[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17627-17628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07296]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0152]
Information Collection: Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED)
for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-Up
Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act Radioactive
Byproduct Material
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, ``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) for
the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-up Data
on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act Radioactive Byproduct
Material.''
DATES: Submit comments by June 27, 2025. 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-2024-0152. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information
Contact section of this document.
Mail comments to: Kristen Benney, 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: Kristen Benney, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0152 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-2024-0152. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2024-0152 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, 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 ADAMS Accession No. ML25077A227. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML25077A069.
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 Acting Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; 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-2024-0152, 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 NRC, 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 as
follows.
1. The title of the information collection: Nuclear Material Events
Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses,
and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act
Radioactive Byproduct Material.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Agreement
States are requested to provide copies of licensee nuclear material
event reports electronically or by hardcopy to the NRC within 30 days
of receipt from their licensee. In addition, Agreement States are
requested to report events that may pose a significant health and
safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer within 24
hours of notification by an Agreement State licensee.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current Agreement
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 450.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 41.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 720 hours (360 reporting
and 360 recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: NRC regulations require NRC licensees to report
incidents and overexposures, leaking or contaminated
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sealed source(s), release of excessive contamination of radioactive
material, lost or stolen radioactive material, equipment failures,
abandoned well logging sources and medical events. Agreement State
licenses are also required to report these events to their individual
Agreement State regulatory authorities under compatible Agreement State
regulations. The NRC is requesting that the Agreement States provide
information to the NRC on the initial notification, response actions,
and follow-up investigations on events involving the use (including
suspected theft or terrorist activities) of nuclear materials regulated
pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The event
information should be provided in a uniform electronic format, for
assessment and identification of any facilities/site-specific or
generic safety concerns that could have the potential to impact public
health and safety. The identification and review of safety concerns may
result in lessons learned and may also identify generic issues for
further study which could result in proposals for changes or revisions
to technical or regulatory designs, processes, standards, guidance or
requirements.
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 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: April 23, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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