[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75057-75058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25905]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0144]
Information Collection: NRC Online Form for Requesting
Alternatives to Regulatory Codes and Standards
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) invites public
comment on our request for review and Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the information collection that is summarized below.
The information collection is regarding a NRC Online Form for
requesting alternatives to regulatory Codes and Standards requirements.
DATES: Submit comments by December 24, 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.
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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-2020-0144 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-2020-0144. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2020-0144 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, 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 No. ML20302A440. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20225A233.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 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 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 proposed collection of
information to OMB for review entitled, NRC Online Form, ``Request for
Alternative Under 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) and 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(2).'' 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 July 23, 2020 (85 FR 44549).
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Online Form,
``Request for Alternative Under 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) and 10 CFR
50.55a(z)(2).''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0244.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
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), ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities'' who use alternatives to the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a paragraphs (b) through (h) when
authorized by the NRC have the option of using the online form.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 218.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 218.
9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 872.
10. Abstract: The NRC requested emergency review of an online form
to allow licensees to submit requests for alternatives under 10 CFR
50.55a(z)(1) and (2) for a period of 6 months. The collection was
initiated to facilitate the submission of alternatives related to the
COVID-19 public health emergency. The collection is currently being
revised and resubmitted to OMB for renewal. The revisions to the form
will allow respondents to use the NRC Online Form, ``Request for
Alternative Under 10 CFR 50.55a(z)(1) and (2),'' for all alternative
requests (COVID and Non-COVID alike) and provides a more sophisticated
form layout that provides new features that allow licensees to build
requests within the portal (vice attaching files) and allows for peer
reviews. The form which simplifies and reduces the burden of filing of
requests for alternatives is described in the following paragraphs.
Under the existing collection under OMB Control No. 3150-0011,
licensees are already able to request alternatives. 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.
Section 50.55a of 10 CFR incorporates by reference Division 1 rules
of Section III, ``Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant
Components,'' and Section XI, ``Rules for Inservice Inspection of
Nuclear Power Plant Components,'' of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (B&PV Code); and the
rules of the ASME ``Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power
Plants'' (OM Code). These rules of the ASME B&PV and OM Codes set forth
the requirements to which nuclear power plant components are designed,
constructed, tested, repaired, and inspected. Section 50.55a(z) of 10
CFR allows applicants to use alternatives to the requirements of 10 CFR
50.55a paragraphs (b) through (h) when authorized by the NRC. To
facilitate licensees' requests for alternatives to the requirements in
the above regulations, the NRC is providing an optional online form to
submit the required information for a specific alternative request
under 10 CFR 50.55a(z).
Dated: November 18, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-25905 Filed 11-23-20; 8:45 am]
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