[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3899]


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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 collections 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: Exercise of Discretion 
for an Operating Facility, NRC Enforcement Policy (NUREG-1600)--(Notice 
of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs)).
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0136.
    3. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Nuclear power reactor 
licensees and gaseous diffusion plant certificate holders.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 17.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 2,550.
    7. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy addresses circumstances 
in which the NRC may exercise enforcement discretion. This enforcement 
discretion is designated as a Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) 
and relates to circumstances which may arise where a nuclear power 
plant licensee's compliance with a Technical Specification Limiting 
Condition for Operation or with other license conditions would involve 
an unnecessary plant transient or performance of testing, inspection, 
or system realignment that is inappropriate for the specific plant 
conditions, or unnecessary delays in plant startup without a 
corresponding health and safety benefit. Similarly, for a gaseous 
diffusion plant, circumstances may arise where compliance with a 
Technical Safety Requirement or other condition would unnecessarily 
call for a total plant shutdown, or, notwithstanding that a safety, 
safeguards or security feature was degraded or inoperable, compliance 
would unnecessarily place the plant in a transient or condition where 
those features could be required. A licensee or certificate holder 
seeking the issuance of an NOED must provide a written justification, 
in accordance with guidance provided in NRC Inspection Manual, Part 
9900, which documents the safety basis for the request and provides 
whatever other information the NRC staff deems necessary to decide 
whether or not to exercise discretion.
    Submit, by April 22, 2002, 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].
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of February, 2002.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-3899 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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