[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26905-26906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12107]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0032]


Information Collection: Pre-Application Communication and 
Scheduling for Accident Tolerant Fuel Submittals

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is 
entitled, ``Pre-Application Communication and Scheduling for Accident 
Tolerant Fuel Submittals.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 10, 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: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0090), Attn: Desk Officer 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance 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-2019-0032 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-2019-0032. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0032 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 under Accession No. 
ML19098B570. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19073A120.
     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 the 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

    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

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed collection of 
information to OMB for review entitled, ``Pre-Application Communication 
and Scheduling for Accident Tolerant Fuel Submittals.'' The NRC hereby 
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on February 13, 2019, 84 FR 3831.
    1. The title of the information collection: Pre-Application 
Communication and Scheduling for Accident Tolerant Fuel Submittals.
    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: Annually.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All fuel vendors who 
anticipate submitting accident tolerant fuel (ATF) design applications. 
All potential applicants for the fabrication, transportation, and 
storage of ATF under the provisions of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 
Material,'' 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of 
Radioactive Material,'' and 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing Requirements 
for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level 
Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 9.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 9.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 1,080.
    10. Abstract: Accident tolerant fuel (ATF) development is a joint 
effort between the U.S. nuclear industry and the U.S. Department of 
Energy to design and pursue approval of various fuel types with 
enhanced accident tolerance. In preparing the NRC to review these 
advanced fuel designs, the agency is

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conducting advanced planning, reviewing the existing regulatory 
infrastructure, and identifying needs for additional analysis 
capabilities. The intent of this information collection is to help 
inform the NRC's budget and resource planning for the eventual review 
of ATF-related applications. Specifically, the NRC seeks ATF scheduling 
information for pre-application activities, topical report submittals, 
and other licensing submittals from all respondents. This information 
will allow the NRC to better allocate its resources to support the 
activities leading up to and including the review of an ATF submittal. 
The proper allocation of resources promotes the efficient completion of 
the NRC's review responsibilities.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of June 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-12107 Filed 6-7-19; 8:45 am]
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