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Janet G. Osteryoung,

Director, Chemistry Division.

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of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

1. Type of submission: Reinstatement.

2. The title of the information

collection: Applicant Self-Assessment

Form.

3. The form number if applicable:

NRC Form 563.

4. How often is the collection

required: On occasion.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Basically qualified external

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scientific positions with the NRC.

6. An estimated of the number of

responses: 1,500.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 1,500.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 125 hours (five

minutes per response).

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d). Pub. Law 104–13 applies: Not

Applicable.

10. Abstract: The Applicant SelfAssessment will be used to collect

uniform information from external

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specialties they possess that are unique

to the needs of the NRC. This

information will be reviewed by Office

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applicants’ technical specialties with

those required by selecting officials

when an engineering or scientific

vacancy position is to be filled.

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 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,

2120 L Street NW, (lower level),

Washington, DC. Members of the public

who are in the Washington, DC, area can

access this document via modem on the

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day

of July, 1997.
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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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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.

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rulemaking have been appended to the

electronic rulemaking. Members of the

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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.

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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.

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dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use

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