[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15932]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (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 
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: ``Nuclear Material 
Events Database (NMED)'' for the Collection of Event Report, Response, 
Analyses, and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.
    3. The form number if applicable: 
N/A.
    4. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are 
requested to provide copies of licensee event reports electronically or 
by hard copy to NRC on a monthly basis or within 30 days of receipt 
from their licensee. This schedule provides the Agreement States 30 
days to assess the licensee information prior to providing the 
information to NRC. Reportable events involve industrial, commercial, 
medical use, and/or academic use of radioactive byproduct materials. In 
addition, Agreement States are requested to report events that may pose 
a significant health and safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters 
Operations Officer within the next working day of notification by an 
Agreement State licensee.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 900.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 31.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 945 hours (an average of 
approximately 1.0 hour per response) for all existing Agreement States 
reporting; any new Agreement State would and approximately 29 event 
reports (including follow-up reports) per year or 29 burden hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and events involving the use of radioactive byproduct 
material, and source material, such as those involving the radiation 
overexposures, leaking or contaminated field source(s), release of 
excessive contamination of radioactive material, lost or stolen 
radioactive material, equipment failures, and abandoned well logging 
sources. Medical misadministrations are required to be reported in 
accordance with 10 CFR 35.33. Agreement State licenses are also 
required to report these events and medical misadministrations to their 
individual Agreement State and regulatory authorities under compatible 
Agreement State regulations. NRC is requesting that the Agreement 
States provide information on the initial notification, response 
actions, and follow-up investigations on events and medical 
misadministrations involving the use of nuclear materials regulated 
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act. The event information should be 
provided in a uniform electronic format, for assessment and 
identification of any facilities/site specific or generic safety 
concerns that could have the potential to impact public health and 
safety. The identification and review of safety concerns may result in 
lessons learned, and may also identify generic issues for further study 
which could result in proposals for changes or revisions to technical 
or regulatory designs, processes or standards.
    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 (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 (3150-0178), 
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.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of June 2000.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-15932 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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