[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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