80 FR 54596 - Information Collection: “Specific Domestic Licenses To Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material”

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 175 (September 10, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is titled, ``Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material.'' The NRC regulations that are the subject of this information collection establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to manufacture or transfer certain items containing byproduct material. Information concerning the annual estimated burdens associated with the recordkeeping, reporting, and third party notification requirements imposed by these regulations is provided in the Supporting Statement for 10 CFR part 32, Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material, and NRC Form 653, 653A and 653B, ``Transfers of Industrial Devices Report.''

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22794]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0177]


Information Collection: ``Specific Domestic Licenses To 
Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public 
comment on the renewal of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is titled, ``Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or 
Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material.'' The NRC 
regulations that are the subject of this information collection 
establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to 
manufacture or transfer certain items containing byproduct material. 
Information concerning the annual estimated burdens associated with the 
recordkeeping, reporting, and third party notification requirements 
imposed by these regulations is provided in the Supporting Statement 
for 10 CFR part 32, Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or 
Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material, and NRC Form 653, 
653A and 653B, ``Transfers of Industrial Devices Report.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 9, 2015. 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: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0177. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the

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individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information 
Services, Mail Stop: T-5 F53, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tremaine Donnell, Office of 
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0177 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0177.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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 [email protected]. The 
supporting statement and NRC Form 653, 653A and 653B are available in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML15176A520 and ML15226A321.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting NRC's Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, Office of 
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email: 
[email protected].

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0177 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    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. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment 
submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, 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 the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to 
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized 
below.
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 32, 
``Specific Domestic Licenses to Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items 
Containing Byproduct Material.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0001.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 653, NRC Form 653A, and 
NRC Form 653B.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: There is a 
one-time submittal of information to receive a certificate of 
registration for a sealed source and/or device. Certificates of 
registration for sealed sources and/or devices can be amended at any 
time. In addition, licensee recordkeeping must be performed on an on-
going basis, and reporting of transfer of byproduct material must be 
reported every calendar year, and in some cases, every calendar 
quarter.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All specific licensees 
who manufacture or initially transfer items containing byproduct 
material for sale or distribution to general licensees, or persons 
exempt from licensing, medical use product distributors to specific 
licensees, and those requesting a certificate of registration for a 
sealed source and/or device.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 4,036 (2,807 NRC, 
1,176 Agreement States and 53 third-party).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 713 (204 NRC 
licensees, registration certificate holders and 509 Agreement State 
licensees and registration certificate holders).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 162,393 (13,139 
reporting hours, 149,176 recordkeeping hours, and 78 third-party 
disclosures hours).
    10. Abstract: Part 32 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), establishes requirements for specific licenses 
for the introduction of byproduct material into products or materials 
and transfer of the products or materials to general licensees, or 
persons exempt from licensing, medical use product distributors to 
specific licensees, and those requesting a certificate of registration 
for a sealed source and/or device. It also prescribes requirements 
governing holders of the specific licenses. Some of the requirements 
are for information which must be submitted in an application for a 
certificate of registration for a sealed source and/or device, records 
which must be kept, reports which must be submitted, and information 
which must be forwarded to general licensees and persons exempt from 
licensing. As mentioned, 10 CFR part 32 also prescribes requirements 
for the issuance of certificates of registration (concerning radiation 
safety information about a product) to manufacturers or initial 
transferors of sealed sources and devices. Submission or retention of 
the information is mandatory for persons subject to the 10 CFR part 32 
requirements. The information is used by the NRC to make licensing and 
other regulatory determinations concerning the use of radioactive 
byproduct material in products and devices.

III. Specific Requests for Comments

    The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions:
    1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC 
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical 
utility?
    2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection 
accurate?
    3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected?

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    4. How can the burden of the information collection on respondents 
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-22794 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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