[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27105-27106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13514]



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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 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).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: ``Codes and Standards 
for Nuclear Power Plants; Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: The American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) 
requires that inspection results be submitted to the regulatory and 
enforcement authorities having jurisdiction at the plant site. The 
final rule has eliminated the requirement to submit those reports to 
the NRC. Instead, the records are to be retained by the licensee to be 
made available to the NRC in the event of an NRC audit. However, if an 
examination reveals degradation to the extent that the structural 
integrity of the containment could be affected, a report must be 
submitted to the NRC. A one-time notification of commitment to the 
containment inservice inspection program would be submitted prior to 
implementation.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Nuclear power plant 
licensees.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: Each of the 109 nuclear 
power plant licensees will be required to develop a containment 
inservice inspection (ISI) program in accordance with the ASME Code 
requirements, and submit a notification of commitment to the program 
within five years from the effective date of the rule (one-time 
submittal). Once the program has been implemented, and all licensees 
have performed the expedited containment ISI, subsequent containment 
ISI would be performed in accordance with the regularly scheduled ISI 
of each 10-year ISI interval. Approximately 12 licensees a year would 
be performing containment ISI and documenting the results. It is 
estimated that four of those licensees will detect containment 
degradation that will require them to report to the NRC the extent of 
degradation and corrective actions.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: Once the containment 
ISI program plan has been implemented, the number of annual respondents 
is estimated to be four.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 116,554 hours over the first four 
years, of which 109,000 hours is a one-time implementation burden; and 
a recurring burden thereafter of 9,768 hours (814 hours for each of 12 
licensees).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Applicable.
    10. Abstract: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending 
its regulations to incorporate by reference the 1992 Edition with the 
1992 Addenda of Subsection IWE, ``Requirements for Class MC and 
Metallic Liners of Class CC Components of Light-Water Cooled Power 
Plants,'' and Subsection IWL, ``Requirements for Class CC Concrete 
Components of Light-Water Cooled Power Plants,'' of Section XI, 
Division 1, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and 
Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code) with specified modifications and a 
limitation. Subsection IWE of the ASME Code provides rules for 
inservice inspection, repair, and replacement of Class MC pressure 
retaining components and their integral attachments and of metallic 
shell and penetration liners of Class CC pressure retaining components 
and their integral attachments in light-water cooled power plants. 
Subsection IWL of the ASME Code provides rules for inservice inspection 
and repair of the reinforced concrete and the post-tensioning systems 
of Class CC components. Provisions have been included to prevent 
unnecessary duplication of examinations between the expedited 
examination and the routine 120-month ISI examinations. Subsection IWE 
and Subsection IWL have not been previously incorporated by reference 
into the NRC regulations. This final amendment will specify 
requirements to assure that the critical areas of containments are 
routinely inspected to detect defects that could compromise a 
containment's pressure-retaining integrity.
    Submit, by July 1, 1996, 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 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 
this document 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 
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 
July 1, 1996: Peter Francis, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs

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(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, Maryland, this 8th day of May, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 96-13514 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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