[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 67402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26858]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. NRC-2013-0117, -0118, -0119]


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

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (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 July 9, 2013 (78 FR 41116).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, 
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and 
Continuation Page; NRC Forms 541 and 541A, Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest, Container and Waste Description, and 
Continuation Page; NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest, Index and Regional Compact Tabulation, and 
Continuation Page.
    3. Current OMB approval number:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: OMB 3150-0164.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: OMB 3150-0166.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: OMB 3150-0165.
    4. The form number if applicable:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A.
    5. How often the collection is required: Forms are used by shippers 
whenever radioactive waste is shipped. Quarterly or less frequent 
reporting is made to Agreement States depending on specific license 
conditions. No reporting is made to the NRC.
    6. Who will be required or asked to report: All NRC or Agreement 
State low-level waste facilities licensed pursuant to Part 61 of Title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) or equivalent Agreement 
State regulations. All generators, collectors, and processors of low-
level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility must 
complete the appropriate forms.
    7. An estimate of the number of annual responses:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 5,740.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 5,600.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 756.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 220.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 220.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 22.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request:
    NRC Form 540 and 540A: 4,305.
    NRC Form 541 and 541A: 18,480.
    NRC Form 542 and 542A: 567.
    10. Abstract: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542, together with their 
continuation pages, designated by the A suffix, provide a set of 
standardized forms to meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and 
State requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of 
low-level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity and 
efficiency in the collection of information contained in manifests 
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste 
intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. The NRC Form 540 
contains information needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper requirements 
in 49 CFR Part 172, and the waste tracking requirements of the NRC in 
10 CFR Part 20. The NRC Form 541 contains information needed by 
disposal site facilities to safely dispose of low-level waste and 
information to meet NRC and State requirements regulating these 
activities. The NRC Form 542, completed by waste collectors or 
processors, contains information which facilitates tracking the 
identity of the waste generator. That tracking becomes more complicated 
when the waste forms, dimensions, or packaging are changed by the waste 
processor. Each container of waste shipped from a waste processor may 
contain waste from several different generators. The information 
provided on the NRC Form 542 permits the States and Compacts to know 
the original generators of low-level waste, as authorized by the Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, so they can 
ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate Compact.
    The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly-available 
documents, including the final supporting statements, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests 
are available at the NRC's Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The documents 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 December 12, 2013. 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. 
Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0164, -0166, -0165), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be emailed to [email protected] or 
submitted by telephone at 202-395-4718.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, telephone: 301-415-
6258.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of November, 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-26858 Filed 11-8-13; 8:45 am]
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