[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55038-55039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21748]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

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).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: Proposed rule, 10 CFR 
parts 72 and 73, ``Event Notification Requirements.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: The information must be 
submitted following the occurrence of certain specified events. These 
events are infrequent and occur at unpredictable times. Following 
telephonic reports of some of these events, a followup written report 
must be submitted within 60 days of the initial telephonic report.
    5. Who is required or asked to report: All specific licensees or 
general licensees who possess special nuclear material at fixed sites 
and in transit and plants in which special nuclear material is used.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 212; 29 responses for 
part 72 and 183 responses for part 73.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 21 part 72 NRC 
licensees and 204 part 73 NRC licensees.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 3,300; part 72--707 reporting 
hours for NRC licensees; part 73--2,592 reporting hours for NRC 
licensees, or an average of 24 hours per response for part 72 and 13 
hours per response for part 73.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: Part 72 establishes licensing requirements for the 
independent storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
waste. It prescribes requirements both for specific licenses for 
independent spent fuel storage installations and for general licenses 
for storage of spent fuel at

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power reactor sites. Section 72.75 establishes reporting requirements 
for specific events and conditions, including both emergency 
notifications and non-emergency notifications, occurring at spent fuel 
storage installations. Some of the requirements are for information 
which must be submitted by telephone to NRC's Operations Center. Other 
requirements are for written followup reports. Section 72.216 specifies 
the applicability of the reporting requirements in 10 CFR 72.75. Part 
73 establishes requirements for the physical protection of special 
nuclear material at fixed sites and in transit and of plants where 
special nuclear material is used. Section 73.71 establishes reporting 
requirements for safeguards events, including both initial telephone 
notification to the NRC Operations Center and written followup reports. 
Appendix G to part 73 defines the reportable safeguards.
    Submit, by September 26, 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 submittal 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. The proposed rule indicated in ``The 
title of the information collection'' is or has been published in the 
Federal Register within several days of the publication date of this 
Federal Register Notice. The OMB clearance package and rule are 
available at the NRC worldwide web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/index.html for 60 days after the signature date 
of this notice and are also available at the rule forum site, http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
September 26, 2002: Bryon Allen, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0002 and -0132), 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 20th day of August 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-21748 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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