[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15422-15423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07258]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0050]
Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection
Requirements and Indemnity Agreements
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.
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-2018-0050. 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 C. Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information
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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 C. 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-2018-0050 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-2018-0050.
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 burden table are available in ADAMS under
Package Accession No. ML18029A017.
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-2018-0050 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 in 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 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: 10 CFR part 140,
Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0039.
3. Type of submission: Renewal.
4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion,
as needed for applicants and licensees to meet their responsibilities
called for in Sections 170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Each applicant for or
holder of a license issued under parts 50 or 54 of title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to operate a nuclear reactor, or the
applicant for or holder of a combined license issued under parts 52 or
54 of 10 CFR, as well as licensees authorized to possess and use
plutonium in a plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant. In
addition, licensees authorized to construct and operate a uranium
enrichment facility in accordance with parts 40 and 70 of 10 CFR.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 102.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 101.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 796.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 specifies the information to be
submitted by licensees that enables the NRC to assess (a) financial
protection required by licensees and for the indemnification and
limitation of liability of certain licensees and other persons pursuant
to Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and (b)
the liability insurance required of plutonium processing and fuel
fabrication plants, as well as uranium enrichment facility licensees
pursuant to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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 C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-07258 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
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