[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32416]
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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 of
continued approval of information collections 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: NRC Forms 540, 540A,
541, 541A, 542, and 542A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest
forms.
2. Current OMB approval number: NRC Forms 540, 540A: 3150-0164; NRC
Forms 541, 541A: 3150-0166; NRC Forms 542, 542A: 3150-0165.
3. How often the collection is required: Forms are used by shippers
whenever radioactive waste is shipped. Quarterly reporting or less
frequent is made to NRC depending on specific license conditions.
4. Who is required or asked to report: All NRC licensed low-level
waste facilities. All generators, collectors, and processors of low-
level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility must
complete the appropriate forms.
5. The number of annual respondents: NRC Form 540: 8,000; NRC Form
541: 8,000; NRC Form 542: 600.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: NRC Form 540: 9,380 hours (1.17 hours per response); NRC
Form 541: 43,463 hours (5.43 hours per response); NRC Form 542: 260
hours (0.43 hours per response).
7. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542, together with their
continuation pages, designated by the ``A'' suffix, provide a set of
standardized forms to meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and
State requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of
low-level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity and
efficiency in the collection of information contained in manifests
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste
intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. NRC Form 540
contains information needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper requirements
in 49 CFR part 172 and the waste tracking requirements of NRC in 10 CFR
part 20. NRC Form 541 contains information needed by disposal site
facilities to safely dispose of low-level waste and information to meet
NRC and State requirements regulating these activities. NRC Form 542,
completed by waste collectors or processors, contains information which
facilitates tracking the identity of the waste generator. That tracking
becomes more complicated when the waste forms, dimensions, or
packagings are changed by the waste processor. Each container of waste
shipped from a waste processor may contain waste from several different
generators. The information provided on NRC Form 542 permits the States
and Compacts to know the original generators of low-level waste, as
authorized by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of
1985, so they can ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate
Compact.
Submit, by February 9, 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 draft supporting statement may be viewed free of
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC
worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov) under the FedWorld collection
link on the home page tool bar. 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 F33, Washington, DC,
20555-0001, or by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail at [email protected]
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December, 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-32416 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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