[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16547-16549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07843]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0097]


Information Collection: Nuclear Energy Innovation and 
Modernization Act Local Community Advisory Board Questionnaire

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public 
comment on this proposed collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled, ``Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization 
Act Local Community Advisory Board Questionnaire.''

DATES: Submit comments by June 18, 2019. 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-2019-0097. Address 
questions about docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-917; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.

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     Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Mail Stop: O-1 F21, 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-2019-0097 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-2019-0097. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0097 on this website.
     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]. A 
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be 
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML19099A485. 
The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML19095B595.
     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-2019-0097 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: Nuclear Energy 
Innovation and Modernization Act Local Community Advisory Board 
Questionnaire.
    2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been 
assigned to this proposed information collection.
    3. Type of submission: New.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Respondents will be 
the existing local community advisory boards in the vicinity of power 
reactors undergoing decommissioning, similar established stakeholder 
groups, or local government organizations.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 14 (6 responses from 
sites with established local community advisory boards + 8 responses 
from sites where local community advisory boards have not been 
established).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 14 (6 sites with 
established local community advisory boards + 8 sites where local 
community advisory boards have not been established).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 50 hours.
    10. Abstract: The NRC is planning to coordinate activities in 
accordance with Section 108 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and 
Modernization Act to collect information on the use of local community 
advisory boards during decommissioning activities and issue a best 
practices report. In order to ensure appropriate best practices are 
identified, the NRC has developed a questionnaire that will seek 
feedback in a number of areas related to the formation and operation of 
local community advisory boards. The questionnaire will address the 
following areas: The type of topics that might be brought before a 
community advisory board; how the board's input could inform the 
decision-making process for various decommissioning stakeholders; how 
the board might interact with other State and Federal agencies to 
promote dialogue between the licensee and impacted stakeholders; and 
how the board could offer opportunities for public engagement 
throughout the decommissioning process. The NRC will issue a report to 
Congress in June 2020 identifying best practices for establishment and 
operation of local community advisory boards.

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, on April 15, 2019.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-07843 Filed 4-18-19; 8:45 am]
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