[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21977]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. NRC-2009-0218]


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 June 3, 2009.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: Nuclear Material Events 
Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, 
and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act 
(AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.
    3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
    4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
    5. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are 
requested to provide copies of licensee material event reports 
electronically or by hard copy to NRC within 30 days of receipt from 
their licensee. In addition, Agreement States are requested to report 
events that may pose a significant health and safety hazard to the NRC 
Headquarters Operations Officer within the next working day of 
notification by an Agreement State licensee.
    6. Who will be required or asked to report: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 669.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 35.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 689 hours for all existing 
Agreement State reporting.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and events involving the use, transportation and security of 
radioactive byproduct material, and source material, such as those 
involving radiation overexposures, leaking or contaminated sealed 
source(s), release of excessive contamination of radioactive material, 
lost or stolen radioactive material, equipment failures, abandoned well 
logging sources and medical events. Agreement State licenses are also 
required to report these events to their individual Agreement State 
regulatory authorities under compatible Agreement State regulations. 
NRC is requesting that the Agreement States provide information to NRC 
on the initial notification, response actions, and follow-up 
investigations on events involving the use (including suspected theft 
or terrorist activities) of nuclear materials regulated pursuant to the 
Atomic Energy Act. The event information should be provided in a 
uniform electronic format, for assessment and identification of any 
facilities/site specific or generic safety concerns that could have the 
potential to impact public health and safety. The identification and 
review of safety concerns may result in lessons learned, and may also 
identify generic issues for further study which could result in 
proposals for changes or revisions to technical or regulatory designs, 
processes, standards, guidance or requirements.
    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 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 October 13, 2009. 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. NRC 
Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0178), 
NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    The Acting NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, (301) 415-
6258.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of September 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
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