[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53029-53030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20564]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: 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 
request with burden revisions.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 26, 
``Fitness for Duty Program'.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All licensees 
authorized to construct or operate a nuclear power reactor and all 
licensees authorized to possess, use, or transport unirradiated 
Category 1 nuclear materials.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 1514 (1440 responses 
plus 74 recordkeepers).
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 74.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 64,446 (6273 hours of reporting 
burden or an average of 85 hours per licensee and 58,173 hours of 
recordkeeping burden or an average of 786 hours per licensee).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Program,'' 
requires licensees of nuclear power plants and licensees authorized to 
possess, use, or transport unirradiated Category 1 nuclear material to 
implement fitness-for-duty programs to assure that personnel are not 
under the influence of any substance or mentally or physically 
impaired, to retain certain records associated with the management of 
these programs, and to provide reports concerning significant events 
and program performance. Compliance with these program requirements is 
mandatory for licensees subject to 10 CFR part 26.
    A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance 
requests are available at the NRC World Wide Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/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 September 13, 2002. 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.

Bryon Allen, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0146),

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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 8th day of August, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-20564 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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