Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 25861-25862 [E6-6633]

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• NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25861-25862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6633]


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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: 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.
    2. Current OMB approval number: (3150-0178).
    3. How often the collection is required: Agreement States are 
requested to provide copies of licensee material event reports 
electronically or by hard copy to NRC on a monthly basis or within 30 
days of receipt from their licensee. This schedule provides the 
Agreement States 30 days to assess the licensee information prior to 
providing the information to NRC. Reportable events involve industrial, 
commercial, medical use, and/or academic use of radioactive byproduct 
materials. In addition, Agreement States are requested to report events 
that may pose a significant health and safety hazard to the NRC 
Headquarters Operations Officer within the next working day of 
notification by an Agreement State licensee.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Current Agreement States and 
any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 34.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 756 hours (an average of 22 hours per respondent).
    7. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and events involving the use, transportation and security 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 licenses 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 to NRC 
on the initial notification, response actions, and follow-up 
investigations on events involving the use (including suspected theft 
or terrorist activities) 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 lessons learned, and may also 
identify generic issues for further study which could result in 
proposals for changes or revisions to technical or regulatory designs, 
processes, standards, guidance or requirements.
    Submit, by July 3, 2006, 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, 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: https://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document 
will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the 
signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance

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Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or 
by Internet electronic mail to INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-6633 Filed 5-1-06; 8:45 am]
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