[Federal Register: August 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 166)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements:
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information collection: Proposed rule, 10 CFR
parts 72 and 73, ``Event Notification Requirements.''
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: The information must be
submitted following the occurrence of certain specified events. These
events are infrequent and occur at unpredictable times. Following
telephonic reports of some of these events, a followup written report
must be submitted within 60 days of the initial telephonic report.
5. Who is required or asked to report: All specific licensees or
general licensees who possess special nuclear material at fixed sites
and in transit and plants in which special nuclear material is used.
6. An estimate of the number of responses: 212; 29 responses for
part 72 and 183 responses for part 73.
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 21 part 72 NRC
licensees and 204 part 73 NRC licensees.
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 3,300; part 72--707 reporting
hours for NRC licensees; part 73--2,592 reporting hours for NRC
licensees, or an average of 24 hours per response for part 72 and 13
hours per response for part 73.
9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
10. Abstract: Part 72 establishes licensing requirements for the
independent storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste. It prescribes requirements both for specific licenses for
independent spent fuel storage installations and for general licenses
for storage of spent fuel at
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power reactor sites. Section 72.75 establishes reporting requirements
for specific events and conditions, including both emergency
notifications and non-emergency notifications, occurring at spent fuel
storage installations. Some of the requirements are for information
which must be submitted by telephone to NRC's Operations Center. Other
requirements are for written followup reports. Section 72.216 specifies
the applicability of the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 72.75. Part
73 establishes requirements for the physical protection of special
nuclear material at fixed sites and in transit and of plants where
special nuclear material is used. Section 73.71 establishes reporting
requirements for safeguards events, including both initial telephone
notification to the NRC Operations Center and written followup reports.
Appendix G to part 73 defines the reportable safeguards.
Submit, by September 26, 2002, comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical
utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
A copy of the submittal may be viewed free of charge at the NRC
Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room
O-1 F23, Rockville, MD 20852. The proposed rule indicated in ``The
title of the information collection'' is or has been published in the
Federal Register within several days of the publication date of this
Federal Register Notice. The OMB clearance package and rule are
available at the NRC worldwide web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-
involve/doc-comment/omb/index.html for 60 days after the signature date
of this notice and are also available at the rule forum site, http://
ruleforum.llnl.gov.
Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by
September 26, 2002: Bryon Allen, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (3150-0002 and -0132), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington DC 20503.
Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of August 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-21748 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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