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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to the OMB for review the 
following proposal for the collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35).

    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: New
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Survey: Licensee 
Plans for Augmented Examinations of Reactor Vessel Shell Welds.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: One time only.
    5. Who will be asked to report: Licensees of operating commercial 
nuclear power plants.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses annually: 110.
    7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 55 hours (30 minutes per 
licensee).
    8. An indication of whether Section 3504(h), Pub. L 96-511 applies: 
Not applicable.
    9. Abstract: NRC plans to conduct a telephone survey of all 
licensees of operating commercial nuclear power plants to determine 
their plans for comply with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR 50.55a(g)(6)(ii)(A) that requires augmented inspections of 
essentially 100 percent of reactor pressure vessel shell welds. (For 
the purpose of this augmented examination, ``essentially 100 percent'' 
means more than 90 percent of the examination volume of each weld, 
where the reduction in coverage is due to interference by another 
component or part geometry.) The primary objectives of the survey are 
to:
    (1) Determine if the licensees are aware of the requirement for the 
augmented examinations.
    (2) Determine when the licensees intend to perform the augmented 
examinations and when the required examinations are to be completed.
    (3) Determine generally how the licensees intend to perform the 
examinations and what percentage of the involved welds they anticipate 
being able to examine.
    Compies of the submittal may be inspected or obtained for a fee 
from the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC. 20555.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer: Troy 
Hillier, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0000) NEOB-
3019, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3084.
    The NRC Clearance Office is Brenda Jo. Shelton, (301) 492-8132.

    Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 8th day of April, 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-9252 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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