[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16998]
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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: 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: N/A.
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 will be 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 annual responses: 1,899 (NRC
licensees--376 plus 37 recordkeepers and Agreement State licensees--
1,353 plus 133 recordkeepers).
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 170 (37 NRC
Licensees and 133 Agreement State Licensees).
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 36,890 hours. The NRC licensees
total burden is 8,037 hours (116 reporting hrs plus 7,921 recordkeeping
hrs). The Agreement State licensees total burden is 28,853 hours (423
reporting hrs plus 28,430 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), Public Law 104-13
applies: N/A.
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 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 September 27, 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.
Nathan Frey, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150-0130), 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 Margaret A. Janney, 301-415-7245.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of August, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher Colburn,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E7-16998 Filed 8-27-07; 8:45 am]
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