82 FR 57299 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Current Information Collection

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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 at 82 FR 20921 and one comment was received. NSF/NCSES is forwarding the proposed renewal submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice. The full submission may be found at: http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Current 
Information Collection

AGENCY: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, 
National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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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 at 82 FR 20921 and one comment was received. NSF/NCSES is 
forwarding the proposed renewal submission to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of 
this second notice. The full submission may be found at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for National Science 
Foundation, 725 7th Street NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room 
W18000, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or send email to [email protected]. 
Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling Ms. Plimpton at 
(703) 292-7556. 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).
    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: Comments are invited on (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the NSF, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the NSF'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 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.
    As required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), comments on the information 
collection activities as part of this study were solicited through 
publication of a 60-Day Notice in the Federal Register on May 4, 2017, 
at 82 FR 20921. One comment came from Andrew Reamer, Research Professor 
in the George Washington Institute of Public Policy at George 
Washington University via email on May 4, 2017, who requested a copy of 
the questionnaire and the OMB supporting statement.
    Response: The questionnaire was provided to Mr. Reamer on August 
18, 2017, and the supporting statement will be provided upon submission 
to OMB.
    Title of Collection: Nonprofit Research Activities Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 3145-0240.
    Expiration Date of Current Approval: July 31, 2019.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Established within NSF by the America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2010 Sec.  505, codified in the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, the National Center for Science and 
Engineering Statistics (NCSES) 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 primary objective of the new survey is to fill data gaps in the 
NCSES publication National Patterns of R&D Resources in such a way that 
it is (a) compatible with data collected on the business, government, 
and higher education sectors of the U.S. economy and (b) appropriate 
for international comparisons. Since the last survey of research 
activity in the nonprofit sector occurred in 1996 and 1997, interest 
from the community has grown significantly in recent years. Thus, it is 
important that a full survey be fielded again to update current 
national estimates for the nonprofit sector.
    NCSES recently concluded a pilot test of the Nonprofit Research 
Activities Survey (NPRA) with 3,640 nonprofit organizations. Using the 
lessons learned from the pilot, NCSES now plans to conduct a full 
survey. The full NPRA survey will collect R&D and other related data 
from U.S. nonprofit organizations. This survey will collect the 
following:
     Total amount spent on R&D activities within nonprofit 
organizations;
     Number of employees and R&D employees;
     Sources of funds for R&D expenditures;
     Expenditures by field of R&D (biological and health 
sciences, engineering, physical sciences, social sciences, etc.);
     Expenditures by type of R&D (basic research, applied 
research, or experimental development);
     Total amount of R&D funding provided to entities outside 
the nonprofit organization;
     Types of recipients receiving R&D funding; and
     Funding by field of R&D (biological and health sciences, 
engineering, physical sciences, social sciences, etc.).
    Use of the information: The primary purpose of this survey is to 
collect nationally representative data on nonprofit research spending 
and funding. The nonprofit sector is one of four major sectors that 
perform and/or fund research and development (R&D) in the U.S. 
Historically, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has combined this 
sector's data with the business, government, and higher education 
sectors' data to estimate total national R&D expenditures via the 
annual National Patterns of R&D Resources report. These data will help 
federal agencies develop longrange plans and policies for R&D funding 
opportunities and the nonprofit sector as a whole. We also expect the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will 
request that NSF provide NPRA Survey data for use in its periodic 
publications and for international comparisons of R&D efforts. The data 
will be made available in public data tables as well as public use 
microdata files.
    Expected respondents: The sample will be approximately 6,500 
nonprofit organizations. The target population for the NPRA Survey 
includes all NPOs categorized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as 
501(c)(3) public charities, 501(c)(3) private foundations, and other 
exempt organizations [e.g., 501(c)(1), 501(c)(2)]. To increase the 
efficiency of sampling organizations that perform or fund research--and 
to reduce burden among organizations that do not perform or fund 
research--organizations that are highly unlikely to be conducting 
research activities or already included in the other NCSES R&D surveys 
will be removed from the frame. In addition, organizations that do not 
meet a minimum size threshold, based on assets for private foundations 
and expenses for public charities, will be excluded from the frame. The 
sample will be allocated to obtain a minimum of 1,600 completed surveys 
from R&D active organizations (800 from performers and 800 from 
funders).
