[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61427-61428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24024]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2025-0414]


Information Collection: Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted 
Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance From the 
Commission

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, ``Nondiscrimination in 
Federally Assisted Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial 
Assistance from the Commission.''

DATES: Submit comments by January 30, 2026. 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: Heather Dempsey, Acting NRC Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-0856; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0414 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-2025-0414.
     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 ADAMS Public 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 Nos. ML25197A568 and ML25197A569. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25337A334.
     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

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Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-0856; 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, 
``Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs or Activities 
Receiving Federal Financial Assistance from the Commission.'' 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 9, 2025, 90 FR 
43481.
    1. The title of the information collection: Nondiscrimination in 
Federally Assisted Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial 
Assistance from the Commission.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0053.
    3. Type of submission: Revision.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 781 and 782.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 781, 
``SBCR Compliance Review Part A,'' is submitted upon initiation or 
modification of a program, during the pre-award and post-award stage, 
periodic monitoring, and, if a complaint is being processed. NRC Form 
782, ``Complaint Form,'' is submitted on occasion, if any person 
believes himself or any specific class of individuals, have been 
subjected to discrimination prohibited by part 4 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), subpart A, ``Regulations 
Implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IV of 
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,'' on behalf of the primary 
funding recipient or any other recipient that received NRC Federal 
financial assistance through the primary funding recipient. Self-
evaluations are performed throughout the duration of obligation based 
on 10 CFR 4.231, ``Responsibility of applicants and recipients.''
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Recipients of Federal 
financial assistance provided by the NRC (including educational 
institutions, other nonprofit organizations receiving Federal 
assistance, and Agreement States).
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 502.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 200.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 802. (102 hours for 
reporting, 650 hours for recordkeeping, and 50 hours for third-party 
disclosures).
    10. Abstract: All recipients of Federal financial assistance from 
the NRC are subject to the provisions of 10 CFR part 4, 
``Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs or Activities 
Receiving Federal Financial Assistance from the Commission.'' 
Respondents must submit assurances of compliance with 10 CFR part 4 and 
a complete NRC Form 781, to demonstrate compliance with civil rights 
statutes and regulations, Executive Orders, White House education 
initiatives, and related provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
for nondiscrimination with respect to race, color, national origin, 
sex, disability, or age. Respondents must also notify participants, 
beneficiaries, applicants, and employees of nondiscrimination practices 
and keep records of Federal financial assistance and of their own self-
evaluations of policies and practices. In the event that discrimination 
is alleged in NRC-conducted and Federal financially assisted programs 
and activities, it may be reported using NRC Form 782.

    Dated: December 23, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-24024 Filed 12-30-25; 8:45 am]
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