[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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