[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54501-54502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23690]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: 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: 10 CFR part 71, 
``Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Applications for package 
certification may be made at any time. Required reports are collected 
and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: All NRC specific 
licensees who place byproduct, source, or special nuclear material into 
transportation, and all persons who wish to apply for NRC approval of 
package designs for use in such transportation.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 600.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 250 licensees.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 42,301 hours (37,301 hours for 
reporting requirements and 5,000 for recordkeeping requirements).
    9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: N/A.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 71 establish 
requirements for packing, preparation for shipment, and transportation 
of licensed material, and prescribe procedures, standards, and 
requirements for approval by NRC of packaging and shipping procedures 
for fissile material and for quantities of licensed material in excess 
of Type A quantities.
    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 World Wide 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 October 17, 2003. Comments received after this date 
will be

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considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration 
cannot be given to comments received after this date.

OMB Desk Officer,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0008),
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 11th day of September, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-23690 Filed 9-16-03; 8:45 am]
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