Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and solicitation of public comment.

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, extension, or reinstatement: Reinstatement.

2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 592, ``NRC's Handling of Your Concerns.''

3. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 592.

4. How often the collection is required: One time, as allegations are closed.

5. Who will be required or asked to report: Individuals who have submitted an allegation to the NRC.

6. An estimate of the number of responses: 240.

7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 240.

8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 240 (one hour per response).

9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 applies: Not applicable.

10. Abstract: NRC is requesting reinstatement of NRC Form 592 to conduct a voluntary survey of allegers who bring health and safety concerns to the NRC. The survey is used to determine the level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with NRC's handling of their allegation. The survey will be sent to allegers in various categories (allegers who allegations were resolved but not substantiated, resolved and substantiated, or resolved and partially substantiated) whose allegations were filedin each of the four NRC regional offices and the two major program offices, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. The results of this survey will be used by NRC management to gauge the effectiveness of its existing program and to develop programmatic revisions, as needed, to improve its handling of allegations.

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 December 9, 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 (3150-0185), 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, MD, this 3rd day of November, 1999.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Brenda Jo. Shelton, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-29313Filed11-8-99; 8:45 am]

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