[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48699-48700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17167]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0045]


Information Collection: NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and 
Continuation Page

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, ``NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and 
Continuation Page.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 11, 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 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-2021-0045. 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 C. Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. NRC, 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-2021-0045 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-2021-0045. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2021-0045 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 NRC Forms 542 and 542A 
and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing 
ADAMS Accession Nos. ML22132A261, ML22132A262, and ML20178A433, 
respectively. The draft supporting statement is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML22132A260.
     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. Eastern Time (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 C. 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-2021-0045 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: NRC Forms 542 and 542A, 
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact 
Tabulation and Continuation Page.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0165.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 542 and 542A.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 542 
and 542A, or the Agreement State equivalent forms, are used by low-
level radioactive waste (LLW) collectors and processors that are 
shipping LLW attributed to others for disposal at a licensed land 
disposal facility. NRC Form 542/542A, combined with NRC Forms 540/540A 
and 541/541A, are collectively referred to as the Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest forms. The disposal facilities and their 
Agreement State regulators, where applicable, use the information found 
on the forms to ensure waste disposal meets the requirements in Part 61 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for the 
protection of the public and environment. The NRC does not collect

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or retain data on the forms and the forms are not sent to or received 
by the NRC. NRC Form 541/541A and NRC Form 542/542A are (1) mailed or 
electronically transferred to the intended consignee prior to the 
shipment arriving at the consignee or (2) delivered with the waste to 
the consignee. NRC Form 540 and 540A are required to be with the 
shipment regardless of which of the above methods is chosen.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC Form 542 and 
continuation Form 542A are completed by collectors and processors of 
LLW intended for ultimate disposal at a licensed land disposal 
facility.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 623.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 71.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 467.
    10. Abstract: The NRC Form 542, completed by LLW collectors and 
processors, contains information needed to satisfy the waste 
manifesting requirements of the NRC's 10 CFR part 20 and information on 
the attribution of the waste. Each waste container shipped from a waste 
collector or processor may contain waste from several different 
generators. Tracking the identity of the original waste generator 
becomes more complicated when the waste forms, dimensions, or packaging 
are changed by the waste processor. These forms are used to attribute 
the waste to the original generator for regional waste compact 
tabulation. The information provided on the NRC Form 542 permits the 
States and Compacts to know the original generators of LLW, as 
authorized by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 
1985, so they can ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate 
Compact.
    NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 3, contains instructions for completing NRC 
Forms 540, 540A, 541, 541A, 542, and 542A. The forms were originally 
developed by the NRC at the request of low-level waste industry groups. 
The forms are intended to provide uniformity and efficiency in the 
collection of information contained in manifests which are required to 
control transfers of LLW intended for disposal at a land disposal 
facility. However, as stated in 10 CFR part 20, Appendix G, ``Licensees 
need not use originals of these NRC Forms as long as any substitute 
forms are equivalent to the original documentation in respect to 
content, clarity, size, and location of information. . . .''
    The NRC previously noticed the availability of revisions to the 
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Forms in the Federal 
Register on June 25, 2021 (86 FR 33783). The information collection 
contained in the current extension request does not include any 
material changes to the forms, except for: (1) changes to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act statement to indicate that licensees may use equivalent 
forms, and (2) the deletion of the expiration date.

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? Please explain your answer.
    2. Is the estimate of the number of annual responses, the number of 
annual respondents, and the burden of the information collection 
accurate? Please explain your answer.
    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: August 5, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17167 Filed 8-9-22; 8:45 am]
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