[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28667-28668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10164]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0107]
Information Collection: Part 55 Exemption Request and Part 55
Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request Online Forms
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 3150-0018.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on
our request for emergency review for and OMB approval of the
information collection that is summarized below. The information
collection is entitled, ``Part 55 Exemption Request and Part 55
Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request Online Forms.''
DATES: Submit comments by July 13, 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-2020-0107. 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-2020-0107 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-2020-0107. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0107 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 Nos. ML20126G469 and ML20126G490. The
supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML20126G464.
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-2020-0107 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 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 under section 1320.13 of title 5 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR). We cannot reasonably comply with the normal
clearance procedures because an unanticipated event has occurred, as
stated in 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(ii). This information collection only
addresses the incremental burden change to an existing clearance and
not the total burden for the clearance.
1. The title of the information collection: Part 55 Exemption
Request and Part 55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request Online
Forms.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0018.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
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4. The form number, if applicable: There is no form number for the
online submission form.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On Occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of, and
certain applicants for, nuclear power plant construction permits and
operating licenses under the provisions of 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities'' who seek
exemptions from the requalification requirements specified in 10 CFR
55.59 as allowed by 10 CFR 55.11, ``Specific Exemptions.''
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 60.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 60.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 120.
10. Abstract: The NRC requested an emergency review of this
information collection in order to add this form to the previously
approved information collection OMB Control No. 3150-0018 for a period
of 6 months. The purpose of this information collection is to introduce
the online forms for 10 CFR part 55 Exemption Request and 10 CFR part
55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request, which would simplify
the process for filing the exemption requests because the existing
system may be too burdensome for licensees under current conditions.
Under the existing collection under OMB Control No. 3150-0018,
licensees are already able to seek exemptions from the requirements of
10 CFR part 55, Operators' Licenses. This information collection only
addresses the incremental burden change to this existing clearance due
to the form and not the total burden for the clearance.
10 CFR part 55 contains specific requirements for the licensing of
utilization facility operators and senior operators. Due to the impacts
of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the NRC will also
consider exemption requests for operators and senior operators from the
requirements in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) (requiring the operators and senior
operators to successfully complete the Commission-approved
requalification program) and in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) (requiring the
operators and senior operators to pass a comprehensive requalification
written examination and an annual operating test); these exemptions
would allow delay of these requalification program requirements during
the COVID-19 PHE as allowed by 10 CFR 55.11, ``Specific Exemptions.''
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: May 7, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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