[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 76 (Friday, April 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19981-19982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7533]


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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 current valid OMB control number.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, 
``Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and 
Continuation Page;'' NRC Forms 541 and 541A, ``Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest, Container and Waste Description, and 
Continuation Page;'' NRC Forms 542 and 542A, ``Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest, Index and Regional Compact Tabulation, and 
Continuation Page.''
    3. The form number if applicable: NRC Forms 540 and 540A; NRC Forms 
541 and 541A; and NRC Forms 542 and 542A.
    4. How often the collection is required: Forms are used by shippers 
whenever radioactive waste is shipped. Quarterly or less frequent 
reporting is made to NRC depending on specific license conditions.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All NRC-licensed low-
level waste facilities. All generators, collectors, and processors of 
low-level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility 
must complete the appropriate forms.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 13,400 licensees.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 13,400 licensees.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 756 licensees.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 2,500 licensees.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 2,500 licensees.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 22 licensees.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 10,050 (.75 hours per response).
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 44,341 (3.3 hours per response).
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 567 (.75 hours per response).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542, together with their 
continuation pages, designated by the ``A'' suffix, provide a set of 
standardized forms to meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and 
State requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of 
low-level waste industry groups. The forms

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provide uniformity and efficiency in the collection of information 
contained in manifests which are required to control transfers of low-
level radioactive waste intended for disposal at a land disposal 
facility. NRC Form 540 contains information needed to satisfy DOT 
shipping paper requirements in 49 CFR Part 172 and the waste tracking 
requirements of NRC in 10 CFR Part 20. NRC Form 541 contains 
information needed by disposal site facilities to safely dispose of 
low-level waste and information to meet NRC and State requirements 
regulating these activities. NRC Form 542, completed by waste 
collectors or processors, contains information which facilitates 
tracking the identity of the waste generator. That tracking becomes 
more complicated when the waste forms, dimensions, or packagings are 
changed by the waste processor. Each container of waste shipped from a 
waste processor may contain waste from several different generators. 
The information provided on NRC Form 542 permits the States and 
Compacts to know the original generators of low-level waste, as 
authorized by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 
1985, so they can ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate 
Compact.
    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 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 May 21, 2007. 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.
    Margaret Malanoski, OMB Desk Officer, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs (3150-0164, -0166, & -0165), 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) 395-3087.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Margaret A. Janney, 301-415-7245.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of April 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E7-7533 Filed 4-19-07; 8:45 am]
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