Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9580-9581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4763]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 70--
Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material.
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0009.
    3. How often the collection is required: Required reports are 
collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur. 
Applications for new licenses and amendments may be submitted at any 
time. Renewal applications are submitted every five years. Applications 
for renewal for certain major fuel cycle facilities are submitted every 
ten years, with updates of the safety demonstration section submitted 
every two years. Nuclear material control and accounting information is 
submitted in accordance with specified instructions. Nuclear 
criticality safety training program information pursuant to DG-3008 is 
submitted with the application or renewal.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Applicants for and holders 
of specific NRC licenses to receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, 
receive, possess, use, or initially transfer special nuclear material.
    5. The number of annual responses: 1,138.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 81,575 (an average of approximately 67.3 hours per response 
for applications and reports, plus approximately 23.6 hours per 
recordkeeper).
    7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 70 establishes requirements for licenses 
to own, acquire, receive, possess, use, and transfer special nuclear 
material. Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3008 provides guidance on an 
acceptable nuclear criticality safety training program. The information 
in the applications, reports

[[Page 9581]]

and records is used by NRC to make licensing and other regulatory 
determinations concerning the use of special nuclear material. The 
revised estimate of burden reflects an increase primarily because of 
the addition of requirements for documentation for termination or 
transfer of licensed activities.
    Submit, by April 27, 1998, 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) under the FedWorld collection 
link on the home page tool bar. 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 19th day of February, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-4763 Filed 2-24-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P