[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 55843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20853]
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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 current valid OMB control number.
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 39--
Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging.
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: Applications for new
licenses and amendments may be submitted at any time. Applications for
renewal are submitted every 10 years. Reports are submitted as events
occur.
5. Who is required or asked to report: Applicants for and holders
of specific licenses authorizing the use of licensed radioactive
material for radiography.
6. An estimate of the number of responses: 1,800 (NRC: 391 [356 +
35 recordkeepers] and (Agreement States: 1409 [1,283 + 126
recordkeepers]).
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 161 (35 NRC
licensees and 126 Agreement State licensees).
8. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 34,933 hours. The NRC licensees total burden is 7,594 hours
(111 reporting hrs plus 7,483 recordkeeping hrs). The Agreement State
licensees total burden is 27,339 hours (405 reporting hrs plus 26,934
recordkeeping hrs). The average burden per response for both NRC
licensees and Agreement State licensees is 3.2 hours, and the burden
per recordkeeper is 214 hours.
9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 39 establishes radiation safety
requirements for the use of radioactive material in well logging
operations. The information in the applications, reports and records is
used by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the
public is protected and that licensee possession and use of source and
byproduct material is in compliance with license and regulatory
requirements.
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 October 18, 2004. 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. OMB
Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0130),
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 September 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-20853 Filed 9-15-04; 8:45 am]
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