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BURDEN—Continued

Cite/reference Total

respondents

Total

responses

Average time

per response Burden hours Cost

1998 ................................................................................. 1,261,450 862,830 0.84 min ...... 6,160 410,000

1999 ................................................................................. 1,261,450 1,008,810 0.52 min ...... 1,830 210,000

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the ICRs; they will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, Office of Policy and

Research.

[FR Doc. 97–28919 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–M

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING

COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reeducation Act of 1995,

this notice announces that the following

information collection activities have

been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and comment: (1) Compliance

and Enforcement under the Indian

Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); (2)

Privacy Act Regulations; (3) Approval of

Class II and Class III Gaming

Ordinances; (4) National Environmental

Policy Act Procedures; and (5) Annual

Fees Payable by Class II Gaming

Operations. The National Indian

Gaming Commission (NIGC) is

requesting approval for revision and

three-year extension for each

information collection activity.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 1, 1997.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Comments should be addressed to Desk

Officer for National Indian Gaming

Commission, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Compliance and Enforcement

Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory

Act.

OMB Number: 3141–0001.

Abstract: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et. seq.)

governs the regulation of gaming on

Indian lands. Although the IGRA places

primary responsibility on tribes to

regulate gaming, section 2706(b) of the

IGRA directs the NIGC to monitor

gaming conducted on Indian lands on a

continuing basis. The IGRA authorizes

the NIGC to demand access to and

inspect all papers, books and records

relating to gaming conducted on Indian

lands. In accordance with this statutory

responsibility, 25 CFR 571.7 requires

Indian gaming operations to keep

permanent financial records.

Respondents: Indian gaming owners

or operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

220.

Estimated Annual Responses: 665.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

1090.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 2.5.

Title: Privacy Act Procedures.

OMB Number: 3141–0002.

Abstract: To implement the IGRA, it

is necessary for the NIGC to collect,

maintain and use personal information

gathered on certain individuals. Under

25 CFR 556.4 and 556.6, tribes must

submit to the NIGC information

regarding key employees and

management officials employed at a

tribal gaming operation. The NIGC

compiles and stores this information in

a system of records. Pursuant to the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a)

agencies must promulgate regulations

regarding the collection, maintenance,

use and dissemination of records within

a system. Under 25 CFR 515.3

individuals can request information on

whether they are subject to any record.

Individuals may also request access to

those records. The regulations

promulgated by the NIGC sets forth

certain exemptions that would

otherwise authorize the NIGC to

withhold certain information made

available under the Privacy Act.

Respondents: Individuals requesting

access to records.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

45.

Estimated Annual Responses: 50.

Estimated Annual burden Hours: 105.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 2.

Title: Approval of class II and class III

ordinances.

OMB Number: 3141–0003.

Abstract: The IGRA establishes the

National Indian Gaming Commission as

an independent regulatory agency to

oversee Indian gaming. The IGRA sets

standards for the regulations of gaming,

including requirements for approval or

disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances.

IGRA Section 2705(a)(3) requires the

Chairman to review all class II and class

III tribal gaming ordinances and

resolutions. In accordance with this

provision, 25 CFR 552.2 of the NIGC’s

regulations require tribes to submit to

the NIGC (1) a copy of all gaming

ordinances and resolutions adopted

after the effective date of the regulation;

(2) background investigations for key

employees or primary management

officials; (4) copies of all gaming

regulations; (5) copies of tribal-state

compacts; (6) a description of dispute

resolution procedures for disputes

arising between the gaming public and

the tribe or management contractor; (7)

an independent audit; and (8) a request

for approval of the ordinance or

resolution. Under 25 CFR 522.3 tribes

must submit amendments to the

ordinance or resolution.

Respondents: Tribal gaming owners

and operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

220.

Estimated Annual Responses: 977.

Estimated Annual burden Hours:

70,922.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 72.5.

Title: National Environmental Policy

Act Procedures.

OMB Number: 3141–0006.

Abstract: The National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et

seq) was enacted to encourage a national

policy of protecting, enhancing, and

restoring the quality of the human

environment. The Council on

Environmental Policy (CEQ),

established pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

promulgated implementing regulations

at 40 CFR 1501 et seq. NEPA and CEQ’s

regulations require every federal agency

to establish procedures and strategies

that consider the environmental

consequences of federal agency actions.

