[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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