ML22056A311
| ML22056A311 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/07/2022 |
| From: | David Cullison NRC/NMSS/DREFS, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/OCIO |
| To: | NRC/OCIO |
| Shared Package | |
| ML22047A190 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2021-0199, OMB-3150-0021 | |
| Download: ML22056A311 (5) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0199]
Information Collection: Environmental Protection Regulations f or Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for
comment.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently sub mitted a
request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is ent itled, Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regul atory Functions.
DATES: Submit comments by May 12, 2022. Comments received after this date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is a ble to ensure consideration
only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed informa tion
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particula r information collection by
selecting Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments o r 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-2021-0199 when contacting the NRC about the
availability of information for this action. You may obtain pu blicly 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-2021-0199.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The support ing statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML22047A194 and
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointm ent to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Frid ay, except Federal
holidays.
- NRCs Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of information and related
instructions may be obtained without charge by contacting the N RCs Clearance Officer,
David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. N uclear Regulatory 2
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084 ; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed informati on collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particula r information collection by
selecting "Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments" o r by using the search
function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact info rmation in
comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclos ed in your comment
submission. All comment submissions are posted at https://www. regulations.gov and
entered into ADAMS. Comment submissions are not routinely edit ed to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other person s 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 dis closed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that comment submissions are not routinely
edited to remove such information before making the comment sub missions 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 exi sting collection of
information to OMB for review entitled, Environmental Protecti on Regulations for
Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions. The NRC hereby informs
potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is 3
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 January 18, 2022, 87 FR 2641.
- 1. The title of the information collection: Environmental Protection Regulations
for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.
- 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0021.
- 3. Type of submission: Extension.
- 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
- 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Environmental reports are
required upon submittal of an application for a combined licens e, construction permit,
operating license, operating license renewal, early site permit, design certification,
decommissioning or license termination review, or manufacturing license, or upon
submittal of a petition for rulemaking.
- 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees and applicants
requesting approvals for actions proposed in accordance with th e provisions of parts 30,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 50, 52, 54, 60, 61, 70, and 72 of t itle 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
- 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 18.9.
- 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 18.9.
- 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 68,933.
- 10. Abstract: The NRCs regulations at 10 CFR part 51 specify information t o be
provided in environmental reports by applicants and licensees s o that the NRC can
make determinations necessary to adhere to the policies, regula tions, and public laws of 4
the United States, which are interpreted and administered in ac cordance with the
provisions set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act o f 1969, as amended.
Dated: April 7, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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