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occupational exposure to cadmium. The

major information-collection

requirements in § 1926.1127 include

conducting employee exposure

monitoring, notifying employees of their

cadmium exposures, implementing a

written compliance program,

implementing a written emergency plan

for managing inadvertent and

substantial releases of airborne

cadmium, implementing medical

surveillance of employees, providing

examining physicians with specific

information, ensuring that employees

receive a copy of their medicalsurveillance results, maintaining

employees’ exposure-monitoring and

medical records for specific periods,

and providing access to these records by

OSHA, the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, the

affected employees, and their

authorized representatives.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection requirements are necessary

for the proper performance of the

Agency’s functions, including whether

the information is useful;

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of

the burden (time and cost) of the

information-collection requirements,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information collected; and

• Ways to minimize the burden on

employers who must comply; for

example, by using automated or other

technological information-collection

and -transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

OSHA is requesting to increase the

existing burden-hour estimate for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

collection-of-information requirements

specified in § 1926.1127. In this regard,

the Agency is requesting to increase the

current burden-hour estimate from

36,388 hours to 36,631 hours, a total

increase of 243 hours. This increase

results mainly from reestimating the

burden hours required for employers to

determine if cadmium is present in the

workplace and, if so, whether employee

exposure above the action level is

possible. OSHA will summarize the

comments submitted in response to this

notice, and will include this summary

in its request to OMB to extend the

approval of this information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Cadmium in Construction.

OMB Number: 1218–0186.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Frequency of Response: Occasionally.

Average Time per Response: From 5

minutes (.08 hour) to maintain an

employee’s medical or exposure record

to 1.5 hours to administer an employee

medical examination.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 36,631

hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $2,232,500.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant

Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Health, directed the

preparation of this notice. The authority

for this notice is the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–2000

(65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on May 29,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of

its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden, the

National Science Foundation (NSF) is

inviting the general public and other

Federal agencies to comment on this

proposed information collection. This is

the second notice for public comment;

the first was published in the Federal

Register at 66 FR 2943 and no

comments were received. NSF is

forwarding the proposed submission to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for clearance simultaneously

with the publication of this second

notice.

DATES: Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received by

OMB within 30 days of publication in

the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding (a)

whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

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 techniques or other forms of

information technology should be

addressed to: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for National Science

Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to

Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant General

Counsel, through surface mail (National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230); email

(aeisenst@nsf.gov) or fax (703–292–

9041). Copies of the submission(s) may

be obtained by calling 703–292–8060.

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless the

collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB control number

and the agency informs potential

persons who are to respond to the

collection of information that such

persons are not required to respond to

the collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call

or write Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant

General Counsel, at the National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230; call (703) 292–8060, or

send email to aeisenst@nsf.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Antarctic

emergency response plan and

environmental protection information.

Abstract: The NSF, pursuant to the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16

U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (‘‘ACA’’) regulates

certain non-governmental activities in

Antarctica. The ACA was amended in

1996 by the Antarctic Science, Tourism,

and Conservation Act. On June 4, 1998,

NSF published a proposed rule in the

Federal Register (63 FR 30438) to

implement certain of these statutory

amendments. The proposed rule would

require non-governmental Antarctic

expeditions using non-U.S. flagged

vessels to ensure that the vessel owner

has an emergency response plan. The

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proposed rule would also require

persons organizing a non-governmental

expedition to provide expedition

members with information on their

environmental protection obligations

under the Antarctic Conservation Act.

The notice of proposed rule stated that

the rule was not subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act because of the

small number of U.S. operators subject

to the rule. Based upon comments

received on the proposed rule and the

slight increase in applicable tour

operators, NSF has determined that it

will issue this information collection

notice to satisfy the requirements of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, prior

to issuing the final rule.

Expected Respondents. Respondents

may include non-profit organizations

and small and large businesses. The

majority of respondents are anticipated

to be U.S. tour operators, currently

estimated to number twelve.

Burden on the Public. The Foundation

estimates that a one-time paperwork and

recordkeeping burden of 40 hours or

less, at a cost of $500 to $1400 per

respondent, will result from the

emergency response plan requirement

contained in the proposed rule.

Presently, all respondents have been

providing expedition members with a

copy of the Guidance for Visitors to the

Antarctic (prepared and adopted at the

Eighteenth Antarctic Treaty

Consultative Meeting as

Recommendation XVIII–1). Because this

Antarctic Treaty System document

satisfies the environmental protection

information requirements of the

proposed rule, no additional burden

shall result from the environmental

information requirements in the

proposed rule.

Dated: April 18, 2001.

Lawrence Rudolph,

General Counsel.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for the Office of

Management and Budget (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: Extension.

2. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 19, ‘‘Notices,

Instructions, and Reports to Workers:

Inspection and Investigations’’.

3. The form number if applicable: N/

A.

4. How often the collection is

required: As necessary in order that

adequate and timely reports of radiation

exposure be made to individuals

involved in NRC-licensed activities.

5. Who is required or asked to report:

Licensees authorized to receive, possess,

use, or transfer material licensed by the

NRC.

6. The estimated number of annual

responses: 395,221.

7. The number of annual respondents:

6000.

8. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: 43,037 reporting hours.

9. An indication of whether section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: Title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Part 19, requires

licensees to advise workers on an

annual basis of any radiation exposure

they may have received as a result of

NRC-licensed activities or when certain

conditions are met. These conditions

apply during termination of the

worker’s employment, at the request of

a worker, former worker, or when the

worker’s employer (the NRC licensee)

must report radiation exposure

information on the worker to the NRC.

Part 19 also establishes requirements for

instructions by licensees to individuals

participating in licensed activities and

options available to these individuals in

connection with Commission

inspections of licensees to ascertain

compliance with the provisions of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act

of 1974, and regulations, orders and

licenses thereunder regarding

radiological working conditions.

The worker should be informed of the

radiation dose he or she receives

because: (a) that information is needed

by both a new employer and the

individual when the employee changes

jobs in the nuclear industry; (b) the

individual needs to know the radiation

dose received as a result of an accident

or incident (if this dose is in excess of

the 10 CFR Part 20 limits) so that he or

she can seek counseling about future

work involving radiation, medical

attention, or both, as desired; and (c)

since long-term exposure to radiation

may be an adverse health factor, the

individual needs to know whether the

accumulated dose is being controlled

within NRC limits. The worker also

needs to know about health risks from

occupational exposure to radioactive

materials or radiation, precautions or

procedures to minimize exposure,

worker responsibilities and options to

report any licensee conditions which

may lead to or cause a violation of

Commission regulations, and individual

radiation exposure reports which are

available to him.

A copy of the final supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD

20852. OMB clearance requests are

available at the NRC worldwide web

site: http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/

OMB/index.html. The document will be

available on the NRC home page site for

60 days after the signature date of this

notice.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer listed

below by July 2, 2001. Comments

received after this date will be

considered if it is practical to do so, but

assurance of consideration cannot be

given to comments received after this

date.

Amy Farrell, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (3150–0044),

NEOB–10202, Office of Management

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day

of May , 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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Nuclear Management Company, LLC;

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–