[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 20923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08252]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC-2014-0083]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal
of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are
required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information collection: Notice of Enforcement
Discretion for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants
(NRC Enforcement Policy).
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0136.
3. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Those licensees that
voluntarily request enforcement discretion through the notice of
enforcement discretion (NOED) process, and are granted enforcement
discretion.
5. The number of annual respondents: 12.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 1492.
7. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy includes the
circumstances in which the NRC may grant an NOED. On occasion,
circumstances arise when a power plant licensee's compliance with a
Technical Specification (TS) Limiting Condition for Operation or any
other license condition would involve an unnecessary plant shutdown.
Similarly, for a gaseous diffusion plant, circumstances may arise where
compliance with a Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) or other condition
would unnecessarily call for a total plant shutdown, or, compliance
would unnecessarily place the plant in a condition where safety,
safeguards or security features were degraded or inoperable.
In these circumstances, a licensee or certificate holder may
request that the NRC exercise enforcement discretion, and the NRC staff
may choose to not enforce the applicable TS, TSR, or other license or
certificate condition. This enforcement discretion is designated as a
NOED.
A licensee or certificate holder seeking the issuance of an NOED
must document the safety basis for the request, including an evaluation
of the safety significance and potential consequences of the proposed
request, a description of proposed compensatory measures, a
justification for the duration of the request, the basis for the
licensee's or certificate holder's conclusion that the request does not
have a potential adverse impact on the public health and safety, and
does not involve adverse consequences to the environment, and any other
information the NRC staff deems necessary before making a decision to
exercise discretion.
In addition, the NRC's Enforcement Policy includes a provision
allowing licensees to voluntarily adopt fire protection requirements
contained in the National Fire Protection Association Standard 805,
``Performance Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water
Reactor Electric Generating Plants, 2001 Edition'' (NFPA 805).
Licensees who wish to implement the risk-informed process in NFPA 805
must submit a letter of intent to the NRC. Licensees who wish to
withdraw from the NFPA 805 risk informed process must submit a letter
of retraction.
Submit, by June 13, 2014, 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?
The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly-available
documents, including the draft supporting statement, 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 document will be available on the NRC's home page
site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice.
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made
available for public inspection. Because your comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC
cautions you against including any information in your submission that
you do not want to be publicly disclosed. Comments submitted should
reference Docket No. NRC-2014-0083. You may submit your comments by any
of the following methods: Electronic comments go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. NRC-2014-0083. Mail
comments to Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney (T-5 F50),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Questions about the information collection requirements may be
directed to the Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney (T-5 F50),
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6355, or by email to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of April, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2014-08252 Filed 4-11-14; 8:45 am]
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