[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1616]
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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: Notice of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion
Plants (GDP).
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: 11.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 1,991 hours (1810 reporting [121 hours per response] and
181 recordkeeping [16.45 hours per recordkeeper]).
7. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy addresses circumstances
in which the NRC may exercise enforcement discretion. A specific type
of 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 shutdown, 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 June 7, 2005, 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 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance
requests are available at the NRC worldwide 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 about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo.
Shelton (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E5-1616 Filed 4-7-05; 8:45 am]
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