[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39023-39024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16978]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0057]
Information Collection: NRC Policy Statement, ``Criteria for
Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof by States Through Agreement,''
Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Requests for
Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP
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, ``Policy Statement for the `Criteria for
Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof by States Through Agreement,'
Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request for
Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP.''
DATES: Submit comments by October 7, 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-2019-0057. Address
questions about NRC 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-2019-0057 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-2019-0057. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0057 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 ``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 is available
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19112A064.
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-2019-0057 in the subject line of your
comment submission, to ensure that the
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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 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: Policy Statement for
the ``Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC
Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through
Agreement,'' Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request
for Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0183.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Every four
years for completion of the IMPEP questionnaire in preparation for an
IMPEP review. One time for new Agreement State applications. Annually
for participation by Agreement States in the IMPEP reviews and
fulfilling requirements for Agreement States to maintain their
programs.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All Agreement States
(38 Agreement States who have signed Agreements with NRC under Section
274b. of the Atomic Energy Act (Act)) and any non-Agreement State
seeking to sign an Agreement with the Commission.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 65.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 40 (38 existing
Agreement States, one Agreement State Application currently being
reviewed by the NRC, and one anticipated new application).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 298,194 hours (an
average of 7,455 hours per respondent). This includes 636 hours to
complete the IMPEP questionnaires; 2,250 hours to prepare one new
Agreement State application, 468 hours for participation in IMPEP
reviews; and 294,840 hours for maintaining Existing Agreement State
programs.
10. Abstract: The States wishing to become Agreement States are
requested to provide certain information to the NRC as specified by the
Commission's Policy Statement, ``Criteria for Guidance of States and
NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption
Thereof By States Through Agreement.'' The Agreement States need to
ensure that the radiation control program under the Agreement remains
adequate and compatible with the requirements of Section 274 of the Act
and must maintain certain information. The NRC conducts periodic
evaluations through IMPEP to ensure that these programs are compatible
with the NRC's program, meet the applicable parts of the Act, and
adequate to protect public health and safety.
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 August, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-16978 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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