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; request for comment.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, Codes and Standards.
DATES: Submit comments by December 27, 2023. 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-2023-0060 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-2023-0060.
- NRCs 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 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 supporting statement and burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23256A171 and ML23072A434.
- NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment 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 through 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 NRCs 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:
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Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments 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.
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 Codes and Standards. 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 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.
- 2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been assigned 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 alternative is requested.
Inservice Testing (IST) Program Test and Examination Plans must be submitted within 90 days of their implementation for the applicable 120-month IST Program interval.
- 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees and applicants for or holders of an operating license or construction permit, applicants 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 approval, 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 accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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The reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in 10 CFR 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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