[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 82091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32825]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0318]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the
Office of Management and Budget (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.
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on October 13, 2010.
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 26,
``Fitness for Duty Programs.''
3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required: Annually and on occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to report: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under 10 CFR part 50 or 52 (except those who have
permanently ceased operations and have verified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the reactor); all holders of nuclear power
plant construction permits and early site permits with a limited work
authorization and applicants for nuclear power plant construction
permits that have a limited work authorization under the provisions of
10 CFR part 50; all holders of a combined license for a nuclear power
plant issued under 10 CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license
that have a limited work authorization; all licensees, who are
authorized to possess, use, or transport formula quantities of
strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) under the provisions of 10
CFR part 70; all holders of a certificate of compliance of an approved
compliance plan issued under 10 CFR part 76, if the holder engages in
activities involving formula quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/
vendors (C/V) who implement fitness-for-duty (FFD) programs or program
elements to the extent that the licensees and other entities listed in
this paragraph rely on those C/V FFD programs or program elements to
comply with 10 CFR part 26.
7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 521,919 (120
total annual reporting responses + 42 recordkeepers + 521,757 third-
party responses).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 89,510 (31 FFD
program responses + 1 Subpart K construction FFD program respondent +
10 HHS-certified laboratories + 89,468 third-party respondents).
9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 666,824 (6,615 reporting + 358,352
recordkeeping + 301,857 third party disclosure).
10. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe
requirements to establish, implement, and maintain fitness-for-duty
programs at affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of
these requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons
subject to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the
influence of any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically
impaired from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their
ability to safely and competently perform their duties. These
requirements also provide reasonable assurance that the effects of
fatigue and degraded alertness on individuals' abilities to safely and
competently perform their duties are managed commensurate with
maintaining public health and safety. The information collections
required by part 26 are necessary to properly manage FFD programs and
to enable effective and efficient regulatory oversight of affected
licensees other entities. These licensees and other entities must
perform certain tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply
with part 26 drug and alcohol provisions and fatigue management
requirements. These records and reports are necessary to enable
regulatory inspection and evaluation of a licensee's or entity's
compliance with NRC regulations, its FFD performance, and of any
significant FFD-related event to help maintain public health and
safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the
environment.
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 January 28, 2011. 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.
Christine J. Kymn, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (3150-0146), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be e-mailed to [email protected] or
submitted by telephone at (202) 395-4638.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, (301) 415-6258.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, December 21, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Fajr Majeed,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-32825 Filed 12-28-10; 8:45 am]
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