[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51704-51705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18075]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0226]


Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste 
in Geologic Repositories

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, ``Disposal of High-Level 
Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.''

DATES: Submit comments by September 22, 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 C. 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-2021-0226 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-2021-0226.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

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(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 final supporting statement for 
part 60 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Geologic Repositories'' 
(3150-0127) is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22186A216.
     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

    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.
    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, 
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.'' 
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 April 6, 2022 (87 FR 19985).
    1. The title of the information collection: Disposal of High-Level 
Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0127.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: The 
information need only be submitted one time.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: State or Indian 
Tribes, or their representatives, requesting consultation with the NRC 
staff regarding review of a potential high-level radioactive waste 
geologic repository site, or wishing to participate in a license 
application review for a potential geologic repository (other than a 
potential geologic repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, which is 
regulated under 10 CFR part 63).
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 6.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 6.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 726 hours (121 hours per 
response).
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 60 requires States and Indian Tribes to 
submit certain information to the NRC if they request consultation with 
the NRC staff concerning the review of a potential repository site or 
wish to participate in a license application review for a potential 
repository (other than the Yucca Mountain, Nevada site, which is 
regulated under 10 CFR part 63). States and Indian Tribes are required 
to submit information regarding requests for consultation with the NRC 
and participation in the review of a site characterization plan and/or 
license application, but only if they wish to obtain NRC consultation 
services and/or participate in the reviews. The information submitted 
by the States and Indian Tribes is used by the Director of the Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards as a basis for decisions 
about the commitment of NRC staff resources to the consultation and 
participation efforts. The NRC anticipates conducting a public 
rulemaking to revise portions of 10 CFR part 60 in the future. If, as 
part of this rulemaking, revisions are made affecting the information 
collection requirements, the NRC will follow OMB requirements for 
obtaining approval for any revised information collection requirements. 
[Note: All of the information collection requirements pertaining to 
Yucca Mountain were included in 10 CFR part 63 and were approved by OMB 
under control number 3150-0199. The Yucca Mountain site is regulated 
under 10 CFR part 63 (66 FR 55792, November 2, 2001).]

    Dated: August 17, 2022.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18075 Filed 8-22-22; 8:45 am]
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