20568 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 25, 2007 / Notices 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret A. Janney, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–7844 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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 21, ‘‘Reporting of 

Defects and Noncompliance.’’

2. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0035. 

3. How often the collection is 

required: As necessary in order for NRC 

to meet its responsibilities to conduct a 

detailed review of defects in basic 

components of nuclear power plants or 

failures to comply that could create a 

substantial safety hazard. 

4. Who is required or asked to report: 

All directors and responsible officers of 

firms and organizations building, 

operating, owning, or supplying basic 

components to NRC licensed facilities. 

5. The number of annual respondents: 

35. 

6. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 7,574 hours (4,970 hours 

reporting and 2,604 hours 

recordkeeping). 

7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 21 

implements Section 206 of the Energy 

Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

5846), as amended. Section 206 requires 

individual directors and responsible 

officers of firms constructing, owning, 

operating, or supplying the basic 

components of any facility or activity 

licensed under the Atomic Energy Act 

to report immediately to the 

Commission the discovery of defects in 

basic components or failures to comply 

that could create a substantial safety 

hazard (SSH). In addition to imposing 

obligations on the individual directors 

and responsible officers of NRC 

licensees, Section 206 also imposes 

obligations on the directors and 

responsible officers of non-licensees 

that construct facilities for, or supply 

basic components to, licensed facilities 

or activities. Any individual officer or 

director who knowingly fails to comply 

with the notification requirements is 

subject to civil penalties. 

Submit, by June 25, 2007, 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, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/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 about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the NRC Clearance 

Officer, Margaret A. Janney (T5–F52), 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by 

telephone at 301–415–7245, or by 

Internet electronic mail at 

INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day 

of April 2007. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret A. Janney, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–7846 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

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 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). 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. 

Information pertaining to the 

requirement to be submitted: 

1. Type of submission: Revision. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs Requests to 

Agreement States For Information. 

3. The form number if applicable: 

N/A. 

4. How often the collection is 

required: One time or as needed. 

5. Who is required or asked to report: 

Thirty-four Agreement States who have 

signed Section 274(b) Agreements with 

NRC. 

6. An estimate of the number of 

annual responses: 142. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 34. 

8. The number of hours needed 

annually to complete the requirement or 

request: 1,066. 

9. Applicability of Section 3507(d) of 

Pub. L. 104–13: Not applicable. 

10. Abstract: Agreement States are 

asked on a one-time or as-needed basis 

to respond to a specific incident, to 

gather information on licensing and 

inspection practices and other technical 

statistical information. The results of 

such information requests, which are 

authorized under Section 274(b) of the 

Atomic Energy Act, are utilized in part 

by NRC in preparing responses to 

Congressional inquiries. Agreement 

State comments are also solicited in the 

areas of proposed procedure and policy 

development. 

A copy of the final supporting 

statement may be viewed free of charge 

at the NRC Public Document Room, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Room O–1 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC worldwide Web 

site http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/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 May 25, 2007. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

assurance of consideration cannot be 


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