[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44367-44368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19066]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
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.

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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: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: ``Nuclear Material 
Events Database (NMED)'' for the Collection of Event Report, Response, 
Analyses, and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.

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    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Monthly or within 30 days 
of receipt from licensee. Events that pose significant health and 
safety hazards--within the next working day of notification by an 
Agreement States licensee.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 620.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 32.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 1,240 hours (an average of 
approximately 2.0 hours per response) for all existing Agreement States 
reporting; any new Agreement State would add approximately 19 event 
reports (including follow-up reports) per year or 38 burden hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: N/A.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and events involving the use of radioactive byproduct 
material, and source material, such as those involving radiation 
overexposures, leaking or contaminated sealed source(s), release of 
excessive contamination of radioactive material, lost or stolen 
radioactive material, equipment failures, abandoned well logging 
sources and medical events. Agreement State licensees are also required 
to report these events to their individual Agreement State regulatory 
authorities under compatible Agreement State regulations. NRC is 
requesting that the Agreement States provide information on the initial 
notification, response actions, and follow-up investigations on events 
involving the use of nuclear materials regulated pursuant to the Atomic 
Energy Act. The event information should be provided in a uniform 
electronic format, for assessment and identification of any facilities/
site specific or generic safety concerns that could have the potential 
to impact public health and safety. The identification and review of 
safety concerns may result in proposals for changes or revisions to 
technical or regulatory designs, processes, standards, guidance or 
requirements.
    A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance 
requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/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 27, 2003. 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. 
Bryon Allen, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0163), 
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.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of July, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-19066 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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