[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 220 (Thursday, November 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64249-64250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22334]


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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: New collection.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Survey of Public 
Response to Emergencies.
    3. The form number if applicable: N/A.
    4. How often the collection is required: This is a one-time 
collection.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Members of the public 
that reside within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zones (EPZs) of 
nuclear power plants.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 920 (each 
respondent will answer one survey).
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: This is a one-time 
collection of 800 completed surveys.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 210 hours ((800 completed surveys 
x .25 hours per response = 200 hours) + (120 uncompleted surveys x .083 
hours per response = 10 hours)).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: N/A.
    10. Abstract: As part of the NRC's effort to review and improve 
emergency response program areas, the NRC intends to conduct a 
telephone survey

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to assess public reaction to existing protective action strategies, new 
protective action strategies, and the effectiveness in which these 
strategies are conveyed to the public. The survey will produce 
statistical descriptions of likely public reaction to and acceptance of 
various protective action strategies. The targets for the telephone 
survey are randomly selected members of the public that reside within 
the 10-mile EPZs around nuclear power plants. This is a nationwide 
survey of the public residing within EPZs. The response to the surveys 
will be used by the NRC in the development of enhancements to its 
guidance for nuclear power plant protective action recommendations and 
the means by which this information is disseminated. The survey will 
also improve the understanding of other areas related to protective 
action implementation, such as the extent of shadow evacuations and the 
expected usage of congregate care facilities.
    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-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 December 17, 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, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
XXXX), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503.
    Comments can also be e-mailed to Nathan J. [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 8th day of November, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
 [FR Doc. E7-22334 Filed 11-14-07; 8:45 am]
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