[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25345-25346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11282]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2017-0107]
Information Collection: Fitness-for-Duty Programs
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 ``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''
DATES: Submit comments by July 31, 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-2017-0107. 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-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-2017-0107 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-2017-0107.
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].
Licensees and other entities can use the following three NRC forms to
report information under part 26 requirements: NRC Form 890, ``Single
Positive Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug
and Alcohol Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting
Form.'' A copy of NRC Forms 890, 891 and 892 may be obtained without
charge by accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17013A578, ML17013A598, and
ML17024A436, respectively. The supporting statement and burden change
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17062A871 and
ML17129A588.
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-2017-0107 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 26,
``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''
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2. OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive
Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol
Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.''
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and
on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail
fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on
occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic
failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure,
the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or
within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic
failure.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under parts 50 and 52 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (except those who have permanently ceased
operations and have verified that fuel has been permanently removed
from the reactor); all holders of nuclear power plant construction
permits and early site permits with a limited work authorization and
applicants for nuclear power plant construction permits that have a
limited work authorization under the provisions of 10 CFR part 50; all
holders of a combined license for a nuclear power plant issued under 10
CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license that have a limited
work authorization; all licensees who are authorized to possess, use,
or transport formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material
(SSNM) under the provisions of 10 CFR part 70; all holders of a
certificate of compliance of an approved compliance plan issued under
10 CFR part 76, if the holder engages in activities involving formula
quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/vendors (C/Vs) who implement FFD
programs or program elements to the extent that the licensees and other
entities listed in this paragraph rely on those C/V FFD programs or
program elements to comply with 10 CFR part 26.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 441,843 responses (217
reporting responses + 49 recordkeepers + 441,577 third-party disclosure
responses).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 88,229 respondents
(28 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs
+ 88,180 third-party disclosure respondents).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 726,847.9 hours (6,184.0
hours reporting + 228,632.5 hours recordkeeping + 492,031.4 hours
third-party disclosure).
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe
requirements to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at
affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of these
requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject
to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of
any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired
from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their ability
to safely and competently perform their duties. These requirements also
provide reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded
alertness on individuals' abilities to safely and competently perform
their duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health
and safety. The information collections required by part 26 are
necessary to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and
efficient regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other
entities. These licensees and other entities must perform certain
tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply with part 26 drug
and alcohol and fatigue management requirements. These records and
reports are necessary to enable regulatory inspection and evaluation of
a licensee's or other entity's compliance with NRC regulations, FFD
performance, and significant FFD-related events to help maintain public
health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect
the environment.
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 26th day of May 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11282 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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