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DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public comment.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DOCUMENT 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: [[Page 17384]]

1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 536, ``Operator Licensing Examination Data.''

2. Current OMB approval number: 31500131.

3. How often the collection is required: Annually.

4. Who is required or asked to report: All holders of operator licenses or construction permits for nuclear power reactors.

5. The number of annual respondents: 80.

6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 80.

7. Abstract: NRC is requesting renewal of its clearance to annually request all commercial power reactor licensees and applicants for an operating license to voluntarily send to the NRC: (1) Their projected number of candidates for operator licensing initials examinations; (2) the estimated dates of the examinations; (3) if the examination will be facility developed or NRC developed, and (4) the estimated number of individuals that will participate in the Generic Fundamentals Examination (GFE) for that calendar year. Except for the GFE, this information is used to plan budgets and resources in regard to operator examination scheduling in order to meet the needs of the nuclear industry.

Submit, by June 2, 2008, 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 O1 F21, Rockville, MD 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 about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Margaret A. Janney (T5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001, by telephone at 3014157245, or by email to
INFOCOLLECTS@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of March 2008.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services. [FR Doc. E86626 Filed 33108; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,