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

[Federal Register: February 25, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 37)]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office of Management and Budget (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.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review of continued approval of information collection 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: Revision.

2. The title of the information collection: State Agreements Program, as authorized by Section 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act.

3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0029.

4. How often the collection is required: One time or as needed.

5. Who is required or asked to report: Thirty Agreement States who have signed Section 274(b) agreements with NRC.

6. An estimate of the number of responses: 95.

7. An estimated number of annual respondents: 30.

8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 570 (approximately six hours per response).

9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 applies: Not applicable.

10. Abstract: Agreement States are surveyed on a one-time or as- needed basis, i.e., in response to a specific incident, to gather information on licensing and inspection practices and other technical and statistical information. The results of such information requests, which are authorized under Section 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act, are utilized in part by NRC in preparing responses to Congressional inquiries. Agreement State comments are also solicited in the areas of proposed procedure and policy development.

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 March 27, 1998: Martin Offutt, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0029), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

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

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

[FR Doc. 98-4762Filed2-24-98; 8:45 am]

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