[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6519]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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). 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: Revision/
Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 26, 
``Fitness for Duty Program''.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All licensees 
authorized to construct or operate a nuclear power reactor and all 
licensees authorized to possess, use, or transport unirradiated 
Category 1 nuclear material.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses:
    a. 148 semi-annual reports (an average of 40 hours per response).
    b. 74 telephonic event reports (an average of 15 minutes per 
response).
    c. 44,000 written statements from applicants for unescorted access 
authorization to protected areas (an average of 30 seconds per 
response).
    7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 63,960 (7,210 hours of reporting 
burden, and 56,750 hours of recordkeeping burden).
    8. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    9. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Program,'' requires 
licensees of nuclear power plants and licensees authorized to possess, 
use, or transport unirradiated Category 1 nuclear material to implement 
fitness-for-duty programs to assure that personnel are not under the 
influence of any substance or mentally or physically impaired, to 
retain certain records associated with the management of these 
programs, and to provide reports concerning significant events. 
Compliance with these requirements is mandatory for licensees subject 
to 10 CFR Part 26.
    A copy of the submittal may be viewed free of charge at the NRC 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC. 
Members of the public who are in the Washington, DC, area can access 
the submittal via modem on the Public Document Room Bulletin Board 
(NRC's Advanced Copy Document Library) NRC subsystem at FedWorld, 703-
321-3339. Members of the public who are located outside of the 
Washington, DC, area can dial FedWorld, 1-800-303-9672, or use the 
FedWorld Internet address: fedworld.gov (Telnet). The document will be 
available on the bulletin board for 30 days after the signature date of 
this notice. If assistance is needed in accessing the document, please 
contact the FedWorld help desk at 703-487-4608. Additional assistance 
in locating the document is available from the NRC Public Document 
Room, nationally at 1-800-397-4209, or within the Washington, DC, area 
at 202-634-3273.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
April 18, 1996. Peter Francis, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0146), 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, Maryland, this 14th day of March 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 96-6519 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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