[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24348-24349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08772]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2022-0023]
Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial
Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization
Facilities, Policy Statement
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, ``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear
Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities,
Policy Statement.''
DATES: Submit comments by June 24, 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: You may submit comments by any of the following 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-2022-0023. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. 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 C. 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-2022-0023 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-2022-0023. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2022-0023 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 No. ML22088A049. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22021B056.
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
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0023, 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: Cooperation with States
at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0163.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion,
when a State or Federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to observe NRC
inspections or perform inspections for the NRC or when a State or
Federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to negotiate an agreement to
observe or perform inspections. States with an instrument of
cooperation or a State Resident
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Engineer have both regular reporting and occasion-specific reporting.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: States and Federally
recognized Tribes interested in observing or performing inspections.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 207.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 33.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 1,291.
10. Abstract: States and Federally recognized Indian Tribes are
involved and interested in monitoring the safety status of nuclear
power plants and other nuclear production and utilization facilities.
This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' and Tribes'
public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in response to
their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about the safety of
nuclear power plants and other nuclear production and utilization
facilities. States and Tribes have identified NRC inspections as one
possible source of knowledge for their personnel regarding NRC licensee
activities, and the NRC, through the policy statement, ``Cooperation
With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear
Production or Utilization Facilities'' (57 FR 6462; February 25, 1992),
has been amenable to accommodating States' and Tribes' needs in this
regard. The NRC uses the information collected under this information
collection requirement to allow States and Federally recognized Indian
Tribes to participate in or observe inspections at NRC-licensed
facilities. The types of information collected include written requests
identifying specific inspections States and Tribes wish to observe;
identification-related information required for site access to NRC-
licensed facilities; training and qualifications of State and Tribal
personnel participating in inspections; information required to define
inspection roles for States and Tribes; and information to coordinate
NRC and State and Tribal inspections.
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: April 20, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-08772 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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