ML20206Q129
| ML20206Q129 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/28/1986 |
| From: | Norry P NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
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| Download: ML20206Q129 (12) | |
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y Important Read instrations tiefore ampmar.g turm. Do not use the same SF 83 Sered three copies of this form, the material to be reviewed, and for to r: quest both an Executive Order 12291 review and approval under paperwork-three copies of the supporting statement, to:
the Paperwork Reduction Act Answer all questions in Part 1. If this request is for review under E.O.
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 12291, complete Part ll and sign the regulatory certification. If this Office of Management and Budget r; quest is for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR Attention Docket Library. Room 3201 1320, skip Part li, complete Part lit and sign the paperwork certification.
Washington. DC 20503 PART l.-Complete This Part for All Requests.
- 1. Department / agency and Bureau /of fice originating request
- 2. Agency code IJ.S. Nuclear Regulator'v Comission l3 1
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3, Nima of person who Can best answer questions regardirig this request Telephone number Richard Donovan
< 301 > 492-4458
- 4. Titic of information collection or rule naking Questionnaire Regarding The Tennessee Valley Authority's Nuclear Safety Review Reports And NRC Staff
- 5. L egal authority for information cotiection or ruie (cete Uneted States Code, Pub 6c law, or becutae Order) 42 2201(o) uSc
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- 6. Affected puta (chech a/It5at apply) 5 $ Federal agencies or employees 1 M inc.viduals or households 3 0 rarms 6 O Non-profitinstitutions 2 C State orlocalgovernments 4 O Businesses or other for. profit 7
Small businesses or organizations PART ll,-Complete This Part Only if the Request is for OMB Review Under Executive Order 12291
- 7. R;gulatron identif>er Number (RIN)
,_ _, or, None awgned O
- 8. Type of submission tcheck one on each category)
Type of review requested Classification Stage of development 10 Standard 1 O Maior i O Proposed or draft 2 O Pending 2 O Nonmajor 2 O renaiorinterim finai,with pr,or proposai 3 O Emergency 3 0 Final or intenm final, w'thout pnor proposal 4 O Statutory oriudiciaideadnne
- 9. CF R section affected CFR
- 10. Does this regulat'on contam reporting or recordkeeping requirements th4 t require OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR 1320?
. O yes O No
- 11. If a maior rule,is there a regulatory impact analysis attached?
1 O yes 2 O No if 'No," did OMB *aive the analysis?
3 0 ves 4 0 No C:rtification for Regulatory Submissions in submitting this request for OMB review, the authorized regulatory contact and the program official certify that the requirements of E o.12291 and any apphcable pohcy directives have been comphed with.
Signature of program official Date Signature oGt'horitecTeiuGeory contact I Date i
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PART lli. ACohytete This Ptri Only if the Request is for Approval of a Collection of Information_Under the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR 1320.
- 13. AtAf ract -CW 'it ecet.. J5es and af kted put>hc in 50 wNs ca,m uCongressional Inquiries" Congressman John Dingell has requested infonnation concerning reports prepared by TVA's Nuclear Safety Review Staff. NRC has prepared a questionnaire to. gather the requested information.
- 14. Type of information collection (check only one)
Information collections not contained it-rules 1 @ Regular submission.
2 O Emergency submission (certfscationattached)
Informstlen collections containedin rules 3 O Existing reguiation (no change proposed) 6 Final or interim final without pnor NPRM
- 7. Enter date of expected or actual Federat 4 0 Notice of proposed rulemaking(NPRM)
A O Regular submission Register pubhcation at this stage of rulemaking 5 0 rinai. NeRM was previousiy pubhshed e O Emergency submession (certification attached)
(month, day, year):
- 15. Typ2 of review requested (check only one) 1 b New collection 4 0 Reinstatement of a previousiy approved coiiection for wnich approvai has expired 2 O Revision of a currently approved collect.on 3 O Estension of the expiration date of a currently approved collection 5 O Existing collection in use without an OMB controt number without any change in the subs'ance or in the method of collection
- 16. Agency report form number (s)(mouce standard /optionalform number (s))
- 22. Purpose of enformatcon collection (check as many as apply) 1 O Apphcation for benefits NM 2 b Programevaluation
- 17. Annual reporting or disclosure burden 3 0 ceneraipurposestatistics 1 Number of respondents.
