[Federal Register: August 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 154)]
[Notices]               
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. 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). 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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: New.
    2. The title of the information collection: Voluntary Reporting of 
Performance Indicators.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: One-time collection and 
quarterly thereafter.
    5. Who is required or asked to report: Power reactor licensees.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 264.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 66 reactor sites.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 13,860 hours (210 hours per site), 
and a one-time start-up effort of 13,200 hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: As part of a joint industry-NRC initiative, the NRC 
plans to receive information submitted voluntarily by power reactor 
licensees regarding selected performance attributes known as 
performance indicators (PIs). PIs provide objective measures of the 
performance of licensees' systems or programs. The NRC is revising its 
reactor oversight process to use PI information, along with the results 
of selected audits and inspections, as the basis for NRC conclusions 
regarding plant performance and necessary regulatory response. PIs will 
be transmitted electronically to reduce burden on licensees and the NRC 
as part of the NRC's revised oversight process which

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is scheduled for implementation beginning in April 2000.
    A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower 
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
World Wide Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/index.html). The 
document will be available on the NRC Home Page site for 60 days after 
the signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by September 10, 1999. Comments received after this date 
will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of 
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.

Erik Godwin,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-    ), 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 5th day of August 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth C. St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20658 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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