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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, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Room O–1F23, Rockville,

Maryland. OMB clearance requests are

available at the NRC 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 about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 E6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd

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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Documents Containing Reporting or

Recordkeeping Requirements: Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

Review

AGENCY: 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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: Proposed Rule, 10 CFR part

50, Decommissioning Trust Provisions.

3. The form number if applicable: Not

applicable.

4. How often the collection is

required: Written notification to the

NRC is required when a licensee needs

to materially amend its trust agreement

to make it consistent with the proposed

rule and guidance, or when a license

transfer is planned, or whenever a

licensee intends to make a disbursement

or payment (other than for ordinary

administrative expenses) from the trust,

escrow account, Government fund, or

other account.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Part 50 licensees.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: 166 responses

(Approximately 110 licensees would

need to revise their trust agreements,

approximately 55 will make material

changes to its trust agreement and 1

licensee will make an out of the

ordinary disbursement.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: Approximately 110

licensees per year.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: Approximately

3,788 hours

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Pub. L. 104–13 applies:

Applicable.

10. Abstract: The NRC is proposing to

amend its regulations on

decommissioning trust agreements to

require that the trust provisions contain

general terms and conditions that the

NRC believes are required to ensure that

funds in the trusts will be available for

their intended purpose. The proposed

amendment would require that the trust

should be an external trust fund in the

United States, established pursuant to a

written agreement and with an entity

that is a State or Federal government

agency or whose operations are

regulated by a State or Federal agency.

The amendment would also require a

licensee to notify the NRC in writing

when it proposes to materially amend

its agreement and when a licensee

intends to make a disbursement or

payment (other than payment of

ordinary administrative expenses). As

an accompaniment to this rulemaking,

the NRC intends to update Regulatory

Guide 1.159, ‘‘Assuring the Availability

of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear

Reactors,’’ to include sample trust fund

language, terms, and conditions.

Submit, by June 29, 2001, 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 information

be minimized, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology?

A copy of the submittal 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. The

proposed rule indicated in ‘‘The title of

the information collection’’ is or has

been published in the Federal Register

within several days of the publication

date of this Federal Register Notice.

Instructions for accessing the electronic

OMB clearance package for the

rulemaking have been appended to the

electronic rulemaking. Members of the

public may access the electronic OMB

clearance package by following the

directions for electronic access provided

in the preamble to the titled rulemaking.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by June

29, 2001; Amy Farrell, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0011), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–7318.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd 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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[Docket Nos. 50–269, 50–270, 50–287]

Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee

Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3;

Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an exemption from 10 CFR

55.59 for Facility Operating License

Nos. DPR–38, DPR–47, and DPR–55,

issued to the Duke Energy Corporation

(DEC, the licensee), for operation of the

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and

3, located in Seneca, South Carolina.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would allow the

licensed operator requalification

examinations for the Oconee Nuclear

Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 to be

rescheduled. The requested exemption

would extend the completion date for