4 b Regulatoryorcomphance I
5 O Program pianning or management 2 Number of responses per respondent 200 6 0 Research 3 Total annual responses (hne 1 times hne 2)
.5 7 g Aud,t 4 Hcurs per response 5 Total hours (line 3 times kne 4) 100
- 18. Annualrecordkeepingburden
- 23. Frequency of recordkeeping or reporting (check all that apply) 1 Number of recordkeepers 1 O Recordkeeping 2 Annual hours per recordkeeper.
Reporting 3 Total recordkeeping hours (hne 1 times hne 2) 2 O onoccasion 4 Recordkeeping retention penod years 3 0 weekiy
- 19. Totsi annual burden 4 0 Monthiy 100
$ 0 Quarterty 1 Requested (hne 17 5 plus hne 1BJ).
O e O semi-annuairy 2 in current oMB inventory 3 Difference (hoe 1/ess hoe 2) 7 O Annually Esplanation of difference 8 O Bienmalty One time
+100 9 O other(desenbe):
4 Program change 5 A4ustment.
- 20. Current (most recent) OMB controi number or comment number
- 24. Respondents' obhgation to comply (chech the strongestobhgation that apphes)
None 1 O voluntary
- 21. Requested expiration date 2 C Required to obtain or retain a benefit 09/30/87 3 LN uamfatory
- 25. Ara the respondents pnmanly educational agencies or institutions or is the pnmary purpose of the collection related to Federal education programs? O ves
- 26. Does the agenc use samphng to select respondents or does the agency recommend or prescnbe the use of samphng or statistical analysis
. O ves @ No by tespondents
- 27. Regulatory authonty for the information collection Congressional Request crR
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Paperwork Certification in submitting this request for oMB approsal, the agency head, the senior official or an authonzed representative, certifies that the requirements of 5 CFR 1320 the Pnvicy Act, statistical standards or directives, and any other applicable information pohcy directives have been complied with.
signiture of program official Date signiture of agency head, the sen or of ficial or an authonzed representative cate Patricia G. Norry, Director I
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OMB SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW STAFF REPORTS AND NRC STAFF Description of the Information Collection The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is currently conducting a legislative oversight inquiry into certain matters involving NRC and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Congress-man John Dingell, Chairman of the Subcomittee, has requested the Chairman, NRC, to obtain under oath or by sworn affidavit certain information concerning reports prepared by TVA's Nuclear Safety Review Staff (NSRS).
A. JUSTIFICATION 1.
Need for the Collection of Information. The U.S. House of Representa-tives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has requested infomation concerning TVA's NSRS reports.
In order to fulfill this requirement, NRC needs to obtain certain infomation from NRC and TVA employees who have knowledge of NSRS reports.
2.
Agency Use of Information. The information to be collected will be reviewed and analyzed by NRC's Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA).
The results of 01A's analysis will then be forwarded in report form to Congressman Dingell.
3.
Reduction of Burden Through Information Technology. There are no legal or technical obstacles to reducing the burden associated with this information collection; however, it is not feasible to reduce the burden below its current level.
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Effort to Identify Duplication. To our knowledge this information does not exist in any public source. The NSRS was an internal TVA organiza-1 tion and was not required to provide reports outside TVA.
5.
Effort to Use Similar Information. The House Subcomittee has requested specific information regarding the availability of NSRS reports to NRC staff. To our knowledge, there is no similar information that can be i
used to satisfy the Congressional request.
6.
Effort to Reduce Small Business Burden. The information requested does not apply to or involve small businesses or other small entities.
7.
Consequences of Less Frequent Collection. This question does not apply to our collection of information because it is not perfomed on a continuing routine basis.
8.
Circumstances Which Justify Variation From OMB Guidelines. The informa-l tion is requested for use by the Subcommittee as part of their inquiry of
TVA and NRC. The information is not for u'se by NRC as part of its regulatory oversight.
9.
Consultation Outside the NRC. OIA has written to the Manager of Nuclear Power, TVA, requesting his assistance in providing names and addresses of members of NSRS who have left TVA or are still employed at TVA. No other persons outside the Agency have been consulted to obtain their views on i
the availability of the data because it is not known which former NRC staff and TVA staff may have had access to the NSRS reports and/or i
provided NSRS reports to NRC personnel.
- 10. Confidentiality of Information. NRC provides no pledge of confiden-tiality for this collection of information.
- 11. Justification for Sensitive Questions. No sensitive infomation is being requested.
