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Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 54/Tuesday, March 23, 2021/Notices Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 23, 2021 / Notices 15501 1312.5 total burden hours associated A. About the National Endowment for • Greater public attention to issues of with this information collection. the Arts diversity, equity, inclusion, If additional information is required Established by Congress in 1965, the accessibility, and social justice. contact: Melody Braswell, Department National Endowment for the Arts is an Authority: 5 U.S.C. 306. Clearance Officer, United States independent federal agency, providing Department of Justice, Justice Dated: March 17, 2021. funding and support to give Americans Meghan Jugder, Management Division, Policy and the opportunity to participate in the Planning Staff, Two Constitution arts, exercise their imaginations, and Support Services Specialist, Office of Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Administrative Services & Contracts, National develop their creative capacities. Endowment for the Arts. Washington, DC 20530. Currently, the NEA supports arts [FR Doc. 2021–05908 Filed 3–22–21; 8:45 am] Dated: March 18, 2021. organizations and artists in every BILLING CODE 7537–01–P Melody Braswell, Congressional district in the country. Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. B. Supplemental Information Department of Justice. On March 10, 2021 the National NUCLEAR REGULATORY [FR Doc. 2021–05949 Filed 3–22–21; 8:45 am] Endowment for the Arts posted a COMMISSION BILLING CODE 4410–18–P Request for Comments, seeking public [NRC–2021–0068] input to guide the development of the agency’s 2022–2026 Strategic Plan (86 Monthly Notice; Applications and NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE FR 13760). The public comment period ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Amendments to Facility Operating was originally scheduled to close on Licenses and Combined Licenses Friday, March 26, 2021. The National National Endowment for the Arts Involving No Significant Hazards Endowment for the Arts is extending the Considerations Request for Comments To Assist in public comment period until the Development of the National Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to allow AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Endowment for the Arts’ 2022–2026 members of the public more time to Commission. Strategic Plan: Extension of Public submit their input and comments. ACTION: Monthly notice. Comment Period As a federal agency, the National Endowment for the Arts is required to SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) AGENCY: National Endowment for the establish a new strategic plan every four of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Arts, National Foundation on the Arts years. The Strategic Plan sets key amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear and Humanities. priorities for the agency and presents Regulatory Commission (NRC) is ACTION: Extension of comment period. management-focused objectives and publishing this regular monthly notice. strategies. The NEA’s most recent The Act requires the Commission to SUMMARY: The National Endowment for strategic plan covers the years 2018– publish notice of any amendments the Arts (NEA) is in the process of 2022, and can be found online here: issued, or proposed to be issued, and developing a new strategic plan for the https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/ grants the Commission the authority to years 2022–2026. The NEA Office of NEA-FY2018-2022-StrategicPlan- issue and make immediately effective Research & Analysis is soliciting public 2.16.18.pdf. any amendment to an operating license input to inform the development of the The NEA is seeking public input and or combined license, as applicable, NEA 2022–2026 Strategic Plan. Through comments from a broad array of upon a determination by the this Request for Comments, the NEA stakeholders (see SUMMARY) to guide the Commission that such amendment invites ideas and insights from the development of the agency’s 2022–2026 involves no significant hazards general public, including arts Strategic Plan. A call for comments has consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding organizations, artists, arts educators, been posted to the agency’s website: the pendency before the Commission of state and local arts agencies, other arts https://www.arts.gov/strategic-plan- a request for a hearing from any person. funders and policy-makers, researchers, input. In particular, the NEA welcomes This monthly notice includes all and individuals and groups outside the input on the development of its amendments issued, or proposed to be arts sector. In the summer of 2021, Strategic Framework, which includes issued, from February 5, 2021, to March stakeholders will have a second the following elements: Mission, Vision, 4, 2021. The last monthly notice was opportunity to provide comments and Strategic Goals, and Strategic published on February 23, 2021. input in response to the drafted version Objectives. DATES: Comments must be filed by April of the NEA 2022–2026 Strategic Plan. The NEA is particularly interested in 22, 2021. A request for a hearing or DATES: The due date for public how these elements should be viewed in petitions for leave to intervene must be comments requested in the Federal light of new and emerging challenges filed by May 24, 2021. and opportunities, among other Register Notice published on March 10, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 2021 (86 FR 13760) has been extended. contextual factors. Examples of these factors include, but by any of the following method; Written comments must be submitted to however, the NRC encourages electronic the office listed in the address section are not limited to: • The post-pandemic recovery of the comment submission through the below on or before the close of business Federal Rulemaking website: on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. arts sector; • Changes in work-and-leisure • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to Comments received after that date will patterns; https://www.regulations.gov and search be considered to the extent practicable. • The rise of virtual engagement in for Docket ID NRC–2021–0068. Address ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sunil the arts; questions about Docket IDs in Iyengar, National Endowment for the • Growing integration of the arts with Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; Arts, via email other sectors (e.g., health, science, telephone: 301–415–0624; email: ([email protected]). education, technology, community [email protected]. For technical SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: development); and questions, contact the individual listed VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 22, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1 15502 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 23, 2021 / Notices in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Docket ID NRC–2021–0068, facility Commission may issue any of these CONTACT section of this document. name, unit number(s), docket amendments prior to the expiration of • Mail comments to: Office of number(s), application date, and the 30-day comment period if Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– subject, in your comment submission. circumstances change during the 30-day A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory The NRC cautions you not to include comment period such that failure to act Commission, Washington, DC 20555– identifying or contact information that in a timely way would result, for 0001, ATTN: Program Management, you do not want to be publicly example in derating or shutdown of the Announcements and Editing Staff. disclosed in your comment submission. facility. If the Commission takes action For additional direction on obtaining The NRC will post all comment on any of these amendments prior to the information and submitting comments, submissions at https:// expiration of either the comment period see ‘‘Obtaining Information and www.regulations.gov as well as enter the or the notice period, it will publish in Submitting Comments’’ in the comment submissions into ADAMS. the Federal Register a notice of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of The NRC does not routinely edit issuance. If the Commission makes a this document. comment submissions to remove final NSHC determination for any of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay identifying or contact information. these amendments, any hearing will Goldstein, Office of Nuclear Reactor If you are requesting or aggregating take place after issuance. The Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory comments from other persons for Commission expects that the need to Commission, Washington, DC 20555– submission to the NRC, then you should take action on any amendment before 60 0001, telephone: 301–415–1506, email: inform those persons not to include days have elapsed will occur very [email protected]. identifying or contact information that infrequently. they do not want to be publicly SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: disclosed in their comment submission. A. Opportunity to Request a Hearing I. Obtaining Information and Your request should state that the NRC and Petition for Leave to Intervene Submitting Comments does not routinely edit comment Within 60 days after the date of submissions to remove such information publication of this notice, any persons A. Obtaining Information before making the comment (petitioner) whose interest may be Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021– submissions available to the public or affected by any of these actions may file 0068, facility name, unit number(s), entering the comment into ADAMS. a request for a hearing and petition for docket number(s), application date, and leave to intervene (petition) with respect II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance subject when contacting the NRC about to that action. Petitions shall be filed in of Amendments to Facility Operating the availability of information for this accordance with the Commission’s Licenses and Combined Licenses and action. You may obtain publicly ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and Proposed No Significant Hazards available information related to this Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested Consideration Determination action by any of the following methods: persons should consult a current copy • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to For the facility-specific amendment of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations https://www.regulations.gov and search requests shown below, the Commission are accessible electronically from the for Docket ID NRC–2021–0068.
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