[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54566-54567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23143]


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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: 10 CFR Part 50, 
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities''.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: As necessary in order for 
NRC to meet its responsibilities to conduct a detailed review of 
applications for licenses and amendments thereto to construct and 
operate nuclear power plants, preliminary or final design approvals, 
design certifications, research and test facilities, reprocessing 
plants and other utilization and production facilities, licensed 
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and to 
monitor their activities.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Licensees and 
applicants for nuclear power plants and non-power reactors (research 
and test facilities).
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 7,907.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 175.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 4.7M (approximately 2.3M reporting 
hours and 2.4M recordkeeping hours); an average of 26.5K per 
respondent.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 50 of the NRC's regulations, ``Domestic 
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' specifies 
technical information and data to be provided to the NRC or maintained 
by applicants and licensees so that the NRC may make determinations 
necessary to promote the health and safety of the public, in accordance 
with the Act. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in 
10 CFR part 50 are mandatory for the affected licensees and applicants.
    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/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 
listed below by October 10, 2000. Comments received after this date 
will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of 
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date: Amy 
Farrell, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0011), 
NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of August 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-23143 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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