38866 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 121 / Thursday, June 22, 2000 / Notices

concerning individual associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S. C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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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.

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.

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Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,

Availability

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

has issued for public comment a draft of

a new guide in its Regulatory Guide

Series. This series has been developed

to describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

NRC’s regulations, techniques used by

the staff in evaluating specific problems

or postulated accidents, and data

needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–1097

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is titled ‘‘Fire Protection for

Operating Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This

guide is being developed to provide a

comprehensive fire protection guidance

document and to identify the scope and

depth of fire protection that the NRC

staff has determined to be acceptable for

operating nuclear plants.

This draft guide has not received

complete staff approval and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

Comments may be accompanied by

relevant information or supporting data.

Written comments may be submitted to

the Rules and Directives Branch, Office

of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555. Copies of comments received

may be examined at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Comments will be

most helpful if received by August 10,

2000.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@NRC.GOV.

Electronic copies of this draft guide,

under Accession Number

ML003711848, are available in NRC’s

Public Electronic Reading Room, which

can also be accessed through NRC’s web

site, <WWW.NRC.GOV>. For

information about the draft guide and

the related documents, contact Mr. E.A.

Connell at (301) 415–2838; e-mail

EAC@NRC.GOV.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to