[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39381-39382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17038]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0080]


Information Collection: Tribal Participation in the Advance 
Notification Program

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, ``Tribal Participation in the Advance 
Notification Program.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 8, 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-2019-0080. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs 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: T-6 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-2019-0080 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-2019-0080. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0080 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. ML19093B836.
     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-2019-0080 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 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.

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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: Tribal Participation in 
the Advance Notification Program.
    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: Information 
would be requested (1) every five years, (2) after an Indian Tribe 
achieves Federal recognition, (3) when a transportation route is 
approved that is within an Indian Tribe's reservation or that crosses a 
reservation boundary, and (4) when there are changes. Information is 
requested from those Indian Tribes seeking to receive advance 
notifications. Some information is requested one time.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Federally recognized 
Indian Tribes. Only those federally recognized Indian Tribes with 
reservations and either receiving or seeking to receive the advance 
notifications would be asked to respond to the specific information 
request.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 22 (7 reporting 
responses + 15 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 15.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 36 (26 hours reporting + 
10 hours recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: In order to receive notifications when certain 
shipments of nuclear waste or shipments of irradiated reactor fuel 
within or across the boundary of an Indian Tribe's reservation, Indian 
Tribes will submit certifications that Tribal official or their 
designee(s) has (or have) taken training on the handling of safeguards 
information (SGI) and the Indian Tribe has the necessary protection 
measures in place and the Indian Tribe will protect the SGI. If the 
Tribal official is designating another person to receive the advance 
notifications, information on the designation will be provided. The 
Indian Tribe will also provide the contact information for the Tribal 
official or the Tribal official's designee(s). The Indian Tribe will 
also provide an affirmation of the boundaries of the Indian Tribe's 
reservation or the necessary corrections to a map provided by the NRC. 
The NRC will also collect the name and contact information for the 
Indian Tribe's emergency response contact(s). NRC licensees will use 
the information to comply with the NRC's regulations that require them 
to provide advance notice of certain shipments of radioactive material 
to participating Indian Tribes.

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. 2019-17038 Filed 8-8-19; 8:45 am]
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