Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66206-66207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31934]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of 
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 36--
Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Irradiators.
    2. Current OMB Approval Number: 3150-0158.
    3. How often the collection is required: There is a one-time 
submittal of information to receive a license. Once a specific license 
has been issued, there is a 10-year resubmittal of the information for 
renewal of the license. In addition, recordkeeping must be performed on 
an on-going basis, and reports of accidents and other abnormal events 
must be reported on an as-necessary basis.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Irradiators licensed by NRC 
or an Agreement State.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 32 NRC licensees and 64 
Agreement State licensees.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 44,768 (approximately 466 per licensee).
    7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 36 contains requirements for the issuance 
of a license authorizing the use of sealed sources containing 
radioactive materials in irradiators used to irradiate objects or 
materials for a variety of purposes in research, industry, and other 
fields. The subparts cover specific requirements for obtaining a 
license or license exemption; design and performance criteria for 
irradiators; and radiation safety requirements for operating 
irradiators, including requirements for operator training, written 
operating and emergency procedures, personnel monitoring, radiation 
surveys, inspection, and maintenance. Part 36 also contains the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements that are necessary to ensure 
that the irradiator is

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being safely operated so that it poses no danger to the health and 
safety of the general public and the irradiator employees.
    Submit, by February 1, 1999, 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 burden estimate 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 be minimized, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology?
    A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, (Lower 
Level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
worldwide web site (www.nrc.gov/NRC/NEWS/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 about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 F33, Washington, DC, 
20555-0001, or by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at BJS1@NRC.GOV.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of November, 1998.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-31934 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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