[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12174]
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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.
The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on February 14, 2008.
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information collection: Notice of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) For Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion
Plants (GDP) (NRC Enforcement Policy).
3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0136.
4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
6. Who is required or asked to report: Nuclear power reactor
licensees and gaseous diffusion plant certificate holders.
7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: Approximately 14.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: Approximately 14.
9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 1,825.
10. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy addresses circumstances
in which the NRC may exercise enforcement discretion. A specific type
of enforcement discretion is designated as a NOED and relates to
circumstances which may arise where a nuclear power plant licensee's
compliance with a Technical Specification Limiting Condition for
Operation or other license conditions would involve: (1) An unnecessary
plant shutdown; (2) performance of testing, inspection, or system
realignment that is inappropriate for the specific plant conditions; or
(3) unnecessary delays in plant startup without a corresponding health
and safety benefit.
Similarly, for a gaseous diffusion plant, circumstances may arise
where compliance with a Technical Safety Requirement or other condition
would unnecessarily call for a total plant shutdown, or, compliance
would unnecessarily place the plant in a condition where safety,
safeguards or security features were degraded or inoperable. A licensee
or certificate holder seeking the issuance of an NOED must provide a
written justification, in accordance with guidance provided in NRC
Inspection Manual, Part 9900, which documents the safety basis for the
request and provides whatever other information the NRC staff deems
necessary to decide whether or not to exercise discretion.
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 World Wide 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 30 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer
listed below by July 2, 2008. 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-
0136), 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 May 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E8-12174 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am]
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