[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22463-22464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08473]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0216]


Information Collection: Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 
for Nuclear Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection.

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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, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants.''

DATES: Submit comments by June 22, 2020. 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-2019-0216. 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-2019-0216 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-2019-0216. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0216 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)

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reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to 
[email protected]. The supporting statement and burden spreadsheet 
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML20013E094 and 
ML20013E096.
     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-2019-0216 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.

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: 10 CFR part 52, 
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0151.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. 
Applications are submitted only when licensing action is sought.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for early 
site permits (ESPs), standard design approvals (SDAs) and 
certifications, manufacturing licenses (MLs), and licenses which 
combine construction permits (CPs) and conditional operating licenses 
(OLs), e.g., COLs, for commercial nuclear power reactors.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,428 (1,411 reporting 
responses plus 17 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 17.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 335,891 hours (318,716 
reporting, plus 17,175 recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: The licensing processes in part 52 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) provide for issuance of ESPs, 
SDAs, MLs, CPs, and COLs for commercial nuclear power reactors. The 
applicants submit updated reports, applications for renewals, exemption 
requests and maintain records of changes to the facility and records of 
detailed design related information. These licensing procedures are 
options to the two-step licensing process in 10 CFR part 50, which 
provides for a CP and an OL. The part 52 licensing process places 
procedural requirements in part 52 and technical requirements in part 
50. Part 52 reduces the overall paperwork burden borne by applicants 
for CPs and OLs because part 52 only requires a single application and 
provides options for referencing standardized designs. The information 
in 10 CFR part 52 is needed by the agency to assess the adequacy and 
suitability of an applicant's site, plant design, construction, 
training and experience, plans and procedures for the protection of 
public health and safety. Regulatory Guide 1.206 provides guidance for 
applicants for combined licenses for nuclear power plants. Section 
C.2.1 of Regulatory Guide 1.206 deals with pre-application activities 
for respondents who intend to submit applications for combined licenses 
for nuclear power plants. Pre-application activities encompass all the 
communications, correspondence, meetings, document submittals/reviews, 
and other interactions that occur between the NRC staff and a 
prospective applicant before the tendering of an application under part 
52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Participation in 
pre-application activities is voluntary. Potential applicants who 
engage in pre-application activities benefit from an early NRC staff 
assessment of the completeness and level of detail of the information 
that the applicant proposes to submit and staff identification of 
potential deficiencies in the application. Pre-application activities 
are expected to increase the efficiency of the staff's review of those 
applications once they are submitted. Subpart B of part 52 establishes 
the process for obtaining design certifications. The addition of 
Appendix F to 10 CFR part 52 allows interested parties to reference the 
Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400) standard design in an application 
for a combined license.

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: April 16, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08473 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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