[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68307-68308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32946]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements:
Notice of Pending Submittal to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Review
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: Nuclear Material Events
Database (NMED).
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
3. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are
requested to report events to NRC electronically or by hard copy within
one month of notification from an Agreement State licensee that an
incident or event involving the industrial, commercial and/or academic
use of radioactive byproduct materials, or the use of radioactive
materials for medical diagnosis, therapy, or research has occurred. In
addition, Agreement States are requested to report events that may pose
a significant health and safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters
Operations Officer within the next working day of notification by an
Agreement State licensee.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Current Agreement States and
any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
5. The number of annual respondents: 29.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 705 hours (an average of approximately one hour per
response) for all existing Agreement States reporting; any new
Agreement State would add approximately 25 reports per year or 25
burden hours.
7. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report
incidents and events involving the use of radioactive byproduct
material, and source material, such as those involving a radiation
overexposure, a leaking or contaminated sealed source, release of
excessive contamination of radioactive material, lost or stolen
radioactive material, equipment failures, and abandoned well logging
sources. Medical misadministrations are required to be reported in
accordance with 10 CFR 35.33. Agreement State licensees are also
required to report these events and medical misadministrations to their
individual Agreement State regulatory authorities under compatible
Agreement State regulations. NRC is requesting that the Agreement
States voluntarily submit summary information on events and medical
misadministrations involving the use of nuclear materials regulated
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, in a uniform electronic format, for
assessment and identification of any facility/site specific or generic
safety concerns that could have the potential to impact public health
and safety; and to evaluate actions necessary to prevent their
occurrence at the same or other facilities.
Submit, by February 25, 1997, comments that address the following
questions:
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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).
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 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, or by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet
electronic mail at [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December, 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 96-32946 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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