[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56236-56237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28068]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

AGENCY: 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).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: Changes, Tests and 
Experiments, and Updating of Final Safety Analysis Reports (10 CFR 
Parts 50, 52 and 72).
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Information is required to 
be collected when changes, tests or experiments are made by the 
licensee; reporting of these changes is required either on an annual 
basis (Part 72 facilities and nonpower reactors), or every two years 
(power reactors). Updating the final safety analysis report (FSAR ) is 
required on an annual basis for independent spent fuel storage 
installations (ISFSIs), with up to two years for power reactor 
facilities (updating not required for nonpower reactors).
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Reports are to 
submitted by licensees of production or utilization facilities licensed 
under 10 CFR Part 50 and by licensees and certificate holders for 
ISFSIs and spent fuel storage casks, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 72.
    6. An estimate of the annual number of responses: Responses are 
required on a periodic basis from licensees or certificate holders. 
Summary reports of changes, and submittal of FSAR update pages are 
required; some of these submittals are required on an annual basis, and 
some are on a two year cycle. In addition, an application for amendment 
of a cask certificate by a certificate holder is expected to be 
submitted from about half of the holders per year. The annual number of 
responses thus is estimated as 253 reports.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: The total number of 
respondents under Part 50 is 178 reactor licensees. In addition, there 
are 18 respondents subject to Part 72. Since some of the reporting for 
power reactors is on a two-year cycle, the annual number of respondents 
is estimated as 153 respondents.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: The total number of hours annually 
is estimated at 479,789 hours (an increase of 66,099 hours)--133,160 
hours (an increase of 4,380) for reporting; 293,560 hours (an increase 
of 8,650) for recordkeeping. This total estimate also includes an 
annualized one-time burden of 53,069 hours for implementation of the 
revisions to the rule through procedures and training of personnel. The 
hours needed depend upon the number and complexity of changes that a 
licensee chooses to make. The hours needed for a power reactor 
respondent are estimated to be significantly greater than those for a 
spent fuel storage cask certificate holder or ISFSI licensee.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: Applicable.
    10. Abstract: The NRC is proposing to revise requirements 
pertaining to

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changes, tests, and experiments, and for updating of final safety 
analysis reports. The purpose of the rulemaking is to clarify 
requirements and to allow more flexibility for certain changes that a 
licensee could make without receiving prior NRC approval. The NRC 
estimates that these rule changes will have only a minor impact upon 
the existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements in these sections 
of NRC regulations. There will be a one-time burden for revision of 
procedures and training.
    Submit, by November 20, 1998, 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 submittal may be reviewed free of charge at the NRC 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NE (lower level), Washington DC. 
The proposed rule indicated in the ``title of the information 
collection'' is or has been published in the Federal Register within 
several days of the publication date of this Federal Register notice. 
Instructions for accessing the electronic OMB clearance package for the 
rulemaking have been appended to the electronic rulemaking. Members of 
the public may access the electronic OMB clearance package by following 
the directions for electronic access provided in the preamble to the 
titled rulemaking.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
November 20, 1998: Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0011 and 3150-0132), 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, 301-414-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day October of 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-28068 Filed 10-20-98; 8:45 am]
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