[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26718-26719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09488]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0104]


Information Collection: NRC Online Form, ``Nuclear Materials 
Relief Requests''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for emergency processing; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently 
submitted a request for emergency processing to OMB for approval. OMB 
approved the information collection under approval number 3150-0243. 
The information collection is entitled, NRC Online Form, ``Nuclear 
Materials Relief Requests.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 6, 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-2020-0104. 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: 

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I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0104 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-2020-0104. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0104 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]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML20114E292. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20114E291.
     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-2020-0104 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

    We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35). In compliance with the requirement of section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we have submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following requirements 
for emergency review. We are requesting an emergency review because the 
collection of this information is needed before the expiration of the 
normal time limits under OMB's regulations at 5 CFR 1320.13. We cannot 
reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures because as 
unanticipated event has occurred, as stated in 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(ii).
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Online Form, 
``Nuclear Materials Relief Requests.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0243.
    3. Type of submission: New Clearance.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On Occasion.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: This information 
collection applies to holders of nuclear materials licenses (including 
byproduct material, uranium recovery, decommissioning (both materials 
and reactors), fuel facilities, and spent fuel storage licenses) who 
may need to seek regulatory relief during the COVID-19 Public Health 
Emergency (PHE).
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 470.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 470.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 940
    10. Abstract: The NRC requested an emergency review of this 
information collection in order to obtain the approval of this 
information collection for a period of 6 months. The purpose of this 
information collection is to introduce the online form for COVID-19 
related Nuclear Materials Relief Requests that simplifies the filing 
the relief requests described in the following paragraphs because the 
existing system may be too burdensome for licensees under current 
conditions.
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires licensed 
facilities to comply with requirements in Title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) as they relate to the safe and secure use of 
nuclear materials; medical, industrial, and academic applications; 
uranium recovery activities, low-level radioactive waste sites; and the 
decommissioning of previously operating nuclear facilities and power 
plants. These requirements can be found in 10 CFR parts 20, 30, 31, 32, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 50, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, and 150. The 
ability of licensed facilities to comply with these requirements may be 
negatively impacted by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PHE. To 
facilitate licensees' requests for exemptions to the requirements in 
the above regulations, the NRC is providing an online form to submit 
the required information for a specific exemption request.

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 29, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-09488 Filed 5-4-20; 8:45 am]
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