98-17099. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34938]
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[FR Doc No: 98-17099]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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.

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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). 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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 474, 
``Simulation Facility Certification''.
    3. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 474.
    4. How often the collection is required: One-time requirement for 
initial certification and quadrennial thereafter.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All power reactor 
licensees and applicants for an operating license.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 20.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 20.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 2,400.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: Licensed power facilities that propose the use of a 
simulation facility consisting solely of a plant-referenced simulator 
for the conduct of NRC licensing operating tests are required to submit 
NRC Form 474.
    The information on the form consists of the results of performance 
testing completed on the subject simulation facility and a schedule for 
the conduct of performance tests for the subsequent four-year period. 
NRC uses this information to ascertain the acceptability of simulation 
facilities for use in the conduct of operating tests for nuclear power 
plant operator and senior operator candidates and to determine whether 
to initiate a simulation facility inspection at a specific site due to 
concerns about their suitability for use in operating tests.
    A copy of the final 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer by 
July 27, 1998.
    Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
0138), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503.
    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at [phone].
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of June 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-17099 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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