[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17616]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 26, 
``Fitness for Duty Program''.
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All licensees 
authorized to construct or operate a nuclear power reactor and all 
licensees authorized to possess, use, or transport unirradiated 
Category 1 nuclear material.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses:
    a. 144 semi-annual reports (an average of 40 hours per response).
    b. 72 telephonic event reports (an average of 15 minutes per 
response).
    c. 44,000 written statements from applicants for unescorted access 
authorization to protected areas (an average of 30 seconds per 
response).
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 72.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 61,574.6 (6097 hours of reporting 
burden and 55,477.6 hours of recordkeeping burden).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Program,'' 
requires licensees of nuclear power plants and licensees authorized to 
possess, use, or transport unirradiated Category 1 nuclear material to 
implement fitness-for-duty programs to assure that personnel are not 
under the influence of any substance or mentally or physically 
impaired, to retain certain records associated with the management of 
these programs, and to provide reports concerning significant events 
and program performance. Compliance with these program requirements is 
mandatory for licensees subject to 10 CFR Part 26.
    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 August 11, 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 (3150-0146), 
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 7th day of July 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth C. St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17616 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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