[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15411-15412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07257]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0034]
Information Collection: Standards for Protection Against
Radiation
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, ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation.''
DATES: Submit comments by June 11, 2018. 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0034. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; 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-2018-0034 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0034.
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 and Standards for Protection Against Radiation are
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18003A869.
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-2018-0034 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. All comment submissions are
posted at http://www.regulations.gov and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not routinely edited 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: Part 20 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Standards for Protection
Against Radiation.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0014.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually for
most reports and at license termination for reports dealing with
decommissioning.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC licensees and
Agreement State licensees, including those requesting license
terminations. Types of licensees include civilian commercial,
industrial, academic, and
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medical users of nuclear materials. Licenses are issued for, among
other things, the possession, use, processing, handling, and importing
and exporting of nuclear materials, and for the operation of nuclear
reactors.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 43,530 (11,739 for
reporting [1,677 NRC licensees and 10,062 Agreement State licensees],
21,018 for recordkeeping [3,003 NRC licensees and 18,015 Agreement
State licensees], and 10,773 for third-party disclosures [1,539 NRC
licensees and 9,234 Agreement State licensees]).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 21,018 (3,003 NRC
licensees and 18,015 Agreement State licensees).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 640,776 hours (91,545
hours for NRC licensees and 549,231 hours for Agreement State
licensees).
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 20 establishes standards for protection
against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under
licenses issued by the NRC and by Agreement States. These standards
require the establishment of radiation protection programs, maintenance
of radiation protection programs, maintenance of radiation records
recording of radiation received by workers, reporting of incidents
which could cause exposure to radiation, submittal of an annual report
to NRC and to Agreement States of the results of individual monitoring,
and submittal of license termination information. These mandatory
requirements are needed to protect occupationally exposed individuals
from undue risks of excessive exposure to ionizing radiation and to
protect the health and safety of the public.
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 5th day of April 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-07257 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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