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OMB Control No: 3145-0234	ICR Reference No: 201312-3145-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: NSF	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Grantee Reporting Requirements for National Facilities Managed by the NSF Division of Materials Research
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/27/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/30/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2017	36 Months From Approved
Responses	3	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,370	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	228,732	0	0

Abstract: The National Facilities (NAFI) Program in the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) is the steward for two national user facilities: the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), and partners with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the user program at the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering (CHRNS) at the National Center for Neutron Research. Support for operation of these user facilities, facility upgrades, in-house research, and education ranges from approximately $20-$30M/year where DMR is the steward to $3.5M/yr for the partnership with NIST. Typical awards are for a five year period. Because of the duration and size of these awards, it is necessary for the NSF to ensure that its substantial investment is spent appropriately, that each of the facilities meets the goals stated in its own strategic plan, and that each facility's activities satisfy the goals and objectives of DMR. To enable effective oversight of its investment, the NSF requires that each currently funded facility must submit an annual project report that describes all activities of the facility; each existing facility, in accordance with Foundation-wide requirements, began submitting an annual report in its first year of operation. Each facility also is expected to submit a final report at the end of the award.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1861 Name of Law: National Science Foundation Act of 1950, et seq.

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 22917	04/17/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 79499	12/30/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Grantee Reporting Requirements for National Facilities Managed by the NSF Division of Materials Research

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3	3
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,370	2,370
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	228,732	228,732

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection for the National Science Foundation.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,880

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Suzanne Plimpton

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