[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-156]
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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.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review and
approval of a new information collection 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: Joint NRC/EPA Survey of
Sewage Sludge/Ash.
2. Current OMB approval number: None.
3. How often the collection is required: This is a one-time
collection.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Selected publicly owned
treatment works (POTWs), and Agreement States.
5. The number of annual respondents: 600 POTWs for the
questionnaire, and 300 POTWs for sample collection, plus 29 Agreement
States for reporting of Zip Codes.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: An average of 2 hours per respondent for questionnaires and
6 hours each for selected respondents for collecting samples, plus 8
hours each for 29 Agreement States. The total burden is 3,232 hours.
7. Abstract: The survey will obtain national estimates of the
levels of radioactive materials in sludge and ash at POTWs, estimate
the extent to which radioactive contamination comes from either NRC/
Agreement State licensees or from naturally occurring radioactivity,
and support possible rulemaking decisions by NRC and EPA. NRC and EPA
will send questionnaires to selected POTWs. Based on the results of
that survey, NRC will identify approximately 300 POTWs from which
samples of sewer sludge/ash will be taken and analyzed. Results of the
full survey will be published for use by Federal agencies, States,
POTWs, and local POTW officials.
Submit, by March 7, 1997, 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. Members of the public who are in the
Washington, DC, area can access this document via modem on the Public
Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC's Advance Copy Document Library), NRC
subsystem at FedWorld, 703-321-3339. Members of the public who are
located outside of the Washington, DC, area can dial FedWorld, 1-800-
303-9672, or use the FedWorld Internet address: fedworld.gov (Telnet).
The document will be available on the bulletin board for 30 days after
the signature date of this notice. If assistance is needed in accessing
the document, please contact the FedWorld help desk at 703-487-4608.
Additional assistance in locating the document is available from the
NRC Public Document Room, nationally at 1-800-397-4209, or within the
Washington, DC, area at 202-634-3273.
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, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail at [email protected]
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th of December, 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-156 Filed 1-3-97; 8:45 am]
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