    Estimate of burden: The survey will include approximately 6,500 
organizations and will be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 will be a 
screening phase for all organizations in the sample that have not been 
identified as research performers or funders (approximately 4,100 
organizations). This will include a postage paid response card to be 
completed by the organization, with an estimated burden of 10 minutes. 
NCSES estimates a 70% response rate for this

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screening phase, yielding a burden of 478 hours.
    Phase 2 of the survey will be the questionnaire, which will be sent 
to (a) all of the known research performers and funders, (b) those 
screened in from Phase 1, and (c) those who did not respond to the 
Phase 1 contacts. NCSES expects a response rate of 60% to Phase 2. 
Based on the responses to the pilot survey, if the organization both 
funds and performs research, it will take an estimated 4 hours to 
complete the survey. If the organization neither funds nor performs 
research, the response time should be less than 20 minutes. There will 
also be 40 debriefings held as the surveys are submitted, 20 for 
respondents and 20 for nonrespondents. The debriefings are estimated to 
take 1 hour for respondents and 30 minutes for nonrespondents, 
resulting in a total burden of 30 hours. The estimate of burden for 
Phase 2 of the survey is 4,888 hours for the 1,222 estimated performers 
and funders that complete the survey and debriefings and 317 hours for 
the remaining 951 organizations estimated to complete the survey that 
do not perform or fund research. The total combined burden for Phases 1 
and 2 is 5,713 hours.

    Dated: November 29, 2017.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
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Agency: DOL–VETS. addressee section below on or before IMLS uses standardized application
Title of Collection: Federal Contractor January 30, 2018. forms, guidelines and reporting forms
Veterans’ Employment Report. IMLS is particularly interested in for eligible libraries, museums, and
OMB Control Number: 1293–0005. comments that help the agency to: other organizations to apply for its
Affected Public: Private Sector— • Evaluate whether the proposed funding. These forms submitted for
businesses or other for-profits and not- collection of information is necessary public review in this Notice are the
for-profit institutions. for the proper performance of the Program Information Sheet, the Budget
Total Estimated Number of functions of the agency, including Form spreadsheet, and the Digital
Respondents: 21,000. whether the information will have Product Form. This collection of
Total Estimated Number of practical utility; information from these forms are a part
Responses: 378,000. • Evaluate the accuracy of the of the IMLS grant application process.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: agency’s estimate of the burden of the Agency: Institute of Museum and
129,200 hours. proposed collection of information Library Services.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs including the validity of the Title: Grant Application Forms.
Burden: $1,298. methodology and assumptions used; OMB Number: 3137–0092.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and Frequency: Twenty times per year.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). clarity of the information to be Affected Public: Library and Museum
Dated: November 28, 2017. collected; and grant applicants.
Michel Smyth, • Minimize the burden of the
Number of Respondents: 4,186.
Departmental Clearance Officer. collection of information on those who
Estimated Average Burden per
[FR Doc. 2017–26091 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am] are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic, Response: 4.25 hours.
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mechanical, or other technological Estimated Total Annual Burden:
collection techniques, or other forms of 5484.50 hours.
information technology, e.g., permitting Total Annualized Capital/Startup
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE electronic submissions of responses. Costs: n/a.
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Total Annual Costs: $138,319.09.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Dr.
Public Comments Invited: Comments
Institute of Museum and Library Sandra Webb, Senior Advisor, Office of
submitted in response to this notice will
Services the Director, Institute of Museum and
be summarized and/or included in the
Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza
request for OMB’s clearance of this
Notice of Proposed Information North SW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC
information collection.
