[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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