[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)] [Notices] [Pages 18443-18444] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-05320] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2023-0056] Information Collection: Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers: Inspection and Investigations AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, ``Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers: Inspection and Investigations.'' DATES: Submit comments by April 12, 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-2023-0056 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-2023-0056. 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]. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24039A117. 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 [[Page 18444]] 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, ``Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers: Inspection and Investigations.'' 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 13, 2023, 88 FR 77619. 1. The title of the information collection: Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers: Inspection and Investigations. 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0044. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: As necessary in order that adequate and timely reports of radiation exposure be made to individuals involved in applicable NRC-licensed activities. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees authorized to receive, possess, use, or transfer material licensed by the NRC. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,889,382 (7 Reporting + 18,200 Recordkeeping + 1,871,174.88 Third-party disclosures). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 18,200 (2,200 NRC + 16,000 Agreement States). 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 544,899 (3.5 Reporting + 18,200 Recordkeeping + 521,337.9 Third-party disclosures + 5,358 One- time burden). 10. Abstract: Part 19 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations establishes requirements for notices, instructions, and reports by licensees and regulated entities to individuals participating in NRC-licensed and regulated activities and options available to these individuals in connection with Commission inspections of licensees and regulated entities, and to ascertain compliance with the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, titles II and IV of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and regulations, orders, and licenses thereunder. The regulations in this part also establish the rights and responsibilities of the Commission and individuals during interviews compelled by subpoena as part of the agency's inspections or investigations under section 161c of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, on any matter within the Commission's jurisdiction. Dated: March 8, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2024-05320 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P