Collection Requests: 2019–2021 IMLS 20024–2135. Dr. Webb can be reached
Grant Application Forms by Telephone: 202–653–4718 Fax: 202– Dated: November 28, 2017.
653–4608, or by email at swebb@ Kim Miller,
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for Grants Management Specialist, Office of Chief
Library Services, National Foundation persons with hearing difficulty at 202– Information Officer.
for the Arts and the Humanities. 653–4614. [FR Doc. 2017–25959 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]
ACTION: Notice, request for comments, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
collection of information. Sandra Webb, Senior Advisor, Office of
the Director, Institute of Museum and
SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Library Services (IMLS), as part of its
North SW., Suite 4000, Washington, DC
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
20024–2135. Dr. Webb can be reached Agency Information Collection
and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
by Telephone: 202–653–4718 Fax: 202– Activities; Extension of Current
clearance consultation program to
653–4608, or by email at swebb@ Information Collection
provide the general public and federal
imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for
agencies with an opportunity to AGENCY: National Center for Science and
persons with hearing difficulty at 202–
comment on proposed and/or Engineering Statistics, National Science
653–4614.
continuing collections of information in Foundation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
accordance with the Paperwork
ACTION: Submission for OMB review;
Reduction Act. This pre-clearance I. Background comment request.
consultation program helps to ensure The Institute of Museum and Library
that requested data can be provided in Services is the primary source of federal SUMMARY: The National Science
the desired format, reporting burden support for the nation’s approximately Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
(time and financial resources) is 120,000 libraries and 35,000 museums following information collection
minimized, collection instruments are and related organizations. Our mission requirement to OMB for review and
clearly understood, and the impact of is to inspire libraries and museums to clearance under the Paperwork
collection requirements on respondents advance innovation, lifelong learning, Reduction Act of 1995. This is the
can be properly assessed. By this notice, and cultural and civic engagement. Our second notice for public comment; the
IMLS is soliciting comments concerning grant making, policy development, and first was published in the Federal
the three year approval of the forms research help libraries and museums Register at 82 FR 20921 and one
necessary to submit an application for comment was received. NSF/NCSES is
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deliver valuable services that make it
all IMLS grant programs. possible for communities and forwarding the proposed renewal
A copy of the proposed information individuals to thrive. To learn more, submission to the Office of Management
collection request can be obtained by visit www.imls.gov. and Budget (OMB) for clearance
contacting the individual listed below simultaneously with the publication of
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. II. Current Actions this second notice. The full submission
DATES: Written comments must be To administer the IMLS processes of may be found at: http://
submitted to the office listed in the grants and cooperative agreements, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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screening phase, yielding a burden of ADDRESSES: Comments should be Dates of Permitted Activities: January
478 hours. addressed to Permit Office, Office of 1, 2018–June 1, 2020.
Phase 2 of the survey will be the Polar Programs, National Science
Permit Application: 2018–028
questionnaire, which will be sent to (a) Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
all of the known research performers Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 2. Applicant: Alexander Simms,
and funders, (b) those screened in from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: University of California Santa
Phase 1, and (c) those who did not Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa
respond to the Phase 1 contacts. NCSES the above address, 703–292–8030, or Barbara, CA 93106.
expects a response rate of 60% to Phase ACApermits@nsf.gov. Activity for Which Permit is
2. Based on the responses to the pilot SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially
survey, if the organization both funds National Science Foundation, as Protected Area (ASPA). The applicant
and performs research, it will take an directed by the Antarctic Conservation proposes to enter ASPA 126, Byers
estimated 4 hours to complete the Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR Peninsula, Livingston Island, to survey
survey. If the organization neither funds 670), as amended by the Antarctic beach ridges using GPS and ground-
nor performs research, the response Science, Tourism and Conservation Act penetrating radar as well as collecting
time should be less than 20 minutes. of 1996, has developed regulations for small sediment samples. The applicant
There will also be 40 debriefings held as the establishment of a permit system for would camp on-site for approximately
the surveys are submitted, 20 for various activities in Antarctica and two weeks while conducting the
respondents and 20 for nonrespondents. designation of certain animals and proposed research. The applicant and
The debriefings are estimated to take 1 certain geographic areas a requiring agents would adhere to the ASPA
hour for respondents and 30 minutes for special protection. The regulations management plan.
