[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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