[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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