[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71109-71111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24691]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0220]
Information Collection: Fitness-for-Duty Programs
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for an existing collection of information. The information
collection is entitled, ``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''
DATES: Submit comments by January 5, 2021. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0220. For
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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-2020-0220 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-2020-0220. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0220 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]. Licensees and other entities can use
three NRC Forms to report information under part 26 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) requirements: NRC Form 890,
``Single Positive Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form
for Drug and Alcohol Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue
Reporting Form.'' A copy of NRC Forms 890, 891 and 892 may be obtained
without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML20209A550,
ML20209A388, and ML18214A192, respectively. The supporting statement
and burden change spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML20213C286 and ML20213C285.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
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
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0220 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
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized
below.
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 26,
``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive
Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol
Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.''
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and
on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail
fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on
occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic
failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure,
the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or
within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic
failure.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under 10 CFR parts 50 and 52 (except those who have
permanently ceased operations and have verified that fuel has been
permanently removed from the reactor); all holders of nuclear power
plant construction permits and early site permits with a limited work
authorization and applicants for nuclear power plant construction
permits that have a limited work authorization under the provisions of
10 CFR part 50; all holders of a combined license for a nuclear power
plant issued under 10 CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license
that have a limited work authorization; all licensees who are
authorized to possess, use, or transport formula quantities of
strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) under the provisions of 10
CFR part 70; all holders of a certificate of compliance of an approved
compliance plan issued under 10 CFR part 76, if the holder engages in
activities involving formula quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/
vendors (C/Vs) who implement FFD programs or program elements to the
extent that the licensees and other entities listed in this paragraph
rely.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 378,286 responses (306
reporting responses + 46 recordkeepers + 377,934 third-party disclosure
responses).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 72,770 respondents
(25 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs
+ 72,724 third party respondents).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 616,636.
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe
requirements
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to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at affected
licensees and other entities. The objectives of these requirements are
to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject to the rule are
trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of any substance,
legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired from any cause,
which in any way could adversely affect their ability to safely and
competently perform their duties. These requirements also provide
reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded alertness
on individual's abilities to safely and competently perform their
duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health and
safety. The information collections required by part 26 are necessary
to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and efficient
regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other entities. These
licensees and other entities must perform certain tasks, maintain
records, and submit reports to comply with part 26 drug and alcohol and
fatigue management requirements. These records and reports are
necessary to enable regulatory inspection and evaluation of a
licensee's or other entity's compliance with NRC regulations, FFD
performance, and significant FFD-related events to help maintain public
health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect
the environment.
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: November 3, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-24691 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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