[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17342-17343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06484]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0207]


Information Collection: Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) 
for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-Up 
Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive 
Byproduct Material

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, ``Nuclear Material Events 
Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, 
and Follow-Up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act 
(AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.''

DATES: Submit comments by April 27, 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-2021-0207 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-2021-0207.
     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 No. ML19046A439. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22034A989.
     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 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.
    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.

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    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, 
``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event 
Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-Up Data on Events Involving the 
Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.'' 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 November 19, 2021, 86 FR 
64964.
    1. The title of the information collection: ``Nuclear Material 
Events Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response, 
Analyses, and Follow-Up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic 
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Agreement 
States are requested to provide copies of licensee nuclear material 
event reports electronically or by hard copy to the NRC within 30 days 
of receipt from their licensee. In addition, Agreement States are 
requested to report events that may pose a significant health and 
safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer within 24 
hours of notification by an Agreement State licensee.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current Agreement 
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 452.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 40.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 723 hours.
    10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report 
incidents and overexposures, leaking or contaminated sealed source(s), 
release of excessive contamination of radioactive material, lost or 
stolen radioactive material, equipment failures, abandoned well logging 
sources and medical events. Agreement State licensees are also required 
to report these events to their individual Agreement State regulatory 
authorities under compatible Agreement State regulations. The NRC is 
requesting that the Agreement States provide information to NRC on the 
initial notification, response actions, and follow-up investigations on 
events involving the use (including suspected theft or terrorist 
activities) of nuclear materials regulated pursuant to the Atomic 
Energy Act. The event information should be provided in a uniform 
electronic format, for assessment and identification of any facilities/
site specific or generic safety concerns that could have the potential 
to impact public health and safety. The identification and review of 
safety concerns may result in lessons learned, and may also identify 
generic issues for further study which could result in proposals for 
changes or revisions to technical or regulatory designs, processes, 
standards, guidance or requirements.

    Dated: March 23, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06484 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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