Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 25, 2001 / Notices 20841

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day

of April 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Stephen R. Monarque,

Project Manager, Section 1, Project

Directorate II, Division of Licensing Project

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 01–10242 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Revision of Operator Licensing

Examination Standards for Power

Reactors: Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission has issued Supplement 1 to

Revision 8 of NUREG–1021, ‘‘Operator

Licensing Examination Standards for

Power Reactors,’’ (formerly ‘‘Operator

Licensing Examiner Standards’’). The

Commission uses NUREG–1021 to

provide policy and guidance for the

development, administration, and

grading of written examinations and

operating tests used to determine the

qualifications of individuals who apply

for operator and senior operator licenses

at nuclear power plants pursuant to part

55 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (10 CFR part 55). NUREG–

1021 provides similar guidance for

verifying the continued qualifications of

licensed operators when the staff

determines that NRC requalification

examinations are necessary.

NUREG–1021 has been revised to

implement a number of clarifications

and enhancements that have been

identified since Revision 8 was

published in April 1999. A draft of

Supplement 1 was issued for comment

on March 20, 2000 (65 FR 15020), and

an addendum, which extended the

comment period until October 31, 2000,

was issued on July 17, 2000 (65 FR

44080). A summary of the comments

regarding draft Supplement 1 and the

NRC staff’s response to those comments

is available in the NRC Public Electronic

Reading Room (http://www.nrc.gov/

NRC/ADAMS/index.html/Accession

Number ML010580481).

The notable changes in Supplement 1

include: (1) Clarified guidance to ensure

that the topics and questions for the

written examination are selected in a

systematic and random manner making

it possible to relax the limits on

question repetition from recent

examinations and to increase the upper

limit on the number of questions that

may be taken directly from a bank of

previously-used questions; (2) updated

guidelines related to the training and

qualification of operator license

applicants in order to conform with

Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.8,

‘‘Qualification and Training of

Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants,’’

which was published in May 2000; and

(3) clarified guidance for documenting

NRC staff concerns related to draft

examination quality.

Supplement 1 to Revision 8 will

become effective for operator licensing

examinations that are confirmed 60 or

more days after the date of this notice

by issuance of an official corporate

notification letter or at an earlier date

agreed upon by the facility licensee and

its NRC Regional Office. After the

effective date, facility licensees that

elect to prepare their examinations will

be expected do so based on the guidance

in Supplement 1 to Revision 8 of

NUREG–1021, unless the NRC has

reviewed and approved the facility

licensee’s alternative examination

procedures.

Copies of Supplement 1 to Revision 8

of NUREG–1021 are being mailed to the

plant or site manager at each nuclear

power facility regulated by the NRC. A

copy is available for inspection and/or

copying for a fee in the NRC’s Public

Document Room, Washington, DC.

NUREG–1021 is also electronically

available for downloading from the

NRC’s operator licensing web site (http:/

/www.nrc.gov/NRC/REACTOR/OL/

OLguidance.html). If you do not have

electronic access to NRC documents,

you may request a single copy of

Supplement 1 by writing to the Office

of the Chief Information Officer,

Reproduction and Distribution Services

Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001 (facsimile: 301–512–2289).

Telephone requests cannot be

accommodated. NUREG documents are

not copyrighted, and Commission

approval is not required to reproduce

them.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day

of April 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Glenn M. Tracy,

Chief, Operator Licensing, Human

Performance and Plant Support Branch,

Division of Inspection Program Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation.

ACTION: Request for Comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

publish a Notice in the Federal Register

notifying the public that the Agency is

preparing an information collection

request for OMB review and approval

and to request public review and

comment on the submission. Comments

are being solicited on the need for the

information, its practical utility, the

accuracy of the Agency’s burden

estimate, and on ways to minimize the

reporting burden, including automated

collection techniques and uses of other

forms of technology. The proposed form

under review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form

and the request for review prepared for

submission to OMB may be obtained

from the Agency Submitting Officer.

Comments on the form should be

submitted to the Agency Submitting

Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Carol

Brock, Records Manager, Overseas

Private Investment Corporation, 1100

New York Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20527; 202/336–8563.

Summary of Form Under Review

Type of Request: Form Renewal.

Title: Project Information Report.

Form Number: OPIC–71.

Frequency of Use: No more than once

per contract.

Type of Respondents: Business or

other institutions (except farms).

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies investing overseas.

Reporting Hours: 7 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 25 per year.

Federal Cost: $1,600 per year.

Authority for Information Collection:

Title 22 U.S.C. 2191(k)(2) and 2199(h) of

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The

project information report is necessary

to elicit and record the information on

the developmental, environmental, and

U.S. economic effects of OPIC-assisted

projects. The information will be used

by OPIC’s staff and management solely