[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50703-50704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17400]


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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

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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 part 63, 
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic 
Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: One time.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: The State of Nevada, 
local governments, or affected Indian Tribes, or their representatives, 
requesting consultation with the NRC staff regarding review of the 
potential high-level waste geologic repository site, or wishing to 
participate in a license application review for the potential geologic 
repository.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 9.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 3.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 363 (An average of 40 hours per 
response for consultation requests, 80 hours per response for license 
application review participation proposals, and one hour per response 
for statements of representative authority).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 63 requires the State of Nevada, local 
governments, or affected Indian Tribes to submit certain information to 
the NRC if they request consultation with the NRC staff concerning the 
review of the potential repository site, or wish to participate in a 
license application review for the potential repository. 
Representatives of the State of Nevada, local governments, or affected 
Indian Tribes must submit a statement of their authority to act in such 
a representative capacity. The information submitted by the State, 
local governments, and affected Indian Tribes is used by the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards as a basis for 
decisions about the commitment of NRC staff resources to the 
consultation and participation efforts.
    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 October 4, 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 J. Frey, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0199), 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) 395-7345.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Margaret A. Janney, 301-415-7245.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
 [FR Doc. E7-17400 Filed 8-31-07; 8:45 am]
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