for the term of the renewed
operating license, all information and
documentation required to document
compliance with 10 CFR Part 54. The
NRC needs access to this information for
continuing effective regulatory
oversight.
Submit, by October 27, 2014,
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?
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.

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