[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65523-65524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31219]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of New System of Records.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice of 
the establishment of a new system of records, NRC-12, Child Care 
Tuition Assistance Program Records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The new system of records will become effective without 
further notice on January 28, 2002 unless comments received on or 
before that date cause a contrary decision.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications staff. Hand deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Copies of comments received may be examined at either the NRC 
Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, or the NRC's Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS). Comments are also available at 
the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site 
also enables you to submit comments. Comments may be uploaded as files 
(any format), if your Web browser supports that function. For 
information about the interactive rulemaking Web site, contact Ms. 
Carol Gallagher, 301-415-5905; e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra S. Northern, Privacy Program 
Officer, FOIA/Privacy Act Team, Web, Publishing, and Distribution 
Services Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 
301-415-6879; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The establishment of this new system of 
records, NRC-12, Child Care Tuition Assistance Program Records, will 
allow the NRC to collect and maintain family income data from NRC 
employees for the purpose of determining their eligibility for child 
care subsidies, and the amounts of the subsidies. It will also maintain 
information from the employee's child care provider(s) for verification 
purposes, e.g., that the provider is licensed. Data will be

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collected from the tuition assistance application forms submitted by 
employees.
    A report on the proposed new system of records is being sent to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs of the U.S. Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of 
the U.S. House of Representatives as required by the Privacy Act and 
OMB Circular No. A-130, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for 
Maintaining Records About Individuals.''
    According, the NRC proposes to add NRC-12 to read as follows:
NRC-12

System name:
    Child Care Tuition Assistance Program Records

System Location:
    Office of Human Resources, NRC, Two White Flint North, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

Categories of Individuals Covered by the System:
    NRC employees who voluntarily apply for child care tuition 
assistance.

Categories of Records in the System:
    These records include application forms for child care tuition 
assistance containing personal information, including employee (parent) 
name, social security number, grade, home and work telephone numbers, 
home and work addresses, total family income, names of children on 
whose behalf the parent is applying for tuition assistance, child's 
date of birth; information on child care providers used, including 
name, address, provider license number and State where issued, tuition 
cost, and provider tax identification number; and copies of IRS Form 
1040 and 1040A for verification purposes.

Authority for Maintenance of the System:
    Public Law 107-67, section 630 and Executive Order 9397.

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories 
of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses:
    In addition to the disclosures permitted under subsection (b) of 
the Privacy Act, the NRC may disclose information contained in this 
system of records without the consent of the subject individual if the 
disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the record was 
collected under the following routine uses:
    a. To the Office of Personnel Management to provide statistical 
reports;
    b. For any of the routine uses specified in the Prefatory Statement 
of General Routine Uses.

Policies and Practices for Storing, Retrieving, Accessing, Retaining 
and Disposition of Records in the System:
Storage:
    Information may be collected on paper or electronically and may be 
stored as paper forms or on computers.

Retrievability:
    Information may be retrieved by employee name or social security 
number.

Safeguards:
    When not in use by an authorized person, paper records are stored 
in lockable file cabinets and computer records are protected by the use 
of passwords.

Retention and Disposal:
    The records in this system are currently unscheduled and must be 
retained until the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
approves a records disposition schedule for this material.

System Manager and Address:
    Director, Office of Human Resources, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Notification Procedure:
    Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records 
contains information pertaining to themselves should write to the 
Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) Officer, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and comply with the procedures contained in 
NRC's Privacy Act regulations, 10 CFR part 9.

Record Access Procedure:
    Same as ``Notification procedure.''

Contesting Record Procedure:
    Same as ``Notification procedure.''

Record Source Categories:
    Information in this system of records is obtained from NRC 
employees who apply for child care tuition assistance. Furnishing of 
the information is voluntary.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of December, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stuart Reiter,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-31219 Filed 12-18-01; 8:45 am]
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