[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11911-11912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6213]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. 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). The NRC hereby 
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Forms 540, 540A, 
541, 541A, 542, and 542A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest 
forms
    3. The form number if applicable: NRC Forms 540, 540A, 541, 541A, 
542, and 542A,
    4. How often the collection is required: Forms are used by shippers 
whenever radioactive waste is shipped. Quarterly reporting or less 
frequent is made to NRC depending on specific license conditions.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All NRC licensed low-
level waste facilities. All generators, collectors, and processors of 
low-level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility 
must complete the appropriate forms.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses:
    NRC Form 540: 8,000
    NRC Form 541: 8,000
    NRC Form 542: 600
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents:
    NRC Form 540: 2,500
    NRC Form 541: 2,500
    NRC Form 542: 22
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request:
    NRC Form 540: 9,380 hours (1.17 hours per response)
    NRC Form 541: 43,463 hours (5.43 hours per response)
    NRC Form 542: 260 hours (0.43 hours per response)
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542, together with their 
continuation pages, designated by the ``A'' suffix, provide a set of 
standardized forms to meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and 
State requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of 
low-level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity and 
efficiency in the collection of information contained in manifests 
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste 
intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. NRC Form 540 
contains information needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper requirements 
in 49 CFR Part 172 and the waste tracking requirements of NRC in 10 CFR 
Part 20. NRC Form 541 contains information needed by disposal site 
facilities to safely dispose of low-level waste and information to meet 
NRC and State requirements regulating these activities. NRC Form 542, 
completed by waste collectors or processors, contains information which 
facilitates tracking the identity of the waste generator. That tracking 
becomes more complicated when the waste forms, dimensions, or 
packagings are changed by the waste processor. Each container of waste 
shipped from a waste processor may contain waste from several different

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generators. The information provided on NRC Form 542 permits the States 
and Compacts to know the original generators of low-level waste, as 
authorized by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 
1985, so they can ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate 
Compact.
    A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower 
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld collection 
link on the home page tool bar. The document will be available on the 
NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
April 10, 1998:
    Martin Offutt, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
0164, -0165, -0166), 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 5th day of March 1998.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-6213 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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