41098 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 147 / Thursday, July 31, 1997 / Notices

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Arnold E. Levin,

Acting Designated Senior Official for

Information Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–20185 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

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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 collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: Proposed Rule, 10 FR Parts

50 and 73, Frequency of Reviews and

Audits for Emergency Preparedness

Programs, Safeguards Contingency Plans

and Security Programs for Nuclear

Power Reactors.

3. The form number if applicable: Not

applicable.

4. How often is the collection

required: At least once every 2 years for

each program.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Nuclear power plant licensees.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: Approximately 170 per year.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: Approximately 73

licensees per year.

8. An estimate of the number of hours

annually needed to complete the

requirement or request: A reduction of

approximately of 20,000 hrs annually

(275 hours per licensee).

9. An indication of whether Section

3504(h), Pub. L. 96–511 applies:

Applicable.

10. Abstract: Currently, the frequency

with which licensees conduct

independent reviews and audits of their

emergency preparedness programs,

safeguards contingency plans, and

security programs is every 12 months.

The proposed amendment would

require that reactor licensees conduct

program reviews and audits in response

to program performance indicators, or

on the occasion of a significant change

in personnel, procedures, equipment, or

facilities, but in no case less frequently

than every 24 months. The potential

savings to some licensees could be as

much as 50 percent of their current

costs.

Submit by September 2, 1997,

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 information

collection be minimized, including the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology?

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW,

(lower level), Washington, DC. The

proposed rule indicated in ‘‘the title of

the information collection’’ is or has

been published in the Federal Register

within several days of the publication

date of this Federal Register notice.

Instruction for accessing the electronic

OMB clearance package for the

rulemaking have been appended to the

electronic rulemaking. Members of the

public may access the electronic OMB

clearance package by following the

directions for electronic access provided

in the preamble to the titled rulemaking.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by

September 2, 1997: Edward Michlovich,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs (3150 –0002,-0011), NEOB–

10202, Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Comments may also be communicated

by telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 24th day

of July, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Arnold E. Levin,

Acting Designated Senior Official for

Information Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–20186 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

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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.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collection 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: Policy statement on

Cooperation with States at Commercial

Nuclear Power Plants and Other

Production or Utilization Facilities.

3. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0163.

4. How often the collection is

required: On occasion—when a State

wishes to observe NRC inspections or

perform inspections for NRC.

5. Who is required or asked to report:

Those States interested in observing or

performing inspections.

6. The number of annual respondents:

Maximum of 50, although not all States

have participated in the program.

7. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: An average estimate of 10 hours

per State or 500 hours if all States

participated in the program.

8. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

9. Abstract: States wishing to enter

into an agreement with NRC to observe

or participate in NRC inspections at

nuclear power facilities are requested to

provide certain information to the NRC

to ensure close cooperation and

consistency with the NRC inspection

program as specified by the

Commission’s Policy of Cooperation

with States at Commercial Nuclear

Power Plants and Other Nuclear

Production or Utilization Facilities.

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW,

(lower level), Washington, DC. Members

of the public who are in the

Washington, DC area can access the

submittal via modem on the Public

Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC’s

Advanced Copy Document Library) NRC

subsystem at FedWorld, (703) 321–3339.

Members of the public who are located

outside of the Washington, DC area can

dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use

the FedWorld Internet address:
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fedworld.gov (Telnet). The document

will be available on the bulletin board

for 30 days after the signature date of

this notice. If assistance is needed in

accessing the document, please contact

the FedWorld help desk at (703) 487–

4608. Additional assistance in locating

the document is available from the NRC

Public Document Room, nationally at 1–

800–397–4209, or within the

Washington, DC area at (202) 634–3273.

Comments and questions may be

directed to the OMB reviewer by

September 2, 1997: Edward Michlovich,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs (3150–0163), 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 24th day

of July, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Arnold E. Levin,

Acting Designated Senior Official for

Information Resources Management.

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[Docket No. 72–22]

Private Fuel Storage, Limited Liability

Company; Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of a Materials License for the

Storage of Spent Fuel and Notice of

Opportunity for a Hearing

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

is considering an application dated June

20, 1997, for a materials license, under

the provisions of 10 CFR part 72, from

Private Fuel Storage, Limited Liability

Company (the applicant or PFS) to

possess spent fuel and other radioactive

materials associated with spent fuel

storage in an independent spent fuel

storage installation (ISFSI) located on

the Skull Valley Goshute Indian

Reservation in Skull Valley, Utah. If

granted, the license will authorize the

applicant to store spent fuel in dry

storage cask systems at the ISFSI which

the applicant proposes to construct and

operate on the Skull Valley Goshute

Indian Reservation. Pursuant to the

provisions of 10 CFR part 72, the term

of the license for the ISFSI would be

twenty (20) years.

