[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2582]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: U.S. 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.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR 81, Standard 
Specifications for Granting of Patent Licenses.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Applications for licenses 
are submitted once. Other reports are submitted annually or as other 
events require.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Applicants for and 
holders of NRC licenses to NRC inventions.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 1.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 37; however, no applications are 
anticipated during the next three years.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 81 establishes the standard 
specifications for the issuance of licenses to rights in inventions 
covered by patents or patent applications invested in the United 
States, as represented by or in the custody of the Commission and other 
patents in which the Commission has legal rights.
    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 0-1F21, 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by June 22, 2005. 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.
    John A. Asalone, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(3150-0121), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, 
DC 20503.
    Comments can also be e-mailed to [email protected] or 
submitted by telephone at (202) 395-4650.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of May, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E5-2582 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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