[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17649-17650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9232]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


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.

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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: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: Nuclear Material Events 
Database (NMED).
    3. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are 
requested to report events to NRC electronically or by hard copy within 
one month of notification from an Agreement State licensee that an 
incident or event involving the industrial, commercial and/or academic 
use of radioactive byproduct materials, or the use of radioactive 
materials for medical diagnosis, therapy, or research has occurred. In 
addition, Agreement States are requested to report events that may pose 
a significant health and safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters 
Operations Officer within the next working day of notification by an 
Agreement State licensee.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: It is estimated that 
each of the 30 Agreement States will submit 24 event reports annually 
for a total of 720 event reports, and 20 telephone reports of 
significant events. The total annual responses is 740.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 30.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 725 hours (an average of 
approximately one hour per response) for all existing Agreement States 
reporting; any new Agreement State would add approximately 24 event 
reports per year or 24 burden hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and events involving the use of radioactive byproduct 
material, and source material, such as those involving a radiation 
overexposure, a leaking or contaminated sealed source, release of 
excessive contamination of radioactive material, lost or stolen 
radioactive material, equipment failures, and abandoned well logging 
sources. Medical misadministrations are required to be reported in 
accordance with 10 CFR 35.33. Agreement State licensees are also 
required to report these events and medical misadministrations to their 
individual Agreement State regulatory authorities under compatible 
Agreement State regulations. NRC is requesting that the Agreement 
States voluntarily submit summary information on events and medical 
misadministrations involving the use of nuclear materials regulated 
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, in a uniform electronic format, for 
assessment and identification of any facility/site specific or generic 
safety concerns that could have the potential to impact public health 
and safety; and to evaluate actions necessary to prevent their 
occurrence at the same or other 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: 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-

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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 
May 12, 1997: Edward Michlovich, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0178), 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 4th day of April, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-9232 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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