[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4392]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


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

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).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision (OMB 
Clearance No. 3150-0101).
    2. The title of the information collection: Amended Final Rule--
Requirements for Initial Operator Licensing Examinations.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: No additional information 
submittals are required. Each facility that elects to prepare its own 
licensing examinations will be required to establish (a one-time 
activity) and periodically maintain (approximately biennially) 
procedures to control examination security.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Power reactor facility 
licensees.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 66.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 33.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 5,800 during the first year and 
660 hours per year thereafter (2,373 hours annualized over 3 years).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC is amending its previously published (62 FR 
42426) proposed rule, 10 CFR 55, ``Initial Licensed Operator 
Examination Requirements,'' to add additional information collection 
requirements and is publishing the revised document as a final rule. 
The new information collection requirements will require power reactor 
facility licensees to establish, implement, and maintain procedures to 
control examination security and integrity if they elect to prepare 
their own licensing examinations.
    Submit, by (insert date 30 days after publication in the Federal 
Register), 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 supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at 
the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower level), 
Washington, DC. OMB clearance packages are available at the NRC 
worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/index.html). 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 
March 25, 1999.
Erik Godwin,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0101), 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 17th day of February 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-4392 Filed 2-22-99; 8:45 am]
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