[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21518]
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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: Survey of Steel Mills:
Support for a Risk Assessment of General- and Specific-Licensed
Devices.
2. Current OMB approval number: None.
3. How often the collection is required: The survey requires a one-
time response.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Steel mills in the United
States.
5. The number of annual respondents: 300 steel mills.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: Each questionnaire is expected to take about 3 hours to
complete. The total burden for the industry is 900 hours. An additional
40 hours will be expended by trade organizations in distributing and
collecting the questionnaires.
7. Abstract: NRC is conducting a survey to obtain information for a
comprehensive assessment of the risk associated with radioactive
material which has entered the scrap stream due to loss of control of
the material by licensed users. Steel mills that have accidentally
smelted the radioactive material that has been found in the metal
recycling stream have incurred large expenses to decontaminate plants
and unnecessary exposures also have occurred due to handling the
radioactive material. The information from the survey will assist NRC
in determining the probability of identifying radioactive material in
the scrap stream and the likely radiation exposures to members of the
public.
Submit, by October 14, 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, T6F33, Washington, DC,
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail at [email protected]
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August, 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Arnold E. Levin,
Acting Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-21518 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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