[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 114 (Thursday, June 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27536-27537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12383]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0269]
Information Collection: Licensing Requirements for the
Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste
and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste
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, ``Licensing Requirements for the Independent
Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste and
Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
DATES: Submit comments by August 14, 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-2016-0269. 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-2016-0269 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-2016-0269.
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/
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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 and burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS
under Accession Nos. ML17060A263 and ML17145A449, respectively.
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-2016-0269 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: Licensing Requirements
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level
Radioactive Waste and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0132.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Required
reports are collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events
occur; submittal of reports varies from less than one per year under
some rule sections to up to an average of about 80 per year under other
rule sections. Applications for new licenses, certificates of
compliance (CoCs), and amendments may be submitted at anytime;
applications for renewal of licenses are required every 40 years for an
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or CoC effective
May 21, 2011, and every 40 years for a monitored retrievable storage
(MRS) facility.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Certificate holders
and applicants for a CoC for spent fuel storage casks; licensees and
applicants for a license to possess power reactor spent fuel and other
radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI;
and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for licenses to receive,
transfer, package and possess power reactor spent fuel, high-level
waste, and other radioactive materials associated with spent fuel and
high-level waste storage in an MRS.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 839.3 (607.3 reporting
responses + 150 third-party disclosure responses + 82 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 82.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 79,040 hours (33,909
hours reporting + 42,319 hours recordkeeping + 2,812 hours third-party
disclosure).
10. Abstract: Part 72 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, establishes mandatory requirements, procedures, and
criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive, transfer, and possess
power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive materials associated
with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, as well as requirements for the
issuance of licenses to DOE to receive, transfer, package, and possess
power reactor spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste, and other
associated radioactive materials in an MRS. The information in the
applications, reports, and records is used by the NRC to make licensing
and other regulatory determinations.
II. 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 12th day of May 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-12383 Filed 6-14-17; 8:45 am]
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