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DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and solicitation of public comment.

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

DOCUMENT 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. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60day comment period on this information collection on March 25, 2008.

1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.

2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 20 Standards for Protection Against Radiation.

3. Current OMB approval number: 31500014.

4. The form number if applicable: N/A.

5. How often the collection is required: Annually for most reports and at license termination for reports dealing with decommissioning.

6. Who will be required or asked to report: NRC licensees, including those requesting license terminations.

7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 4152.

8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 3740.

9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 108,894 hours (4,434 hours for reporting plus 104,460 hours for recordkeeping.

10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 20 establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under licenses issued by the NRC. These standards require the establishment of radiation protection programs, maintenance of radiation protection programs, maintenance of radiation records recording of radiation received by workers, reporting of incidents which could cause exposure to radiation, submittal of an annual report to NRC of the results of individual monitoring, and submittal of license termination information. These mandatory requirements are needed to protect occupationally exposed individuals from undue risks of excessive exposure to ionizing radiation and to protect the health and safety of the public.

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 O1 F21, Rockville, Maryland 20852. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: http:// www.nrc.gov/publicinvolve/doccomment/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 September 15, 2008. 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.

Nathan J. Frey, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150 0014), NEOB10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

Comments can also be emailed to Nathan_J._Frey@omb.eop.gov or submitted by telephone at (202) 3957345.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Russell Nichols, (301) 4156874.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of August 2008.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services. [FR Doc. E818921 Filed 81408; 8:45 am]
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