[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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