[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63249-63250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24705]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. NRC-2013-0116]


OMB Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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

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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 July 15, 2013 (78 FR 42112).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: Policy Statement for 
the ``Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC 
Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through 
Agreement,'' Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request 
for Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation 
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in 
IMPEP.
    3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0183.
    4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required: Every four years for 
completion of the IMPEP questionnaire in preparation for an IMPEP 
review. One time for new Agreement State applications. Annually for 
participation by Agreement States in the IMPEP reviews and fulfilling 
requirements for Agreement States to maintain their programs.
    6. Who will be required or asked to report: All Agreement States 
(37 Agreement States who have signed Agreements with NRC under Section 
274b. of the Atomic Energy Act (Act)) and any non-Agreement State 
seeking to sign an Agreement with the Commission.
    7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 58.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 38 (37 existing 
Agreement States plus 1 applicant).
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 285,143 hours (an average of 7,504 
hours per respondent). This includes 477 hours to complete the IMPEP 
questionnaires; 2,750 hours to prepare new Agreement State 
applications, 396 hours for participation in IMPEP reviews; and 281,520 
hours for maintaining Existing Agreement State programs.
    10. Abstract: The States wishing to become Agreement States are 
requested to provide certain information to the NRC as specified by the 
Commission's Policy Statement, ``Criteria for Guidance of States and 
NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption 
Thereof By States Through Agreement.'' The Agreement States need to 
ensure that the radiation control program under the Agreement remains 
adequate and compatible with the requirements of Section 274 of the Act 
and must maintain certain information.
    The NRC conducts periodic evaluations through IMPEP to ensure that 
these programs are compatible with the NRC's program, meet the 
applicable parts of the Act, and adequate to protect public health and 
safety.
    The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly-available 
documents, including the final supporting statement, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests 
are available at the NRC's Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC's 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 November 22, 2013. 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.
    Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0183), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be emailed to [email protected] or 
submitted by telephone at 202-395-4718.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, telephone: 301-415-
6258.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of September 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-24705 Filed 10-22-13; 8:45 am]
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