[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31931-31932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14168]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0234]
Information Collection: NRC Forms 541 and 541A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Container and Waste Description) and
Continuation Page
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, ``NRC Forms 541 and 541A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Container and Waste Description) and
Continuation Page.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 3, 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 https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0234. Address
questions about docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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: T6-A10M, 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-2018-0234 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 https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0234. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2018-0234 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 https://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 NRC Forms 541 and 541A and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML18313A146,
ML18313A147, and ML071870172, respectively. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18353A737.
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-2018-0234 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.
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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 https://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: ``NRC Forms 541 and
541A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste and Manifest (Container and
Waste Description) and Continuation Page.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0166.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 541 and 541A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Forms are
used by shippers Agreement States depending on specific license
conditions. No reporting is made to the NRC.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All NRC or Agreement
State low-level waste facilities licensed pursuant to part 61 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) or equivalent Agreement
State regulations. All generators, collectors, and processors of low-
level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility must
complete the appropriate forms.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 5,600.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 220.
Note that the NRC does not collect or retain data on manifest forms
and the forms are not sent to or received by the NRC. The estimates
provided in items seven and eight above are from the previous form
renewal Notice. The NRC did not receive any public comment on the
previous renewal suggesting that these estimates should be revised. NRC
is requesting comment on the accuracy of these estimates in Section III
of this notice.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 18,480.
10. Abstract: NRC Forms 541 and 541A provide a set of standardized
forms to meet U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and State
requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of low
level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity and
efficiency in the collection of information contained in manifests
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste
intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. The NRC Form 541
contains information needed by disposal site facilities to safely
dispose of low-level waste and information to meet NRC and State
requirements regulating these activities.
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 27th day of June, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen E. Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-14168 Filed 7-2-19; 8:45 am]
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