[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 56 (Friday, March 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15071-15073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05829]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0064]


Information Collection: NRC Form 241, ``Report of Proposed 
Activities in Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal 
Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters''

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 this renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled, NRC Form 241, ``Report of Proposed Activities 
in Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, or 
Offshore Waters.''

DATES: Submit comments by May 23, 2017. 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-2017-0064. 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: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, 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: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0064 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-2017-0064. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2017-0064 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]. A 
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be 
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML16365A161. 
The supporting statement and NRC Form 241, ``Report of Proposed 
Activities in Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal 
Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters'' is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML16365A163.
     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 NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2017-0064 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 in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and 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 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: NRC Form 241, ``Report 
of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive 
Federal Jurisdiction, or Offshore Waters''.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0013.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 241.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 241 
must be submitted each time an Agreement State licensee wants to engage 
in or revise its activities involving the use of radioactive byproduct 
material in a non-Agreement State, areas of exclusive Federal 
jurisdiction, or offshore waters. The NRC may waive the requirements 
for filing additional copies of NRC Form 241 during the remainder of 
the calendar year following receipt of the initial form.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Any licensee who holds 
a specific license from an Agreement State and wants to conduct the 
same activity in non-Agreement States, areas of exclusive Federal 
Jurisdiction, or offshore waters under the general license in section 
150.20 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,720 responses.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 200 respondents.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 480 hours (100 hours for 
initial submissions + 380 hours for changes + 0 hours for 
clarifications).
    10. Abstract: Any Agreement State licensee who engages in the use 
of radioactive material in non-Agreement States, areas of exclusive 
Federal jurisdiction, or offshore waters, under the general license in 
10 CFR 150.20, is required to file, with the NRC Regional Administrator 
for the Region in which the Agreement State that issues the license is 
located, a copy of NRC Form 241, ``Report of Proposed Activities in 
Non-Agreement States, Areas of Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, or 
Offshore Waters,'' a copy of its Agreement State specific license, and 
the appropriate fee as prescribed in 10 CFR 170.31 at least 3 days 
before engaging in such activity. This

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mandatory notification permits the NRC to schedule inspections of the 
activities to determine whether the activities are being conducted in 
accordance with requirements for protection of the public health and 
safety.

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 20th day of March 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-05829 Filed 3-23-17; 8:45 am]
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