65FR37582B Documents Containing Reporting of Recordkeeping Requirements: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 116, Page 37582B
[Federal Register: June 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 116)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Documents Containing Reporting of Recordkeeping Requirements:
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review
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).
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
2. The title of the information collection: Proposed rule,
``Interim Storage for Greater Than Class C Waste'' which would amend 10
CFR part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of
Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: Applications for new
licenses and amendments may be submitted at any time. Applications for
renewal of licenses would be required every 20 years for an Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) and every 40 years for a
Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility. Required recordkeeping
would be conducted on a continuing basis.
5. Who will be required or asked to report: Licensees and
applicants for a license to possess power reactor-related waste
classified for disposal under 10 CFR part 61 as greater than class C
(GTCC) in an ISFSI, and the Department of Energy for licenses to
receive, transfer, package and possess power reactor-related GTCC waste
storage in an MRS.
6. An estimate of the number of responses: 3.
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7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1.
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 120 (an average of approximately
115 hours per response for applications plus approximately 5 hours per
recordkeeper).
9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 72 establishes requirements, procedures,
and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive, transfer, and
possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive materials
associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, and requirements for
the issuance of licenses to the Department of Energy to receive,
transfer, package, and possess power reactor spent fuel and high-level
radioactive waste, and other associated radioactive materials, in an
MRS. This proposed rulemaking would add the ability for licensees to
request a specific license to allow the interim storage of reactor-
related GTCC waste within an ISFSI or MRS to 10 CFR part 72. GTCC waste
is low-level radioactive waste that exceeds the concentration limits of
radionuclides established for Class C waste in 10 CFR 61.55. The
information will be used by the NRC staff in the licensing process to
review applications requesting storage of GTCC waste within an ISFSI or
MRS. This rulemaking does not preclude licensees from licensing the
storage of GTCC waste under the existing provisions of 10 CFR parts 30
and/or 70. However, the NRC believes that licensing under 10 CFR part
72 would simplify the licensing process and reduce the potential burden
on licensees, the NRC, and Agreement States with no adverse affect on
public health and safety, or the environment. The revised estimate of
burden reflects the time necessary for licensees to amend application
request for storage of spent fuel under 10 CFR part 72 to also include
GTCC waste.
Submit, by July 17, 2000, 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 submittal may be viewed free of charge at the NRC
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower level), Washington, DC.
The proposed rule indicated in ``The title of the information
collection'' is or has been published in the Federal Register within
several days of the publication date of this Federal Register Notice.
Instructions for accessing the electronic OMB clearance package for the
rulemaking have been appended to the electronic rulemaking. Members of
the public may access the electronic OMB clearance package by following
the directions for electronic access provided in the preamble to the
titled rulemaking.
Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer by
July 17, 2000: Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (3150-0132), 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, Maryland, this 1st day of June 2000.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-15193 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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