- 12. Estimated Annual Cost to the Federal Government. There is no way to make a reasonable estimate of annual cost to the Federal Government because i
the number of potential Federal employees who may have knowledge regard-ing the NSRS reports have differing pay grades and their level of effort to respond to our questionnaire has not been determined.
In addition, i
some responses may require follow-up by personal interview. However, this collection of information is a one time effort by NRC to answer the concerns of Congressman Dingell, f
- 13. Estimate of Burden. The estimated burden for the collection of this Infomation is about 50 staffhours for fomer NRC employees and current i
and former TVA employees. We estimate one-half hour per person to i
respond to the questionnaire.
Former NRC Employees. We estimate there are approximately 80 former NRC staff who may have information. Therefore, the estimated burden for this i
group is 40 staffhours (80 x 1/2).
We estimate there are approixmately 20 current and former TVA staff who may have information. Therefore, the estimated burden for this group is 10 staffhours (20 x 1/2),
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- 14. Reasons for Change in Burden. Not applicable.
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- 15. Publication for Statistical Use. The collection of information will not 1
be for statistical use. A report responding to the specific concerns of Congressman Dingell will be provided to the Conmission for their use in responding to Congressman Dingell.
- 16. Section B.
Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods.
j Statistical methods are not used in this collection of infomation, therefore, this Section is not applicable.
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO THE DISTRIBUTION AND/0R RECEIPT OF TVA'S NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW STAFF (NSRS) REPORTS Congressman John Dingell has requested the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to obtain under oath or by sworn affidavit certain information regarding the NRC staff's receipt of or access to reports prepared by the TVA's Nuclear Safety Review Staff (NSRS). The Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA) was subsequently requested by the Chairman, NRC, to obtain information concerning arrangements which may have been made for NRC's receipt of or access to reports prepared by NSRS. OIA understands that there may have been formal and informal arrangements for NRC to review or have access to NSRS reports and that on occasions NRC Region II personnel received NSRS repcrts and/or had access to NSRS reports at TVA Headquarters offices or reactor' sites. We are only interested in arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 1985.
I In order to assist us in our inquiry, we have prepared the attached questionnaire that you are requested to complete. The purpose of this questionnaire is to ascertain the number of employees who may have provided and/or made available NSRS reports to NRC and the estimated time it may take you to review your records to verify certain facts regarding the NSRS reports.
We are not requesting that a detailed search of records be conducted at this time for the purpose of this questionnaire. Therefore, for those individuals who know they have provided NSRS report (s) to NRC or need more time to make such a determination, we will follow up with another questionnaire that addresses the specific concerns of Congressman Dingell. The follow-up questionnaire will require you to provide information regarding, but not limited to, the identification of NSRS reports, regulatory issues identified in the reports, resolution of issues, and the NRC staff to whom NSRS reports were provided and/or made available.
We have attached a list of NSRS reports which may assist you in recalling whether you provided or made avaialble any of the NSRS reports prior to January 1, 1985.
We would greatly appreciate your immediate response to and return of this questinnaire in the enclosed envelope.
If you have any questions regarding
this questionnaire, please contact Richard Donovan of my staff on (FTS) 492-4458 or call our toll free numbers (in Maryland 1-800-368-5642, extension 2-4458 or outside of Maryland 1-800-426-8096, extension 2-4458).
1 Sharon R. Connelly, Director Office of Inspector and Auditor
Attachment:
Questionnaire
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NRC INQUIRY INTO THE DISTRIBUTION AND/0R RECEIPT OF TVA'S NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW STAFF (NSRS) REPORTS
- 1. Name:
- 2. Current Position at TVA or Position Held Before Leaving TVA:
3.
Are you aware of any formal arrangements by which NSRS reports were provided to, requested by, or received by NRC bafore January 1, 1985?
Yes No Please describe those arrangements.
4.
Are you aware of any informal arrangements by which NSRS reports were provided to, requested by, or received by NRC before January 1, 1985?
Yes No Please describe those arrangements.
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Have you ever provided or made available any NSRS report (s) to NRC staff prior to January 1, 19857 Yes No I may have provided or made available NSRS reports to NRC staff, but I will have to review my records in order to determine whether I have or have not; and/or to identify the particular NSRS reports that I may have provided or made available.
6.
If you answered No to question 5, please read, sign, and date the certi-fication at the end of this questionnaire.
o If you answered Yes or indicated that you may have, but need time to review your records, go to question 7, then please read, sign and date the certification at the end of this questionnaire.
7.
