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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.

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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: Revision.
    2.The title of the information collection: Proposed Rule, ``10 CFR 
50.67: Shutdown and Low-Power Operations for Nuclear Power Reactors.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: One time.
    5. Who will be required to report: Commercial nuclear power plant 
licensees.
    6. An estimate the number of annual respondents: licensees of 74 
nuclear power plant sites.
    7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement: 232,360 (approximately 3160 hours of 
recordkeeping burden per site).
    8. An indication of whether section 3504(h), Pub.L. 96-511 applies: 
Applicable.
    9. Abstract: Proposed 10 CFR 50.67 of NRC's regulations, ``Shutdown 
and Low-Power Operations for Nuclear Power Reactors'' would require 
power reactor licensees to implement safety improvements to resolve NRC 
concerns regarding shutdown and low-power operations. In part, 
licensees would be required to (1) establish controls in technical 
specifications limiting conditions for operation and surveillance 
requirements in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.36(c) (2) 
and (3), or plant procedures required by technical specifications 
administrative controls pursuant to 10 CFR 50.36(c)(5) for equipment 
which licensees identify as necessary to perform their safety function 
when plants are in a shutdown or low power condition; and (2) evaluate 
realistically the effects of fires stemming from activities conducted 
during cold shutdown or refueling conditions, determine whether such 
fires could prevent accomplishment of the normal decay heat removal 
capability, and if so, either provide measures to prevent loss of 
normal decay heat removal or establish a contingency plan that will 
ensure an alternate decay heat removal capability exists. These 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements, in addition to other actions 
required by the proposed amendment to NRC's regulations, are intended 
to protect public health and safety from the risk of a core-melt 
accident.
    Copies 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 20555-0001.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer: Troy 
Hillier, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0011), 
NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3084.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, (301) 415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 12th day of October 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-25711 Filed 10-17-94; 8:45 am]
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