Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13238-13239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6452]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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

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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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 72, 
Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear 
Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.
    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. Applications for renewal of licenses would be required every 20 
years for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) and 
every 40 years for a Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility.
    4. Who will be required or asked to report: Vendors of casks for 
the storage of spent fuel, licensees and applicants for a license to 
possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive materials 
associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, and the Department of 
Energy for licenses to receive, transfer, package and possess power 
reactor spent fuel, high-level waste, and other radioactive materials 
associated with spent fuel and high-level waste storage in an MRS.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 8.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 21,529 (an average of approximately 167 hours per response 
for applications and reports, plus approximately 765 hours annually per 
recordkeeper).
    7. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    8. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 72 establishes requirements, procedures, 
and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive, transfer, and 
possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive materials 
associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, and requirements for 
the issuance of licenses to the Department of Energy to receive, 
transfer, package, and possess power reactor spent fuel and high-level 
radioactive waste, and other associated radioactive materials, in an 
MRS. The information in the applications, reports and records is used 
by NRC to make licensing and other regulatory determinations. The 
revised estimate of burden reflects an increase primarily because of 
the addition of requirements for decommissioning funding requirements, 
financial assurance provisions, documentation additions for 
decommissioning and license termination, and notification of incidents.
    A copy of the final 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/PUBLIC/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 April 16, 1999. 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.
    Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
0135), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503.
    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3084.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of March 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6452 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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