[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7575]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (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). 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 current valid OMB control number.
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC ``Nuclear Material 
Events Database (NMED)'' for the Collection of Event Report, Response, 
Analyses, and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0178
    3. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are 
requested to provide copies of licensee event reports electronically or 
by hard copy to NRC on a monthly basis or within 30 days of receipt 
from their licensee. This schedule provides the Agreement States 30 
days to assess the licensee information prior to providing the 
information to NRC. Reportable events involve the industrial, 
commercial, medical use, and/or academic use of radioactive byproduct 
materials. 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 States 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: 31.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 945 hours (an average of approximately 1.0 hour per 
response) for all existing Agreement States reporting; any new 
Agreement State would add approximately 29 event reports (including 
follow-up reports) per year or 29 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, leaking or contaminated sealed source(s), 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 provide information on the initial notification, response 
actions, and follow-up investigations on events and medical 
misadministrations involving the use of nuclear materials regulated 
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act. The event information should be 
provided 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. The 
identification and review of safety concerns may result in lessons 
learned, and may also identify generic issues for further study which 
could result in proposals for changes or revisions to technical or 
regulatory designs, processes or standards.
    Submit by May 30, 2000, 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 their 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. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
World Wide 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 may be directed to the NRC Clearance 
Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 
E6, Washington, DC 20555-000, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by 
Internet electronic mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of March 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-7575 Filed 3-27-00; 8:45 am]
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