[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 172 (Thursday, September 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55032-55033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19457]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0107]
Information Collection: Part 55 Exemption Request and Part 55
Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request
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, ``Part 55 Exemption Request and
Part 55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request.''
DATES: Submit comments by October 5, 2020. 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: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0107 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-2020-0107. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0107 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 reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. A copy of the collection of information
and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing
ADAMS Accession Nos. ML20126G469 and ML20126G490. The supporting
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20170A358.
NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the NRC's
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Clearance Officer, David 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
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,
``Part 55 Exemption Request and Part 55 Research and Test Reactor
Exemption Request.'' 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 May 13, 2020 (85 FR 28667).
1. The title of the information collection: ``Part 55 Exemption
Request and Part 55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0018.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable: There is no form number for the
online submission form.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of, and
certain applicants for, nuclear power plant construction permits and
operating licenses under the provisions of part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 50), ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities'' who seek exemptions from the
requalification requirements specified in 10 CFR 55.59 as allowed by 10
CFR 55.11, ``Specific Exemptions.''
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 60.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 60.
9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 120.
10. Abstract: The NRC requested an emergency review of this
information collection in order to add this form to the previously
approved information collection OMB Control Number 3150-0018 for a
period of 6 months. The purpose of this information collection is to
request an extension of the approval of the ``Part 55 Exemption Request
and Part 55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request'' online forms
that simplify the filing the exemption requests because the existing
system may be burdensome for licensees under current conditions. Under
the existing collection under OMB Control No. 3150-0018, licensees are
already able to seek exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part
55, Operators' Licenses. This information collection only addresses the
incremental burden change to this existing clearance due to the form
and not the total burden for the clearance.
10 CFR part 55 contains specific requirements for the licensing of
utilization facility operators and senior operators. Due to the impacts
of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC will also
consider exemption requests for operators and senior operators from the
requirements in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(1) (requiring the operators and senior
operators to successfully complete the Commission-approved
requalification program) and in 10 CFR 55.59(a)(2) (requiring the
operators and senior operators to pass a comprehensive requalification
written examination and an annual operating test); these exemptions
would allow delay of these requalification program requirements during
the COVID-19 PHE as allowed by 10 CFR 55.11, ``Specific Exemptions.''
Dated: August 28, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-19457 Filed 9-2-20; 8:45 am]
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