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or construction and eighteen (18) in
operations and twelve (30) Mid-scale
projects, this equates to roughly 191,360
public burden hours annually.
Dated: June 10, 2025.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2025–10889 Filed 6–13–25; 8:45 am]
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727th Meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards
(ACRS)

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In accordance with the purposes of
Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic
Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232(b)),
the Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards (ACRS) will hold meetings
on July 9–11, 2025. In addition, the
ACRS is implementing Executive Order
(E.O.) 14300, ‘‘Ordering the Reform of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,’’
dated May 23, 2025. Section 4.(b) of the
E.O. states, in part, that the functions of
the ACRS shall be reduced to the
minimum necessary to fulfill ACRS’s
statutory obligations and that review by
ACRS of permitting and licensing issues
shall focus on issues that are truly novel
and noteworthy. The ACRS will only
undertake other work as directed by the
Commission in accordance with
Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic
Energy Act. The Committee will be
conducting meetings that will include
some Members being physically present
at the headquarters of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) while
other Members participate remotely.
Interested members of the public are
encouraged to participate remotely in
any open sessions via Microsoft (MS)
Teams or via phone at 301–576–2978,
passcode 671230363#. A more detailed
agenda, including the MSTeams link,
may be found at the ACRS public
website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/acrs/agenda/
index.html. If you would like the
MSTeams link forwarded to you, please
contact the Designated Federal Officer
(DFO) as follows: Quynh.Nguyen@
nrc.gov, or Lawrence.Burkhart@nrc.gov.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening
Remarks by the ACRS Chairman
(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make
opening remarks regarding the conduct
of the meeting.
8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: X-energy
Topical Report on Mechanistic Source
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Committee will deliberate with NRC
staff regarding the subject topic and
proceed to preparation of reports.
[NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4),
a portion of this session may be closed
in order to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary.]
10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.: Committee
Deliberation on X-energy Topical Report
on Mechanistic Source Term Approach
(Open/Closed)—The Committee will
deliberate regarding the subject topic
and proceed to preparation of reports.
[NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4),
a portion of this session may be closed
in order to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary.]
Thursday, July 10, 2025
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.: Planning and
Procedures Session/Future ACRS
Activities/Reconciliation of ACRS
Comments and Recommendations/
Preparation of Reports (Open/Closed)—
The Committee will hear discussion of
the recommendations of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the
Full Committee during future ACRS
meetings, and/or proceed to preparation
of reports. [NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(2), a portion of this meeting may
be closed to discuss organizational and
personnel matters that relate solely to
internal personnel rules and practices of
the ACRS.]
[NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may
be closed in order to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary.]
Friday, July 11, 2025
8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.: Preparation of
Reports (Open/Closed)—The Committee
will hear discussion of the
recommendations of the Planning and
Procedures Subcommittee and/or
proceed to preparation of reports.
[NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2),
a portion of this meeting may be closed
to discuss organizational and personnel
matters that relate solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of the
ACRS.]
[NOTE: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(4), a portion of this session may
be closed in order to discuss and protect
information designated as proprietary.]
Procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were
published in the Federal Register on
April 29, 2025 (90 FR 17837). In
accordance with those procedures, oral
or written views may be presented by
members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry.
Persons desiring to make oral statements
should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant
ACRS Staff and the DFO (Telephone:

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301–415–5844, Email: Quynh.Nguyen@
nrc.gov), 5 days before the meeting, if
possible, so that appropriate
arrangements can be made to allow
necessary time during the meeting for
such statements. In view of the
possibility that the schedule for ACRS
meetings may be adjusted by the
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the
conduct of the meeting, persons
planning to attend should check with
the cognizant ACRS staff if such
rescheduling would result in major
inconvenience.
An electronic copy of each
presentation should be emailed to the
cognizant ACRS staff at least three days
before the meeting.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d)
of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting
may be closed, as specifically noted
above. Use of still, motion picture, and
television cameras during the meeting
may be limited to selected portions of
the meeting as determined by the
Chairman. Electronic recordings will be
permitted only during the open portions
of the meeting.
ACRS meeting agendas, meeting
transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) at pdr.resource@
nrc.gov, the ACRS public website, or by
calling the PDR at 1–800–397–4209 or
301–415–4737, between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. eastern daylight time, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays,
or from the Publicly Available Records
System component of NRC’s
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System, which is
accessible from the NRC website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/#ACRS/.
Dated: June 12, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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Information Collection: Visitor Access
Request System (VARS)
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a proposed collection of
information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The information collection is
entitled, ‘‘Visitor Access Request
System (VARS).’’
DATES: Submit comments by July 16,
2025. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–6355; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments

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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–
0107 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–2024–0107.
• 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, at
301–415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. A copy of the
collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge. The supporting statement and
screenshot of VARS are available in
ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML25036A198 and ML24157A041
respectively.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open

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by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to 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.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by contacting the NRC’s Acting
Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–6355; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information in
comment submissions that you do not
want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. All comment
submissions are posted at https://
www.regulations.gov and entered into
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the OMB, then you
should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact
information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment
submission. Your request should state
that comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a proposed collection of
information to OMB for review entitled
‘‘Visitor Access Request System
(VARS).’’ The NRC hereby informs
potential respondents that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and that a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
The NRC published a Federal
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period on this information collection on
September 17, 2024, 89 FR 76157.
1. The title of the information
collection: Visitor Access Request
System (VARS).
2. OMB approval number: An OMB
control number has not yet been
assigned to this proposed information
collection.
3. Type of submission: New.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: As needed.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: All visitors to NRC facilities.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 750.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 750.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 25 hours.
10. Abstract: The VARS module in the
Space and Property Management
System is used to manage visitor access
at NRC facilities. NRC employees can
pre-register visitors or register them onsite and assign parking if needed.
Minimum required information
includes visitor’s name, company, dates
of visit, NRC contact name, phone
number, location of the visit, country of
nationality, and visitor type. Upon
arrival, security officers verify the
visitor’s identity, conduct security
screening, and provide a visitor pass.
NRC personnel (employees and
contractors) must escort the visitors at
all times.
Dated: June 11, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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AGENCY:

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(OSC).
Notice of request for public
comment and submission for OMB
review of proposed collection of
information.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of

SUMMARY:

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