[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 63 (Monday, April 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17646-17647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06936]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0080]
Information Collection: Tribal Participation in the Advance
Notification Program
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on this proposed information collection. The information
collection is entitled, ``Tribal Participation in the Advance
Notification Program.''
DATES: Submit comments by June 4, 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-2019-0080. 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:
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I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0080 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-2019-0080. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0080 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 ML20080L789. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19312A393.
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 or
301-415-4737, 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 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 encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2019-0080 in your comment submission.
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
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: Tribal Participation in
the Advance Notification Program.
2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been
assigned to this proposed information collection.
3. Type of submission: New.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Information
would be requested: (1) Every five years, (2) after an Indian Tribe
achieves Federal recognition, (3) when a transportation route is
approved that is within an Indian Tribe's reservation or that crosses a
reservation boundary, and (4) when there are changes. Information is
requested from those Indian Tribes seeking to receive advance
notifications. Some information is requested one time.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Federally recognized
Indian Tribes. Only those federally recognized Indian Tribes with
reservations and either receiving or seeking to receive the advance
notifications would be asked to respond to the specific information
request.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 22 (7 reporting
responses + 15 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 15.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 34.5 (24.5 hours
reporting + 10 hours recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: In order to receive notifications when certain
shipments of nuclear waste or shipments of irradiated reactor fuel
within or across the boundary of an Indian Tribe's reservation, Indian
Tribes will submit certifications that Tribal official or their
designee(s) has (or have) taken training on the handling of safeguards
information (SGI) and the Indian Tribe has the necessary protection
measures in place and the Indian Tribe will protect the SGI. If the
Tribal official is designating another person to receive the advance
notifications, information on the designation will be provided. The
Indian Tribe will also provide the contact information for the Tribal
official or the Tribal official's designee(s). The Indian Tribe will
also provide an affirmation of the boundaries of the Indian Tribe's
reservation or the necessary corrections to a map provided by the NRC.
The NRC will also collect the name and contact information for the
Indian Tribe's emergency response contact(s). The NRC makes this
information to others, including NRC licensees and agreement state
licensees. NRC licensees will use the information to comply with the
NRC's regulations that require them to provide advance notice of
certain shipments of radioactive material to participating Indian
Tribes.
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: March 31, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-06936 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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