[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28715-28716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12017]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0102]
Information Collection: Destinations of Released Patients
Following Treatment with Iodine-131 and Estimation of Doses to Members
of the Public at Locations other than Conventional Residences Receiving
Such Patients
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed information collection: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on this proposed collection of information of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a proposed collection of
information. The information collection is entitled, ``Destinations of
Released Patients Following Treatment with Iodine-131 and Estimation of
Doses to Members of the Public at Locations other than Conventional
Residences Receiving Such Patients.''
DATES: Submit comments by July 20, 2015. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0102. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information
Services, Mail Stop: T-5 F53, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tremaine Donnell, Office of
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0102 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0102. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2015-0102 on this Web site.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. A
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No.: ML15086A164.
The supporting statement available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML15086A166.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting NRC's Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, Office of
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email:
[email protected].
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0102 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment
submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
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II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized
below.
1. The title of the information collection: Destinations of
Released Patients Following Treatment with Iodine-131 and Estimation of
Doses to Members of the Public at Locations other than Conventional
Residences Receiving Such Patients.
2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been
assigned to this proposed information collection.
3. Type of submission: New.
4. The form number, if applicable: NA.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: One-time.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Institutions that
treat thyroid cancer patients with I-131 and the thyroid cancer
patients who have been treated.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 5,175 (175 for
treating institutions and 5000 for individuals).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 5,175.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 1,675 (175 hours for
treating institution and 1500 hours for individuals).
10. Abstract: Although most patients return to their home after
receiving diagnostic or therapeutic of Iodine-131, some patients
released by the licensee may stay at another location (such as a hotel)
for a few days. However, the extent of this practice is unclear. The
same uncertainty exists regarding patients returning to nursing homes
and other institutional settings. Therefore, one of the main objectives
of this study is to obtain reliable statistical data that provides good
estimates of the prevalence of these practices. The second objective is
to determine, by measurements, the external and internal doses received
by members of the general public at hotels, nursing homes, or other
institutional settings that receive treated patients immediately after
their release.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking 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 estimate of the burden of the information collection
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 on respondents
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of May 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-12017 Filed 5-18-15; 8:45 am]
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