[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56236-56237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28068]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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.
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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).
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information collection: Changes, Tests and
Experiments, and Updating of Final Safety Analysis Reports (10 CFR
Parts 50, 52 and 72).
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: Information is required to
be collected when changes, tests or experiments are made by the
licensee; reporting of these changes is required either on an annual
basis (Part 72 facilities and nonpower reactors), or every two years
(power reactors). Updating the final safety analysis report (FSAR ) is
required on an annual basis for independent spent fuel storage
installations (ISFSIs), with up to two years for power reactor
facilities (updating not required for nonpower reactors).
5. Who will be required or asked to report: Reports are to
submitted by licensees of production or utilization facilities licensed
under 10 CFR Part 50 and by licensees and certificate holders for
ISFSIs and spent fuel storage casks, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 72.
6. An estimate of the annual number of responses: Responses are
required on a periodic basis from licensees or certificate holders.
Summary reports of changes, and submittal of FSAR update pages are
required; some of these submittals are required on an annual basis, and
some are on a two year cycle. In addition, an application for amendment
of a cask certificate by a certificate holder is expected to be
submitted from about half of the holders per year. The annual number of
responses thus is estimated as 253 reports.
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: The total number of
respondents under Part 50 is 178 reactor licensees. In addition, there
are 18 respondents subject to Part 72. Since some of the reporting for
power reactors is on a two-year cycle, the annual number of respondents
is estimated as 153 respondents.
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: The total number of hours annually
is estimated at 479,789 hours (an increase of 66,099 hours)--133,160
hours (an increase of 4,380) for reporting; 293,560 hours (an increase
of 8,650) for recordkeeping. This total estimate also includes an
annualized one-time burden of 53,069 hours for implementation of the
revisions to the rule through procedures and training of personnel. The
hours needed depend upon the number and complexity of changes that a
licensee chooses to make. The hours needed for a power reactor
respondent are estimated to be significantly greater than those for a
spent fuel storage cask certificate holder or ISFSI licensee.
9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13
applies: Applicable.
10. Abstract: The NRC is proposing to revise requirements
pertaining to
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changes, tests, and experiments, and for updating of final safety
analysis reports. The purpose of the rulemaking is to clarify
requirements and to allow more flexibility for certain changes that a
licensee could make without receiving prior NRC approval. The NRC
estimates that these rule changes will have only a minor impact upon
the existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements in these sections
of NRC regulations. There will be a one-time burden for revision of
procedures and training.
Submit, by November 20, 1998, 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 submittal may be reviewed free of charge at the NRC
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NE (lower level), Washington DC.
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
November 20, 1998: Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (3150-0011 and 3150-0132), NEOB--10202, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington DC 20503. Comments can also be submitted by
telephone at (202) 395-3084. The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo
Shelton, 301-414-7233.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day October of 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-28068 Filed 10-20-98; 8:45 am]
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