[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12556]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to 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 collection under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted.

1. The title of the information collection:
    NRC Form 4, ``Cumulative Occupational Exposure History''
    NRC Form 5, ``Occupational Exposure Record for a Monitoring 
Period''
2. Current OMB approval number:
    NRC Form 4: 3150-0005
    NRC Form 5: 3150-0006
3. How often the collection is required:
    NRC Form 4: Occasionally
    NRC Form 5: Annually
4. Who is required or asked to report: Licensees who are required to 
comply with 10 CFR Part 20.
5. The number of annual respondents:
    NRC Form 4: 286 (104 reactor sites and 182)
    NRC Form 5: 5,400 (104 reactor sites and 5,296 materials licensees)
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or 
request:
    NRC Form 4: 11,531 hours or an average of 0.5 hours per response.
    NRC Form 5: 66,682 hours (55,242 hours for recordkeeping hours or 
an average of 10 hours per recordkeeper and 11,440 hours for reporting 
hours or an average of 40 hours per response).
7. Abstract: NRC Form 4 is used to record the summary of an 
individual's cumulative occupational radiation dose for the current 
year to ensure that dose does not exceed regulatory limits. NRC Form 5 
is used to record and report the results of individual monitoring for 
an occupational dose from radiation during a one-year period to ensure 
regulatory compliance with annual dose limits.

    Submit, by July 17, 2001, 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 draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F23, Rockville, MD 20852. 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 about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission T-6 E6, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of May 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-12556 Filed 5-17-01; 8:45 am]
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