18368 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 72 / Tuesday, April 15, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the information collection request for

the Ionizing Radiation Standard 29 CFR

1910.1096. A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the employee

listed below in the addresses section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before

June 16, 1997. The Department of Labor

is particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection technique or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Docket Office, Docket

No. ICR 97–8, U.S. Department of Labor,

Room N–2625, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

telephone number (202) 219–7894.

Written comments limited to 10 pages

or less in length may also be transmitted

by facsimile to (202) 219–5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Adrian Corsey, Directorate of Health

Standards Programs, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3718,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

219–7075. Copies of the referenced

information collection request are

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office and will be mailed

immediately to persons who request

copies by telephoning Vivian Allen at

(202) 219–8076. For electronic copies of

the Ionizing Radiation Information

Collection Request contact OSHA’s

WebPage on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/ under Standards.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Ionizing Radiation Standard and

its information collection is designed to

provide protection for employees from

the adverse health effects associated

with occupational exposure to ionizing

notify the Assistant Secretary of

incidents of overexposure, to send

written reports of overexposure in

excess of the PEL to the Assistant

Secretary of Labor and to the exposed

employee, maintain records of radiation

exposure of all employees, furnish

reports of exposure to employees at his/

her request, provide employees with a

copy of standard and operating

procedures.

II. Current Actions

This notice requests an extension of

the current OMB approval of the

paperwork requirements in the Ionizing

Radiation Standard. Extension is

necessary to provide continued

protection to employees from the health

hazards associated with occupational

exposure to ionizing radiation.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration.

Title: Ionizing Radiation.

OMB Number: 1218–0103.

Agency Number: Docket Number ICR

97–8.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit, Federal and State

government, Local or Tribal

governments.

Total Respondents: 15,859.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Total Responses: 258,745.

Average Time per Response: Time per

response ranges from 5 minutes to

maintain records to 10 minutes to

collect and mail badges.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

42,491.

Estimated Capital, Operation/

Maintenance Burden Cost: $17,508,336.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Adam M. Finkel,

Director, Directorate of Health Standards

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–9666 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

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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 60—Disposal of

High-Level Radioactive Wastes in

Geologic Repositories.

3. The form number if applicable: Not

applicable.

4. How often the collection is

required: The information need only be

submitted one time.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: States or Indian Tribes, or their

representatives, requesting consultation

with the NRC staff regarding review of

a potential high-level waste geologic

repository site, or wishing to participate

in a license application review for a

potential geologic repository.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 6.
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7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 2.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: An average of 40

hours per response for consultation

requests, 80 hours per response for

license application review participation

proposals, and one hour per response

for statements of representative

authority. The total burden for all

responses is estimated to be 242 hours.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 60 requires

States and Indian Tribes to submit

certain information to the NRC if they

request consultation with the NRC staff

concerning the review of a potential

repository site, or wish to participate in

a license application review for a

potential repository. Representatives of

States or Indian Tribes must submit a

statement of their authority to act in

such a representative capacity. The

information submitted by the States and

Indian Tribes is used by the Director of

the Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards as a basis for decisions

about the commitment of NRC staff

resources to the consultation and

participation efforts.

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 May

15, 1997: Edward Michlovich, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0127), 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 7th day

of April 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–9660 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 50–440]

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company; and Ohio Edison Company,

et al.; Notice of Consideration of

Approval of Application Regarding

Corporate Restructuring

Notice is hereby given that the United

States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(the Commission) is considering

approval by issuance of an order under

10 CFR 50.80 of an application

concerning the proposed merger

between Centerior Energy Corporation

(the parent corporation for The

Cleveland Electric Illuminating

Company (CEI), Toledo Edison

Company, and Centerior Service

Company (CSC); licensees for Perry

Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1) and

Ohio Edison Company (Perry licensee).

Ohio Edison Company is also the parent

company for OES Nuclear, Inc., and

Pennsylvania Power Company, which

are also licensees for Perry. Perry is a

nuclear-powered generating facility that

is owned and operated in accordance

with Facility Operating License No.

NPF–58.

By letter dated December 13, 1996,

CEI and CSC, on behalf of themselves

and Toledo Edison Company, Ohio

Edison Company, OES Nuclear Inc., and

Pennsylvania Power Company,

informed the Commission of, and are

seeking consent regarding, a proposed

merger of Centerior Energy Corporation

and Ohio Edison Company resulting in

the formation of a new single holding

company, FirstEnergy Corp. Duquesne

Light Company, which is also a licensed

owner of the Perry plant, is not involved

in the merger. Under the proposed

merger, CEI, CSC, Toledo Edison

Company, and Ohio Edison Company

will become wholly-owned subsidiaries

of FirstEnergy Corp. Pennsylvania

Power Company and OES Nuclear, Inc.,

will remain wholly-owned subsidiaries

of Ohio Edison Company. The current

licensees will continue to hold the

license, and no direct transfer of the

license will result from the merger.

According to the application, the

merger will have no adverse effect on

either the technical management or

operation of the Perry plant. The

technical management and nuclear

organization of the plant operators, CEI

and CSC, will continue to remain

responsible for plant operation and

maintenance after the merger.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, the

Commission may approve the transfer of

control of a license after notice to

interested persons. Such approval is

contingent upon the Commission’s

determination that the holder of the

license following the transfer is

qualified to hold the license and that the

transfer is otherwise consistent with

applicable provisions of law,

regulations, and orders of the

Commission.

For further details with respect to this

proposed action, see the application

from CEI and CSC dated December 13,

1996, and the supplemental letter dated

February 14, 1997, which are available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at the

local public document room located at

the Perry Public Library, 3753 Main

Street, Perry, Ohio 44081.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day

of April 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jon B. Hopkins,

Senior Project Manager, Project Directorate

III–3, Division of Reactor Projects III/IV, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–9662 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. 50–269, 50–270 50–287, 50–

413, 50–414, 50–369 and 50–370]

Duke Power Company, et al.; (Oconee

Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3),

(Catawba Nuclear Station Units 1 and

2), and (McGuire Nuclear Station Units

1 and 2)

Exemption

I

Duke Power Company, et al. (DPC or

the licensee) is the holder of Facility

Operating License Nos. DPR–38, DPR–

47 and DPR–55 for the Oconee Nuclear

Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; License Nos.

NPF–35 and NPF–52 for the Catawba

Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; and

License Nos. NPF–9 and NPF–17 for the

McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2.

The licenses provide, among other

things, that the licensee is subject to all

rules, regulations, and orders of the

Commission in effect now and hereafter.