[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15777]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

AGENCY: 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 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the proposed rule requirements to be 
submitted:
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: Operator License 
Eligibility and Use of Simulation Facilities in Operator Licensing and 
Simulation Facility Certification.
    3. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 474.
    4. How often the collection is required: One-time basis for initial 
simulation facility certification and quadrennially thereafter.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Holders of and 
applicants for facility power operating licenses and individual 
operators' licenses.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 70 simulation facility 
licensees.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 18.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the proposed rule requirement or request: 120 hours per 
response for a total burden reduction of 2,160 hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 55, ``Operators' Licenses,'' of the NRC's 
regulations, specifies information and data to be provided by 
applicants and facility licensees so that the NRC may make 
determinations concerning the licensing and requalification of 
operators for nuclear reactors, as necessary to promote public health 
and safety. The proposed rule would allow applicants for reactor 
operator and senior reactor operator licenses to fulfill a portion of 
the experience prerequisites by manipulating a plant-referenced 
simulator as an alternative to use of the actual plant. In addition, 
the proposed rule would remove current requirements for certification 
of simulator facilities and routine submittal of simulator performance 
test reports to the NRC for review.
    A copy of the proposed 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 (http://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 July 24, 2000. 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 (3150-0018 
and 3150-0138), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503

    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of June 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-15777 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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