[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 217 (Monday, November 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71356-71357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24797]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0121]
Information Collection: Licensing Requirements for the
Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive
Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste
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, ``Licensing Requirements for the Independent
Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste and
Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
DATES: Submit comments by January 8, 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
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject); 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-2020-0121. 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
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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-2020-0121 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-2020-0121.
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]. The supporting statement and burden
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML20210M286 and
ML20210M285.
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-2020-0121 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: Part 72 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licensing Requirements for
the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High- Level Radioactive
Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0132.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Required
reports are collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events
occur; submittal of reports varies from less than one per year under
some rule sections to up to an average of about 80 per year under other
rule sections. Applications for new licenses, certificates of
compliance (CoCs), and amendments may be submitted at any time;
applications for renewal of licenses are required every 40 years for an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) or CoC effective
May 21, 2011, and every 40 years for a Monitored Retrievable Storage
(MRS) facility.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Certificate holders
and applicants for a CoC for spent fuel storage casks; licensees and
applicants for a license to possess power reactor spent fuel and other
radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI;
and the Department of Energy for licenses to receive, transfer, package
and possess power reactor spent fuel, high-level waste, and other
radioactive materials associated with spent fuel and high-level waste
storage in an MRS.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 868 (628 reporting
responses + 154 third-party disclosure responses + 86 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 86.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 80,221 hours (33,712
reporting + 43,657 recordkeeping + 2,852 third-party disclosure).
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 72, establishes mandatory requirements,
procedures, and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive,
transfer, and possess power reactor spent fuel and other radioactive
materials associated with spent fuel storage in an ISFSI, as well as
requirements for the issuance of licenses to the Department of Energy
to receive, transfer, package, and possess power reactor spent fuel and
high-level radioactive waste, and other associated radioactive
materials in an MRS. The information in the applications, reports, and
records is used by NRC to make licensing and other regulatory
determinations.
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 4, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-24797 Filed 11-6-20; 8:45 am]
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