[Federal Register: July 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 144)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review and 
approval of information collections under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 592, ``NRC's 
Handling of Your Concerns''.
    2. Current OMB approval number: None.
    3. How often the collection is required: One time, as allegations 
are closed.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Individuals who have 
submitted an allegation to the NRC.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 240.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 240 hours (one hour per response).
    7. Abstract: NRC Form 592 is used to conduct a voluntary survey of 
allegers who bring health and safety concerns to the NRC. The survey is 
used to determine the level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with 
NRC's handling of their allegation. The survey will be sent to allegers 
in various categories (allegers whose allegations were resolved but not 
substantiated, resolved and substantiated, or resolved and partially 
substantiated) whose allegations were filed in each of the four NRC 
regional offices and the two major program offices, the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards. The results of this survey will be used by NRC 
management to gauge the effectiveness of its existing program and to 
develop programmatic revisions, as needed, to improve its handling of 
allegations.
    Submit, by September 27, 1999, 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 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 
worldwide 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 about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 E6, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at BJS1@NRC.GOV.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of July 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-19255 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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