[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 234 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70149-70150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26646]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0055]


Information Collection: NRC Online Form, Request for Alternatives

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 
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, NRC Online Form, ``Request for 
Alternatives.''

DATES: Submit comments by January 10, 2022. 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-2021-0055 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-2021-0055.
     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 is available 
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21225A420.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), 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

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to 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.
    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 request for renewal of 
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, NRC 
Online Form, ``Request for Alternatives Under 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) and 
10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2).'' 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 July 2, 2021 (86 FR 35368).
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Online Form, 
``Request for Alternative Under 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) and 10 CFR 
50.55a(z)(2).''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0244.
    3. Type of submission: Revision.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    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 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of 
Production and Utilization Facilities'' who use alternatives to the 
requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a paragraphs (b) through (h) when 
authorized by the NRC have the option of using the online form.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 297.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 104.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 1,782.
    10. Abstract: Section 50.55a of 10 CFR incorporates by reference 
Division 1 rules of Section III, ``Rules for Construction of Nuclear 
Power Plant Components,'' and Section XI, ``Rules for Inservice 
Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components,'' of the American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure

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Vessel Code (B&PV Code); and the rules of the ASME ``Code for Operation 
and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants'' (OM Code). These rules of the 
ASME B&PV and OM Codes set forth the requirements to which nuclear 
power plant components are designed, constructed, tested, repaired, and 
inspected. Section 50.55a(z) of 10 CFR allows applicants to use 
alternatives to the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a paragraphs (b) 
through (h) when authorized by the NRC. To facilitate licensees' 
requests for alternatives to the requirements in the above regulations, 
the NRC is providing an optional online form to submit the required 
information for a specific alternative request under 10 CFR 50.55a(z).

    Dated: December 6, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-26646 Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]
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