[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16435-16436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06633]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0129]
Information Collection: Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants
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, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.''
DATES: Submit comments by June 5, 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-2016-0129. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For
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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-2 F43, 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-2016-0129 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-2016-0129. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2016-0129 on this Web site.
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-2016-0129 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: 10 CFR part 52,
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0151.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
Applications are submitted only when licensing action is sought.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for early
site permits (ESPs), standard design approvals (SDAs) and
certifications, manufacturing licenses (MLs), and licenses which
combine construction permits (CPs) and conditional operating licenses
(OLs), e.g. COLs, for commercial nuclear power reactors.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,175 (1,150 reporting
responses plus 25 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 25.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 243,854 hours (22,414
hours reporting plus 23,440 hours recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: The licensing processes in part 52 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) provide for issuance of ESPs,
SDAs, MLs, CPs, and COLs for commercial nuclear power reactors. The
applicants submit updated reports, applications for renewals, exemption
requests and maintain records of changes to the facility and records of
detailed design related information. These licensing procedures are
options to the two-step licensing process in 10 CFR part 50, which
provides for a CP and an OL. The part 52 licensing process places
procedural requirements in part 52 and technical requirements in part
50. Part 52 reduces the overall paperwork burden borne by applicants
for CPs and OLs because part 52 only requires a single application and
provides options for referencing standardized designs. The information
in 10 CFR part 52 is needed by the agency to assess the adequacy and
suitability of an applicant's site, plant design, construction,
training and experience, plans and procedures for the protection of
public health and safety.
III. Specific Requests for Comment
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 30th day of March, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-06633 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
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