[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65083-65084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31322]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. 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 of 
continued 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: Reactor Operator and 
Senior Reactor Operator Licensing Training and Requalification 
Programs.
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0101.
    3. How often the collection is required: As needed per facility; 
generally once or less per year.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: All reactor licensees and 
applicants for an operating license at power and non-power reactors.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 75 for power reactors and 30 
for non-power reactors annually.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 27,882 hours annually for power reactor licensees and 124 
hours annually for non-power reactor licensees.
    7. Abstract: The NRC requests copies of initial and requalification 
training material and examinations from reactor licensees/applicants. 
The training material is used by the NRC staff to develop operator and 
senior operator licensing and requalification examinations. The initial 
examinations are reviewed, modified, and approved by the NRC staff for 
use in licensing operators and senior operators; the requalification 
examinations are inspected to verify regulatory compliance.
    Submit, by February 10, 1997, 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. 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 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

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Public Document Room, nationally at 1-800-397-4209, or within the 
Washington, DC area at 202-634-3273.
    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 F33, Washington, DC, 
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of December, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 96-31322 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]
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