19962 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

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

collections 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: 10 CFR Part 34—Licenses for

Radiography and Radiation Safety

Requirements for Radiographic

Operations.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0007.

3. How often the collection is

required: Applications for new licenses

and amendments may be submitted at

any time. Applications for renewal are

submitted every 10 years. Reports are

submitted as events occur.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Applicants for and holders of specific

licenses authorizing the use of licensed

radioactive material for radiography.

5. The number of annual responses:

73 from NRC licensees and 146 from

Agreement State licensees.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: Licensee reporting of 106.5

hours and 213 hours for Agreement

States (approximately 1.46 hours per

response), for a total reporting burden of

319.5 hours. Licensee recordkeeping of

60,178.8 hours and 120,570 hours for

Agreement States (approximately 380

hours per licensee), for a total

recordkeeping burden of 180,748.8

hours. The industry total burden is

60,285.3 hours annually for NRC

licensees and 120,783 hours annually

for Agreement State licensees.

7. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10

CFR Part 34 establish radiation safety

requirements for the use of radioactive

material in industrial radiography. The

information in the applications, reports

and records is used by the NRC staff to

ensure that the health and safety of the

public is protected and that licensee

possession and use of source and

byproduct material is in compliance

with license and regulatory

requirements.

Submit, by June 22, 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, 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 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, DC, 20555–0001, or by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day

of April 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Dockets 70–7001 and 70–7002]

Notice of Receipt of Amendment

Application to Certificates of

Compliance GDP–1 and GDP–2 for the

U.S. Enrichment Corporation, Paducah

and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion

Plants, Paducah, KY and Portsmouth,

OH; Notice of Comment Period

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

has received two amendment

applications from the United States

Enrichment Corporation (USEC) that

may be significant pursuant to 10 CFR

76.45. Any interested party may submit

written comments on the applications

for amendment for consideration by the

staff. To be certain of consideration,

comments must be received by the NRC

within thirty (30) days of appearance of

this notice in the Federal Register.

Comments received after that will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but

the Commission is able to assure

consideration only for comments

received on or before the due date.

Written comments on the amendment

applications should be mailed to the

Chief, Rules Review and Directives

Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, or may be hand

delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852 between 7:45 am

and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.

Comments should be legible and

reproducible, and include the name,

affiliation (if any), and address of the

commenter. All comments received by

the Commission will be made available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room

and the Local Public Document Rooms.

In accordance with 10 CFR 76.62 and

76.64, a member of the public must

submit written comments to petition the

Commission requesting review of the

Director’s Decision on the amendment

requests. For further details with respect

to the action see the applications for

amendment. The applications are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street,

NW, Washington, DC, and at the Local

Public Document Rooms.

Date of amendment requests: October

31, 1997.

Brief description of amendments: On

October 31, 1997, USEC submitted

amendment requests transmitting the

Safety Analysis Report updates

(SARUPs) required by Issue 2 of DOE/

ORO–2026, ‘‘Plan for Achieving

Compliance with NRC Regulations at

the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant’’

and Issue 2 of DOE/ORO–2027, ‘‘Plan

for Achieving Compliance with NRC

Regulations at the Portsmouth Gaseous

Diffusion Plant’’ (the Compliance

Plans). The SARUPs provide updates for

the two plants on commitments to

various industry codes and standards,

updated site specific information on

geography, demography, meteorology,

hydrology, geology and seismology,

natural phenomena events, and external

man-made events, and a new accident

analysis based upon a hazard analysis

methodology including new source

term, in-building transport, and

atmospheric transport methodology

with resulting changes in the Technical

Safety Requirements and the

identification of important to safety

structures, systems, and components.