[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24560]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: 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: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 71, 
``Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Applications for package 
certification may be made at any time. Required reports are collected 
and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All NRC specific 
licensees who place byproduct, source, or special nuclear material into 
transportation, and all persons who wish to apply for NRC approval of 
package designs for use in such transportation.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 755 responses annually.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 350 licensees.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 56,712 hours for reporting 
requirements and 6,825 for recordkeeping requirements, or a total of 
63,537 hours (approximately 182 hours per respondent).
    9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 71 establish 
requirements for packing, preparation for shipment, and transportation 
of licensed material, and prescribe procedures, standards, and 
requirements for approval by NRC of packaging and shipping procedures 
for fissile material and for quantities of licensed material in excess 
of Type A quantities.
    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 Advance 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: 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
October 16, 1997: Norma Gonzales, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0008), 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 9th day of September 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Arnold E. Levin,
Acting Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-24560 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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