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The meeting will be held inperson and via conference call.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Bahgi Berhane, 202–521–3600,
or email [email protected]
or visit https://www.mcc.gov/about/orgunit/advisory-council.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda. During the Spring 2022
meeting of the MCC Advisory Council,
Co-Chairs will meet with MCC
leadership. Additionally, Council
members will provide advice on the
compact program development process
and MCC’s investment strategy in Sierra
Leone.
Public Participation. The meeting will
be open to the public. Members of the
public may file written statement(s)
before or after the meeting. If you plan
to attend, please submit your name and
affiliation no later than Monday, April
18, 2022 to MCCAdvisoryCouncil@
mcc.gov, to receive instructions on how
to attend.
Authority: Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
ADDRESSES:

Dated: March 25, 2022.
Thomas G. Hohenthaner,
Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent To Renew a Current
Information Collection
National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics, National Science
Foundation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The National Center for
Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES) within the National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request renewal of the Higher
Education Research and Development
Survey. In accordance with the
requirements 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 that OMB
approve clearance of this collection for
three years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by May 31, 2022 to be
assured consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, W18253,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone
(703) 292–7556; or send email to
[email protected]. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Higher Education
Research and Development Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0100.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
August 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to extend an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within NSF by
the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505,
codified in the NSF Act of 1950, as
amended, the National Center for
Science and Engineering Statistics
(NCSES)—one of 13 principal federal
statistical agencies—serves as a central
Federal clearinghouse for the collection,
interpretation, analysis, and
dissemination of objective data on
science, engineering, technology, and
research and development for use by
practitioners, researchers, policymakers,
and the public.
The Higher Education Research and
Development (R&D) Survey (formerly
known as the Survey of R&D
Expenditures at Universities and
Colleges) originated in fiscal year (FY)
1954 and has been conducted annually
since FY 1972. The survey represents
one facet of the research and
development component of NCSES’s
statistical program, which also includes
R&D surveys on the business, federal
government, higher education, state
government, and nonprofit sectors.
Use of the Information: The proposed
project will continue the annual survey
cycle for three years. The Higher
Education R&D Survey will provide
continuity of statistics on R&D
expenditures by source of funding, type
of R&D (basic research, applied
research, or development), and field of
research, with separate data requested
on research equipment by field. Further
breakdowns are collected on funds
passed through to subrecipients and
funds received as a subrecipient, and on
R&D expenditures by field from specific
federal agency sources. The survey also
requests total R&D expenditures funded
from foreign sources, R&D within an
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trial expenditures, R&D by type of
funding mechanism (contracts vs.
grants), and R&D by cost category
(salaries, equipment, software, etc.).
Since FY 2020, the survey has requested
headcounts and full-time equivalents of
R&D personnel (researchers, R&D
technicians, and R&D support staff).
Data are published in NSF’s annual
publication series Higher Education
Research and Development, available on
the web at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
srvyherd/.
Expected respondents: The FY 2022
Higher Education R&D Survey will be
administered to approximately 650
institutions. In addition, a shorter
version of the survey asking for R&D
expenditures by source of funding and
broad field will be sent to
approximately 275 institutions spending
at least $150 thousand but less than $1
million on R&D in their previous fiscal
year. A short population review
screener is also sent to approximately
125 institutions before the survey cycle
to identify potential eligible institutions
not already in the survey frame. Finally,
a survey requesting R&D expenditures
by source of funds, cost categories, and
type of R&D will be administered to the
43 Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers.
Estimate of burden: The survey is a
fully automated web data collection
effort and is handled primarily by
administrators in university sponsored
programs and accounting offices. To
minimize burden, institutions are
provided with an abundance of
guidance and resources on the web and
can respond via downloadable
spreadsheet if desired. Each institution’s
record is pre-loaded with the 2 previous
years of comparable data that facilitate
editing and trend checking. Response to
this voluntary survey has exceeded 95
percent each year.
The average burden estimate is 64
hours for the approximately 650
institutions reporting at least $1 million
in R&D expenditures, 8 hours for the
approximately 275 institutions reporting
less than $1 million, 1 hour for the
approximately 125 institutions in the
population screener, and 11 hours for
the 43 organizations completing the
FFRDC survey. The total calculated
burden across all forms is 44,398 hours.
Comments: 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

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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 those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dated: March 25, 2022.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Sunshine Act Meetings
The National Science Board hereby
gives notice of the scheduling of a
teleconference of the Committee on
Oversight for the transaction of National
Science Board business pursuant to the
NSF Act and the Government in the
Sunshine Act.
TIME AND DATE: Monday, April 4, 2022,
from 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT.
PLACE: This meeting will be held by
teleconference organized through the
National Science Foundation.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda
is: Committee Chair’s Opening Remarks;
Discussion of Vision for Facilitating the
Broader Impacts of the Cutting-Edge
Science and Engineering Funded by
NSF.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Point of contact for this meeting is:
Chris Blair, [email protected], 703/292–
7000. Members of the public can
observe this meeting through a You
Tube livestream. The link is https://
youtu.be/sWEkXQX-da8.
Meeting information is available from
the NSB website at https://www.nsf.gov/
nsb/meetings/index.jsp#up.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for
Cyberinfrastructure; Notice of Meeting

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. STN 50–528, STN 50–529, and
STN 50–530; NRC–2022–0058]

Arizona Public Service Company; Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
Units 1, 2, and 3

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an
exemption in response to a January 14,
2022, request from Arizona Public
Service Company (the licensee), as
supplemented by letter dated February
22, 2022. The licensee requested an
exemption from NRC regulations to
remove the diverse auxiliary feedwater
actuation system using the risk-

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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.

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Dated: March 24, 2022.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.

AGENCY:

Chris Blair,
Executive Assistant to the National Science
Board Office.

In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science
Foundation (NSF) announces the
following meeting:
Name and Committee Code: Advisory
Committee for Cyberinfrastructure
(25150).
Date and Time: April 28, 2022; 10
a.m.–5 p.m., April 29, 2022; 10 a.m.–5
p.m.
Place: Virtual Meeting, National
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314.
This meeting will be held virtually.
The final meeting agenda and
instructions to register will be posted on
the ACCI website: https://www.nsf.gov/
cise/oac/advisory.jsp.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person for More Information:
Dr. Kevin Thompson, CISE, Office of
Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, National
Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314;
Telephone: 703–292–8970.
Minutes: May be obtained from the
contact person listed above and will be
posted within 90-days after the meeting
end date to the ACCI website: https://
www.nsf.gov/cise/oac/advisory.jsp.
Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on
the impact of its policies, programs and
activities in the OAC community. To
provide advice to the Director/NSF on
issues related to long-range planning.
Agenda: Updates on NSF wide OAC
activities.

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informed process for evaluations for
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
Units 1, 2, and 3.
The exemption was issued on
March 23, 2022.

DATES:

Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2022–0058 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:

ADDRESSES:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2022–0058. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
[email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• 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
[email protected]. The request for
the exemption was submitted by letter
dated January 14, 2022, as
supplemented by letter dated February
22, 2022, and are available in ADAMS
under Accession Nos. ML22014A415
and ML22053A212, respectively.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR,
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to [email protected]
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Siva
P. Lingam, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–1564, email:
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

the exemption is attached.
Dated: March 24, 2022.

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