57386 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 192 / Thursday, October 2, 2008 / Notices 

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 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 

23rd, 2008. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–23134 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. NRC–2008–0359] 

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. The NRC published a Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

July 7, 2008. 

1. Type of submission, new, revision, 

or extension: Revision. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: 10 CFR Part 74—Material 

Control and Accounting of Special 

Nuclear Material. 

3. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0123. 

4. The form number if applicable: Not 

applicable. 

5. How often the collection is 

required: Submission is a one-time 

requirement which has been completed 

by all current licensees. However, 

licensees may submit amendments or 

revisions to the plans as necessary. In 

addition, specified inventory and 

material status reports are required 

annually or semi-annually. Other 

reports are submitted as events occur. 

6. Who is required or asked to report: 

Persons licensed under 10 CFR 70 who 

possess and use certain forms and 

quantities of Special Nuclear Material 

(SNM). 

7. An estimate of the number of 

annual responses: 21. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 19. 

9. An estimate of the total number of 

hours needed annually to complete the 

requirement or request: An annual total 

of 8,589 hours (989 hours for reporting 

and 7,600 hours for recordkeeping). The 

average annual burden per respondent 

for reporting is 47 hours. The average 

annual burden per recordkeeping for the 

110 record keepers is 61 hours. 

10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 74 

establishes requirements for material 

control and accounting of SNM, and 

specific performance-based regulations 

for licensees authorized to possess, use 

and produce strategic special nuclear 

material, and special nuclear material of 

moderate strategic significance and low 

strategic significance. The information 

is used by the NRC to make licensing 

and regulatory determinations 

concerning material control and 

accounting of special nuclear material 

and to satisfy obligations of the United 

States to the International Atomic 

Energy Agency (IAEA). Submission or 

retention of the information is 

mandatory for persons subject to the 

requirements. 

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 F21, Rockville, MD 

20852. OMB clearance requests are 

available at the NRC World Wide Web 

site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ 

doc-comment/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 

November 3, 2008. 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. 

Nathan J. Frey, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs (3150–0123), 

NEOB–10202, Office of Management 

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments can also be e-mailed to 

Nathan_J._Frey@omb.eop.gov or 

submitted by telephone at (202) 395– 

7345. 

The NRC Clearance Officer is Russell 

Nichols, (301) 415–6874. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day 

of September 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Gregory Trussell, 

Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Services. 

[FR Doc. E8–23231 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket No. Stn 50–528] 

Arizona Public Service Company, et 

al.; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating 

Station, Unit 1; Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of a temporary exemption from 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Section 

50.46 and 10 CFR 50, Appendix K, for 

Facility Operating License No. NPF–41, 

issued to Arizona Public Service 

Company (APS, the licensee), for 

operation of the Palo Verde Nuclear 

Generating Station (PVNGS), Unit 1, 

located in Maricopa County, Arizona. 

Therefore, as required by 10 CFR 51.21, 

the NRC is issuing this environmental 

assessment and finding of no significant 

impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would allow the 

use of up to eight lead fuel assemblies 

(LFAs) manufactured by AREVA NP 

with fuel rods clad with M5 to be 

inserted into the PVNGS, Unit 1 reactor 

core during operating Cycles 15, 16, and 

17. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s request for 

exemption dated March 8, 2008, as 

supplemented by letter dated September 

10, 2008. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed temporary exemption is 

needed to allow the use of M5 LFAs by 

APS to evaluate cladding for future fuel 

assemblies that may need to be of a 

more robust design than current fuel 

assemblies to allow for possibly higher 

duty or extended burnup. The 

regulations specify standards and 

acceptance criteria only for fuel rods 

clad with Zircaloy or ZIRLO. Consistent 

with 10 CFR 50.46, a temporary 

exemption is required to use fuel rods 

clad with an advanced alloy that is not 

Zircaloy or ZIRLO. Therefore, the 

licensee needs a temporary exemption 

to insert up to eight LFAs containing 

new cladding material into the PVNGS, 

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