Under NEPA, federal agencies are
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required to prepare or cause to be

prepared environmental documents

relating to actions by the agency that

have significant impacts on the

environment. The Commission believes

that the NEPA process will be triggered

when a tribe and management

contractor seek approval of a

management contract under 25 CFR 533.

Respondents: Applicants seeking

approval of a management contract and/

or third party contractor.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

11.

Estimated Annual Responses: 11.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

5000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 455.

Title: Annual Fees Payable by Class II

Gaming Operations.

OMB Number: 3141–0007.

Abstract: The IGRA authorizes the

NIGC to establish a schedule of fees to

be paid to the Commission by each class

II gaming operation regulated by the

IGRA. Fees are computed using rates set

by the NIGC and the assessable gross

revenues of each gaming operation. The

total of all fees assessed annually cannot

exceed $1,500,000. The required

information is needed for the NIGC to

both set and adjust rates and to support

the computation of fees paid by each

gaming operation.

Respondents: Class II gaming

operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

201.

Estimated Annual Responses: 404.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 5.

FOR COPIES AND FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT: Copies of documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from the National Indian Gaming

Commission, 1441 L Street NW, Suite

9100, Washington, DC 20005.

Tadd M. Johnson,

Chairman, National Indian Gaming

Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–28876 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7567–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Application for a License To Import

Nuclear Waste

Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70(b) ‘‘Public

notice of receipt of an application’’,

please take notice that the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission has received the

folowing application for an import

license. Copies of the application are on

file in the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission’s Public Document Room

located at 2120 L Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C..

A request for a hearing or petition for

leave to intervene may be filed within

30 days after publication of this notice

in the Federal Register. Any request for

hearing or petition for leave to intervene

shall be served by the requestor or

petitioner upon the applicant, the Office

of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington

D.C. 20555; the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555; and the Executive Secretary,

U.S. Department of State, Washington,

D.C. 20520.

The information concerning the

application follows.

NRC IMPORT LICENSE APPLICATION

Name of applicant, date of application, date received, application no.Description of material Country of

origin Material type Total qty End use

Chem-Nuclear Systems, October 14, 1997, October 20,

1997, IW005.

Contaminated Condenser

tubes and tube plates.

1.4 million ................................ Decontamination and recycling Taiwan.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated this 24th day of October 1997 at

Rockville, Maryland.

Ronald D. Hauber,

Director, Division of Nonproliferation,

Exports and Multilateral Relations, Office of

International Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–28896 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. STN 50–457]

Commonwealth Edison Company;

Braidwood Station, Unit 2

Environmental Assessment and

Finding Of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an exemption

from certain requirements of its

regulations for Facility Operating

License No. NPF–77, issued to

Commonwealth Edison Company,

(ComEd, the licensee), for operation of

the Braidwood Station, Unit 2, located

in Will County, Illinois.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would permit

the licensee to use the alternate

methodology in American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler

and Pressure Vessel Code (Code) Case

N–514, ‘‘Low Temperature Overpressure

Protection,’’ to determine the low

temperature overpressure protection

(LTOP) system setpoints. By application

dated November 30, 1994, as

supplemented by letter dated May 11,

1995, the licensee requested an

exemption from certain requirements of

10 CFR 50.60, ‘‘Acceptance Criteria for

Fracture Prevention Measures for

Lightwater Nuclear Power Reactors for

Normal Operation.’’ The exemption

would allow application of an alternate

methodology to determine the LTOP

system setpoints for Braidwood, Unit 2.

The proposed alternate methodology is

consistent with guidelines developed by

the ASME Working Group on Operating

Plant Criteria to define pressure limits

during LTOP events that avoid certain

unnecessary operational restrictions,

provide adequate margins against failure

of the reactor pressure vessel, and

reduce the potential for unnecessary

activation of pressure relieving devices

used for LTOP. These guidelines have

been incorporated into the 1993

Addenda to the ASME Code, Section XI,

Appendix G. However, 10 CFR 50.55a,

‘‘Codes and Standards,’’ has not been

updated to reflect the acceptability of

the 1993 Addenda to the ASME Code.

The Need for the Proposed Action

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.60, all

lightwater nuclear power reactors must

meet the fracture toughness

requirements for the reactor coolant

pressure boundary as set forth in 10 CFR