Prior to issuance of the requested

license, the NRC will have made the

findings required by the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and

the NRC’s rules and regulations. The

issuance of the materials license will

not be approved until the NRC has

reviewed the application and has

concluded that approval of the license

will not be inimical to the common

defense and security and will not

constitute an unreasonable risk to

public health and safety. The NRC, in

accordance with 10 CFR 51.20(b)(9),

will complete an environmental impact

statement. This action will be the

subject of a subsequent notice in the

Federal Register. Pursuant to 10 CFR

2.105, by September 15, 1997, the

applicant may file a request for a

hearing; and any person whose interest

may be affected by this proceeding and

who wishes to participate as a party in

the proceeding must file a written

request for a hearing and a petition for

leave to intervene with respect to the

subject materials license in accordance

with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.714. If

a request for hearing or petition for

leave to intervene is filed by the above

date, an Atomic Safety and Licensing

Board designated by the Commission or

by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety

and Licensing Board Panel will rule on

the request and/or petition, and the

Secretary or the designated Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board will issue a

notice of hearing or an appropriate

order. In the event that no request for

hearing or petition for leave to intervene

is filed by the above date, the NRC may,

upon satisfactory completion of all

required evaluations, issue the materials

license without further prior notice.

A petition for leave to intervene shall

set forth with particularity the interest

of the petitioner in the proceeding and

how that interest may be affected by the

results of the proceeding. The petition

should specifically explain the reasons

why intervention should be permitted

with particular reference to the

following factors: (1) The nature of the

petitioner’s right under the Act to be

made a party to the proceeding; (2) the

nature and extent of the petitioner’s

property, financial, or other interest in

the proceeding; and (3) the possible

effect of any order that may be entered

in the proceeding on the petitioner’s

interest. The petition should also

identify the specific aspect(s) of the

subject matter of the proceeding as to

which petitioner wishes to intervene.

Any person who has filed a petition for

leave to intervene or who has been

admitted as a party may amend a

petition, without requesting leave of the

Board, up to 15 days prior to the

holding of the first pre-hearing

conference scheduled in the proceeding,

but such an amended petition must

satisfy the specificity requirements

described above.

Not later than fifteen (15) days prior

to the first pre-hearing conference

scheduled in the proceeding, a

petitioner shall file a supplement to the

petition to intervene which must

include a list of contentions which are

sought to be litigated in the matter. Each

contention must consist of a specific

statement of the issue of law or fact to

be raised or controverted. In addition,

the petitioner shall provide a brief

explanation of the bases of the

contention and a concise statement of

the alleged facts or expert opinion

which support the contention and on

which the petitioner intends to rely in

proving the contention at the hearing.

The petitioner must also provide

references to those specific sources and

documents of which the petitioner is

aware and on which the petitioner

intends to rely to establish those facts or

expert opinion. Petitioner must provide

sufficient information to show that a

genuine dispute exists with the

applicant on a material issue of law or

fact. Contentions shall be limited to

matters within the scope of the action

under consideration. The contention

must be one which, if proven, would

entitle the petitioner to relief. A

petitioner who fails to file such a

supplement which satisfies these

requirements with respect to at least one

contention will not be permitted to

participate as a party.

Those permitted to intervene become

parties to the proceeding, subject to any

limitations in the order granting leave to

intervene, and have the opportunity to

participate fully in the conduct of the

hearing.

A request for a hearing or a petition

for leave to intervene must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, Attention:

Docketing and Services Branch, or may

be delivered to the Commission’s Public

Document Room, Gelman Building,

2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, by

the above date. Where petitions are filed

during the last ten (10) days of the

notice period, it is requested that the

petitioner promptly so inform the NRC

by a toll-free telephone call to Western

Union at 1–(800) 248–5100 (in Missouri

1–(800) 342–6700). The Western Union

operator should be given Datagram

Identification Number N1023 and the

following message addressed to Mr.

William F. Kane, Director, Spent Fuel

Project Office, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards;

petitioner’s name and telephone

number; date petition was mailed;

facility name; and publication date and