ML23256A180
| ML23256A180 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/21/2023 |
| From: | David Cullison NRC/OCIO, NRC/NRR/DEX |
| To: | NRC/OCIO |
| Shared Package | |
| ML23256A156 | List: |
| References | |
| OMB-3150-XXXX, NRC-2023-0060 | |
| Download: ML23256A180 (5) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0060]
Information Collection: Codes and Standards
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; r equest for
comment.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently subm itted a
proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The information collection is entitled, Codes and Stan dards.
DATES: Submit comments by December 27, 2023. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practi cal to do so, but the Commiss ion is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed informat ion
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 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-2023-0060 when contacting the NRC about the
availability of information for this action. You may obtain pub licly 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-2023-0060.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAM S 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 wit h ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporti ng statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23256A171 and
- NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly
available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appoint ment 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 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday throu gh Friday, 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 C. Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email:
2 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 particular 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.r egulations.gov and
entered into ADAMS. Comment submissions are not routinely edite d 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 proposed collection of inform ation to OMB for review
entitled Codes and Standards. The NRC hereby informs potentia l respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not req uired 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 3
this information collection on August 30, 2023, 88 FR 59950.
- 1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR 50.55a, Codes and Standards.
to this proposed information collection.
- 3. Type of submission: New.
- 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
- 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Reports are submitted on
occasion, typically at each refueling outage or when an alterna tive is requested.
Inservice Testing (IST) Program Test and Examination Plans must be submitted within
90 days of their implementation for the applicable 120-month IS T Program interval.
- 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees and applicants for or
holders of an operating license or construction permit, applica nts for a standard design
certification under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of this
chapter, or an applicant for or holder of a standard design app roval, or a combined
license.
- 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 754 (660 reporting responses
plus 94 recordkeepers).
- 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 94.
- 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 336,416 (119,276 reporting + 217,140
recordkeeping).
- 10. Abstract: Paragraph 50.55a, Codes and Standards, specifies technical
information and data to be provided to the NRC or maintained by applicants and
licensees so that the NRC may take determinations necessary to protect the health and
safety of the public, in accordanc e with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
4 The reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in 10 CF R 50.55a are
mandatory for the affected licensees and applicants.
Dated: November 21, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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