[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17616]
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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: 10 CFR Part 26,
``Fitness for Duty Program''.
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
5. Who will be required or asked to report: All licensees
authorized to construct or operate a nuclear power reactor and all
licensees authorized to possess, use, or transport unirradiated
Category 1 nuclear material.
6. An estimate of the number of responses:
a. 144 semi-annual reports (an average of 40 hours per response).
b. 72 telephonic event reports (an average of 15 minutes per
response).
c. 44,000 written statements from applicants for unescorted access
authorization to protected areas (an average of 30 seconds per
response).
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 72.
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 61,574.6 (6097 hours of reporting
burden and 55,477.6 hours of recordkeeping burden).
9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Program,''
requires licensees of nuclear power plants and licensees authorized to
possess, use, or transport unirradiated Category 1 nuclear material to
implement fitness-for-duty programs to assure that personnel are not
under the influence of any substance or mentally or physically
impaired, to retain certain records associated with the management of
these programs, and to provide reports concerning significant events
and program performance. Compliance with these program requirements is
mandatory for licensees subject to 10 CFR Part 26.
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/NRC/PUBLIC/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 August 11, 1999. 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.
Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0146),
NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of July 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth C. St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17616 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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