Please estimate the number of manhours you believe it would require for you to review your ricords to determine whether you have provided or made availble any NSRS reports to the NRC staff and/or to identify which specific reports you are familiar with.
In considering the estimated amount of time, we are interested in (1) identifying the specific NSRS report (s); (2) method by which provided; (3) person (s) to whom you provided the report (s); (4) regulatory issues identified in the report (s); and (5) the resolution of any regulatory issues by TVA.
Estinated manhours WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE A DETAILED REVIEW 0F YOUR RECORDS AT THIS TIME.
YOU MAY BE SENT A SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE AT A LATER DATE.
I CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORREC,T.
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Date:
Name (print or type):
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City, State:
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REVIEW STAFF REPORTS In a letter dated March 19, 1986, Congressman John Dingell requested Chairman Palladino to obtain under oath or by sworn affidavit certain informa-tion regarding the NRC staff's receipt of or access to reports prepared by the TVA's Nuclear Safety Review Staff (NSRS). The Office of Inspector and Auditor (OIA) was subsequently requested by Chairman Palladino to obtain infonnation I
concerning arrangements which may have been made for NRC's receipt of or access to reports prepared by NSRS.
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OIA understands that there may have been fonnal and informal arrangements for NRC to review or have access to NSRS reports and that on occasions Region II personnel received NSRS reports and/or had access to NSRS reports at TVA Headquarters offices or reactor sites. We are only interested in arrangements J.
entered into prior to January 1, 1985.
l In order to assist us in our inquiry, we have prepared the enclosed question-naire that you are requested to complete. The purpose of this questionnaire is to ascertain the number of former employees who had or may have had access to NSRS reports and the estimated time it would have taken those former j
employees to review their records to obtain certain facts regarding the NSRS reports. We are not requesting that a detailed search of records be conducted i
i at this time for the purpose of this questionnaire. Therefore, for those i
individuals who know they have requested / received / read NSRS report (s) or need more time to make such a detennination, we will follow up with another i
questionnaire that addresses the specific concerns of Congressman Dingell.
The follow-up questionnaire will l
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require you to provide information regarding, but not limited to, the identi-fication of NSRS reports, regulatory issues identified in the reports, resolution of issues, and disposition of the report (s).
We have attached a list of NSRS reports which may assist you in recalling whether you requested / received / read any of the NSRS reports prior to January 1, 1985.
We would greatly appreciate your immediate response to and return of this questionnaire in the enclosed envelope.
If you have any questions regarding the information requested, please contact Richard Donovan of my staff on our toll free numbers (in Maryland 1-800-368-5642, extension 2-4458 or outside Maryland 1-800-426-8096, extension 2-4458).
Sincerely, Sharon R. Connelly, Director Office of Inspector and Auditor
Enclosure:
Questionnaire O
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OIA INQUIRY INTO THE DISTRIBUTION AND/OR RECEIPT OF TVA'S NUCLEAR SAFETY REVIEW STAFF (NSRS) REPORTS 1.
Name:
2.
Position held before leaving NRC:
3.
Are you aware of any fomal arrangements by which NSRS reports were provided to, requested by, or received by NRC before January 1, 1985?
Yes No Please describe those arrangements.
4.
Are you aware of any infomal arrangements by which NSRS reports were provided to, requested by, or received by NRC before January 1, 19857 Yes No Please describe those arrangements.
5.
Have you ever requested / received / read any NSRS reports prior to January 1, 19857 yes no I may have requested / received / read NSRS reports, but I will have to review my records in order to detennine whether I have or have not; and/or to identify the particular NSRS reports that I may have requested / received / read.
6.
If you answered No to Question 5, please read, sign, and date the certification at7he end of this questionnaire.
If you answered Yes or indicated that you may have, but need time to review your records, go to Question 7, then read, sign and date the certification at the end of this questionnaire.
7.
Please 4 stimate the number of manhours you believe it would require for you to review your records to determine:
(1)whetheryouhave requested / received / read any NSRS reports; (2) which specific reports you received or read; (3) how you obtained the report (s); (4) source from which the report (s) was obtained; (5) regulatory issues identified in the report (s); (6) NRC's resolution of any regulatory issues; and (7) disposition of the report (s). Estimated manhours WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE A DETAILED REVIEW OF YOUR RECORDS AT THIS TIME. YOU MAY BE SENT A SECOND QUESTIONNAIRE AT A LATER DATE.
I CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.
Signature:
Date:
Name(print):
Address:
City, State:
Zip:
Telephone: Home(
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