[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44401-44402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18291]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0158]


Information Collection: ``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) 
for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-up 
Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive 
Byproduct Material''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public 
comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled, ``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) for 
the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-up Data 
on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive 
Byproduct Material.''

DATES: Submit comments by September 25, 2015. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0158. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information 
Services, Mail Stop: T-5 F53, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tremaine Donnell, Office of 
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0158. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 on this Web site.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML15169A162.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting the NRC's

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Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information Services, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-6258; email: [email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

 II. Background

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to 
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized 
below.
    1. The title of the information collection: ``Nuclear Material 
Events Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response, 
Analyses, and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. 
Agreement States are requested to provide copies of licensee nuclear 
material event reports electronically or by hard copy to the NRC within 
30 days of receipt from their licensee. In addition, Agreement States 
are requested to report events that may pose a significant health and 
safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer within 24 
hours of notification by an Agreement State licensee.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 506.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 37.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 804 hours.
    10. Abstract: The NRC's regulations require the NRC's licensees to 
report incidents and overexposures, leaking or contaminated sealed 
source(s), release of excessive contamination of radioactive material, 
lost or stolen radioactive material, equipment failures, abandoned well 
logging sources and medical events. Agreement State licenses are also 
required to report these events to their individual Agreement State 
regulatory authorities under compatible Agreement State regulations. 
The NRC is requesting that the Agreement States provide information to 
the NRC on the initial notification, response actions, and follow-up 
investigations on events involving the use (including suspected theft 
or terrorist activities) of nuclear materials regulated pursuant to the 
AEA. The event information should be provided in a uniform electronic 
format, for assessment and identification of any facilities/site 
specific or generic safety concerns that could have the potential to 
impact public health and safety. The identification and review of 
safety concerns may result in lessons learned, and may also identify 
generic issues for further study which could result in proposals for 
changes or revisions to technical or regulatory designs, processes, 
standards, guidance or requirements.

III. Specific Requests for Comments

    The NRC is seeking 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 estimate of the burden of the information collection 
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 on respondents 
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of July, 2015.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-18291 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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