[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56279-56281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20043]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0124]


Information Collection: Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption 
Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR And Part 20 Respirator Protection 
Exemption Request for Power Reactors Online Forms

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently

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submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Part 20 Respirator Protection 
Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR And Part 20 Respirator 
Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors Online Forms.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance 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-2020-0124 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-2020-0124. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0124 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 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. ML20141L572 and ML20141L573. The supporting 
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20170A357.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting the 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

    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. All comment submissions are 
posted at https://www.regulations.gov and entered into ADAMS. Comment 
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact 
information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the OMB, 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 comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a renewal of an existing 
collection of information to OMB for review entitled, ``Part 20 
Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR And 
Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors 
Online Forms.'' The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an 
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on May 27, 2020, 85 FR 31816.
    1. The title of the information collection: Part 20 Respirator 
Protection Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR And Part 20 
Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors Online 
Forms.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0014.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number if applicable: There is no form number for the 
online submission forms.
    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 part 50 of title of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and 
Utilization Facilities'' who seek exemptions from the medical 
evaluation frequency and fit-testing frequency requirements specified 
in 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(5)(iii) and 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(6) as allowed by 10 
CFR 20.2301 ``Applications for 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 Number 3150-0014 for a 
period of 6 months. The purpose of this information collection is to 
request an extension of the approval of the Part 20 Respirator 
Protection Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR and the Part 20 
Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors Online 
Forms. These forms simplify the filing the exemption requests because 
the existing system may be burdensome for licensees under current 
conditions. Under the existing collection under OMB Control No. 3150-
0014, licensees are already able to seek exemptions from the 
requirements of 10 CFR part 20, ``Standards for Protection Against 
Radiation.'' 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 20 contains specific requirements for respiratory 
protection. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency 
(PHE), the NRC will also consider exemption requests for the medical 
evaluation frequency and fit-testing frequency requirements specified 
in 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(5)(iii) and 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(6); these exemptions 
would allow delay of these requirements during the COVID-19 PHE as 
allowed by 10 CFR 20.2301 ``Applications for exemptions.''

    Dated: September 4, 2020.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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