[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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