nonrespondents, resulting in a total establish such a permit system to Location: ASPA 126, Byers Peninsula,
burden of 30 hours. The estimate of designate Antarctic Specially Protected Livingston Island, South Shetland
burden for Phase 2 of the survey is 4,888 Areas. Islands, Antarctica.
hours for the 1,222 estimated performers Dates of Permitted Activities:
and funders that complete the survey Application Details February 15, 2018–April 1, 2020.
and debriefings and 317 hours for the Permit Application: 2018–016 Nadene G. Kennedy,
remaining 951 organizations estimated
1. Applicant: Daniel Costa, Ecology and Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar
to complete the survey that do not Programs.
perform or fund research. The total Evolutionary Biology Department,
University of California Santa Cruz, [FR Doc. 2017–26030 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]
combined burden for Phases 1 and 2 is
5,713 hours. 115 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
CA 95062.
Dated: November 29, 2017.
Activity for Which Permit is
Suzanne H. Plimpton, NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Requested: Take, Harmful Interference,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science COMMISSION
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected
Foundation.
Areas, Import into USA. The applicant [Docket No. 72–11; NRC–2017–0110]
[FR Doc. 2017–26028 Filed 12–1–17; 8:45 am]
proposes to study the foraging behavior,
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habitat utilization, and physiology of Sacramento Municipal Utility District;
leopard seals, and potentially additional Rancho Seco Independent Spent Fuel
Antarctic seal species, near Cape Storage Installation
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Shirreff in the Antarctic Peninsula.
Additional seal species could include: AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Notice of Permit Applications Received Commission.
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act Crabeater seals, Weddell seals, Antarctic
of 1978 fur seals, Ross seals, and southern ACTION: License amendment application;
elephant seals. The applicant would issuance.
AGENCY: National Science Foundation. capture and tag 10–15 seals of each
species, in each of three field seasons. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
ACTION: Notice of permit applications Commission (NRC) reviewed an
Seals would be sedated and
received. application by Sacramento Municipal
anesthetized during tagging and
biological sample collection procedures. Utility District (SMUD or the licensee)
SUMMARY: The National Science for amendment of Materials License No.
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish The tags to be attached to the seals with
marine epoxy include a combined time- SNM–2510, which authorizes the
a notice of permit applications received storage of spent nuclear fuel and greater
to conduct activities regulated under the depth recorder and GPS receiver and a
separate VHF radio tag. Other than Class C waste at the Rancho Seco
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. Independent Spent Fuel Storage
NSF has published regulations under procedures would include: Flipper
tagging, dye marking, collecting blood Installation, located in Herald,
the Antarctic Conservation Act in the California. The licensee requested
Code of Federal Regulations. This is the samples, measuring blood volume,
measuring girth and length, and authorization to allow the continued
required notice of permit applications storage of byproduct nuclear material to
received. determining body composition by
morphometric measurements. These check the functionality of radiation
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DATES: Interested parties are invited to procedures are currently authorized detection instruments.
submit written data, comments, or under National Marine Fisheries Service DATES: December 4, 2017.
views with respect to this permit Marine Mammal Protection Act Permit ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
application by January 3, 2018. This No. 19439. NRC–2017–0110 when contacting the
application may be inspected by Location: ASPA 149, Cape Shirreff, NRC about the availability of
interested parties at the Permit Office, Livingston Island, South Shetland information regarding this document.
address below. Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. You may obtain publicly-available

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Contact		Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Room W18000, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or send email to [email protected] Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling Ms. Plimpton at (703) 292-7556. 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).
FR Citation		82 FR 57299