[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84178-84179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26523]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0048]


Information Collection: Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals 
for Nuclear Power Plants

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, ``Licenses, Certifications, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.''

DATES: Submit comments by January 3, 2024. 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-2023-0048 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-2023-0048.
     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, at 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 Docket ID NRC-2023-0048 on this website. The supporting 
statement and burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession 
Nos. ML23265A126 and ML23265A127.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 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.

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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, 
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' 
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 September 7, 2023, 88 FR 
61626.
    1. The title of the information collection: Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0151.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. 
Applications are submitted only when licensing action is sought.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for early 
site permits (ESPs), standard design approvals (SDAs) and 
certifications, manufacturing licenses (MLs), and combined licenses 
(COLs) for commercial nuclear power reactors.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 59 (48 reporting 
responses plus 11 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 13.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 307,465 (294,220 hours 
reporting + 13,245 hours recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: The licensing processes in part 52 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' provide for issuance of ESPs, 
SDAs, MLs, and COLs for commercial nuclear power reactors. The 
applicants submit updated reports, applications for renewals, exemption 
requests and maintain records of changes to the facility and records of 
detailed design related information. These licensing procedures are 
options to the two-step licensing process in 10 CFR part 50, which 
provides for a construction permit (CP) and an operating license (OL). 
The part 52 licensing process places procedural requirements in part 52 
and technical requirements in part 50. Part 52 can reduce the overall 
paperwork burden borne by applicants for CPs and OLs because part 52 
only requires a single application and provides options for referencing 
standardized designs. The information in 10 CFR part 52 is needed by 
the agency to assess the adequacy and suitability of an applicant's 
site, plant design, construction, training and experience, plans and 
procedures for the protection of public health and safety. Regulatory 
Guide (RG) 1.206, ``Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML18131A181) provides guidance for applicants for COLs 
for nuclear power plants. Section C.2.1 of RG 1.206 deals with pre-
application activities for respondents who intend to submit 
applications for COLs for nuclear power plants. Pre-application 
activities encompass all the communications, correspondence, meetings, 
document submittals/reviews, and other interactions that occur between 
the NRC staff and a prospective applicant before the tendering of an 
application under 10 CFR part 52. Participation in pre-application 
activities is voluntary. Potential applicants who engage in 
preapplication activities benefit from an early NRC staff assessment of 
the completeness and level of detail of the information that the 
applicant proposes to submit and staff identification of potential 
deficiencies in the application. Pre-application activities are 
expected to increase the efficiency of the staff's review of those 
applications once they are submitted. Subpart B of 10 CFR part 52 
establishes the process for obtaining design certifications.

    Dated: November 29, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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