[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 61 (Friday, March 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6397]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 72,
Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0132.
3. How often the collection is required: Required reports are
collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur;
submittal of reports varies from less than one per year under some rule
sections to up to an average of about 100 per year under other rule
sections. Applications for new licenses, certificates of compliance
(CoCs), and amendments may be submitted at anytime; applications for
renewal of licenses are required every 20 years for an Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) or Certificate of Compliance
(CoC) and every 40 years for a Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS)
facility.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Certificate holders of casks
for the storage of spent fuel; licensees and applicants for a CoC or a
license to possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive
materials associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI; and the
Department of Energy for licenses to receive, transfer, package and
possess power reactor spent fuel, high-level waste, and other
radioactive materials associated with spent fuel and high-level waste
storage in an MRS.
5. The number of annual respondents: 50.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 25,551 (22,781 hours for reporting [71 hours per response]
and 2,770 hours for recordkeeping [55 hours per recordkeeper]).
7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 72 establishes mandatory requirements,
procedures, and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive,
transfer, and possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive
materials associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, as well as
requirements for the issuance of licenses to the Department of Energy
to receive, transfer, package, and possess power reactor spent fuel and
high-level radioactive waste, and other associated radioactive
materials in an MRS. The information in the applications, reports, and
records is used by NRC to make licensing and other regulatory
determinations.
Submit, by May 27, 2008, comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical
utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
A copy of the draft 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 about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Margaret A.
Janney (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7245, or by e-mail to
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of March, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E8-6397 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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