[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21518]


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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: Survey of Steel Mills: 
Support for a Risk Assessment of General- and Specific-Licensed 
Devices.
    2. Current OMB approval number: None.
    3. How often the collection is required: The survey requires a one-
time response.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Steel mills in the United 
States.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 300 steel mills.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: Each questionnaire is expected to take about 3 hours to 
complete. The total burden for the industry is 900 hours. An additional 
40 hours will be expended by trade organizations in distributing and 
collecting the questionnaires.
    7. Abstract: NRC is conducting a survey to obtain information for a 
comprehensive assessment of the risk associated with radioactive 
material which has entered the scrap stream due to loss of control of 
the material by licensed users. Steel mills that have accidentally 
smelted the radioactive material that has been found in the metal 
recycling stream have incurred large expenses to decontaminate plants 
and unnecessary exposures also have occurred due to handling the 
radioactive material. The information from the survey will assist NRC 
in determining the probability of identifying radioactive material in 
the scrap stream and the likely radiation exposures to members of the 
public.
    Submit, by October 14, 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 Advance 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 about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T6F33, Washington, DC, 
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Arnold E. Levin,
Acting Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-21518 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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