Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Notices 65447

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Variance

Determination, NRTL Recognition

Program at the above address, or phone

(202) 219-7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that TUV

Rheinland of North America, Inc.,

(TUV), has made application pursuant

to 29 CFR 1910.7, for expansion of its

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory for the equipment or

materials listed below. TUV previously

made application pursuant to 29 CFR

1910.7, for recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory (58 FR

61101, 11/19/93), and was so recognized

(60 FR 42594, 8/16/95).

The address of the TUV laboratory

covered by this application is: TUV

Rheinland of North America, Inc., 12

Commerce Road, Newton, Connecticut

06470.

Background

This Federal Register notice

announces TUV’s application for

expansion of recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory for

additional test standards, dated May 12,

1997 (see Exhibit 13A). TUV’s

application for expansion also included

a request for recognition of an

additional site. However, in a letter to

OSHA dated September 15, 1997 (see

Exhibit 13B), TUV requested that the

expansion for the standards be

processed first since the recognition of

the additional site required additional

processing time on OSHA’s part.

TUV requests recognition for the

following standards when applicable to

equipment or materials that will be used

in environments under OSHA’s

jurisdiction. TUV desires recognition for

testing and certification of products

tested for compliance with these test

standards, which are appropriate within

the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):

UL 2601–1 Medical Electrical Equipment,

Part 1: General Requirements for Safety

UL 3101–1 Electrical Equipment for

Laboratory Use; Part 1: General

Requirements

UL 3111–1 Electrical Measuring and Test

Equipment; Part 1: General Requirements

UL 6500 Audio/Video and Musical

Instrument Apparatus for Household,

Commercial, and Similar General Use

The NRTL staff performed an on-site

survey (review) of TUV’s Newton, CT

facility on June 23–24, 1997. In the

cover memo for the on-site review

report, dated October 10, 1997 (see

Exhibit 14), the NRTL staff

recommended that TUV’s recognition be

expanded to include these additional

test standards. Recognition for these

standards will be granted on condition

that TUV perform the testing and

certification activities associated with

these standards at its Newton, CT

facility only. This condition will be

eliminated upon OSHA’s grant of

recognition to TUV to permit use of

other programs and procedures

described in the March 9, 1995 Federal

Register notice. (60 FR 12980 entitled,

‘‘Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratories; Clarification of the Types

of Programs and Procedures’’)

Preliminary Finding

Based upon a review of the complete

application, the on-site review report,

and the recommendations of the staff,

the Assistant Secretary has made a

preliminary finding that TUV Rheinland

of North America, Inc., can meet the

requirements as prescribed by 29 CFR

1910.7 for the expansion of its

recognition to include the four (4) test

standards previously listed, subject to

the condition noted above.

All interested members of the public

are invited to supply detailed reasons

and evidence supporting or challenging

the sufficiency of the applicant’s having

met the requirements for expansion of

its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory, as

required by 29 CFR 1910.7 and

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7.

Submission of pertinent written

documents and exhibits shall be made

no later than February 10, 1998, and

must be addressed to the NRTL

Program, Office of Variance

Determination, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C.

20210. Copies of the TUV application

letter, the on-site survey (review) report,

and all submitted comments, as

received, are available for inspection

and duplication (under Docket No.

NRTL–3–92) at the Docket Office, Room

N2634, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, at the above address.

The Assistant Secretary’s final

decision on whether the applicant (TUV

Rheinland of North America, Inc.)

satisfies the requirements for expansion

of its recognition as an NRTL will be

made on the basis of the entire record

including the public submissions and

any further proceedings that the

Assistant Secretary may consider to be

appropriate in accordance with

Appendix A to Section 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of

December, 1997.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

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Documents Containing Reporting or

Recordkeeping Requirements: Notice

of Pending Submittal to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review

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

collection 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: Policy Statement on ‘‘Criteria

for Guidance of States and NRC in

Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory

Authority and Assumption Thereof By

States Through Agreement,’’

Maintenance of Existing Agreement

State Programs, Requests for

Information Through the Integrated

Materials Performance Evaluation

Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and

Agreement State Participation in IMPEP.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0183.

3. How often the collection is

required: Four activities occur under

this collection: Annual requirements for

Agreement States to maintain their

programs; IMPEP reviews conducted no

less frequently than every four years;

participation by Agreement States in the

IMPEP reviews; and, as needed, for

States interested in becoming

Agreement States.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Any State receiving Agreement State

status by signing Section 274b.

agreements with NRC. Presently there

are 30 Agreement States. Any State

interested in becoming an Agreement

State.

5. The number of annual respondents:

30 existing Agreement States:

Approximately eight of these States are

asked to respond annually. For States

interested in becoming an Agreement

State, one every three years.
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6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: For maintenance of existing

Agreement State programs and the

IMPEP questionnaire: 219,600 hours (an

average of 7,320 hours per State). For 8

IMPEP team reviews: 288 hours (an

average of 36 hours per review). For a

State interested in becoming an

Agreement State, approximately 3,600

hours. The total number of hours

annually is 223,848 hours.

7. Abstract: States wishing to become

an Agreement State are requested to

provide certain information to the NRC

as specified by the Commission’s Policy

Statement, ‘‘Criteria for Guidance of

States and NRC in Discontinuance of

NRC Regulatory Authority and

Assumption Thereof By States Through

Agreement.’’ Agreement States need to

ensure that the Radiation Control

Program under the Agreement remains

adequate and compatible with the

requirements of Section 274 of the

Atomic Energy Act and must maintain

certain information. NRC conducts

periodic evaluations through IMPEP to

ensure that these programs are

compatible with the NRC’s, meet the

applicable parts of Section 274 of the

Atomic Energy Act, and are adequate to

protect public health and safety.

Submit, by February 10, 1998,

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, D.C. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. 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, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 F33,

Washington, D.C. 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day

of December, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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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 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: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 95, Security

Facility Approval and Safeguarding of

National Security Information and

Restricted Data.

3. The form number if applicable:

None.

4. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: NRC regulated facilities and

other organizations requiring access to

NRC classified information.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 202.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 33.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 550.5 hours

(374.8 hours for reporting and 175.7

hours recordkeeping, or an average of

2.7 hours per response.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: NRC regulated facilities

and other organizations are required to

provide information and maintain

records to ensure that an adequate level

of protection is provided to NRC

classified information and material.

A copy of the final supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW (lower level),

Washington, DC. OMB clearance

requests are available at the NRC

worldwide web site (http://

www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld

collection link on the home page tool

bar. The document will be available on

the NRC home page site for 60 days after

the signature data of this notice.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by

January 12, 1998. Norma Gonzales,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs (3150–0047), 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 5th day

of December 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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[Docket No. 50–293]

Boston Edison Company; Pilgrim

Nuclear Power Station

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the

Commission) is considering the

issuance of an Order approving, under

10 CFR 50.80, an application regarding

the proposed corporate restructuring of

Boston Edison Company, the licensee

for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

(PNPS). By application dated June 9,

1997, Boston Edison Company informed

the Commission that it is proposing to

become a wholly owned subsidiary of a

newly created holding company, BEC

Energy. Boston Edison Company will

remain the holder of its license to own

and operate the PNPS. No direct transfer

of the license will occur. Under the

restructuring, the holders of Boston

Edison Company common stock will

become the holders of common stock of

the holding company. After the

restructuring, Boston Edison Company

will continue to be a public utility

providing the same utility services as it

did immediately prior to the

restructuring, and will continue to be an