81_FR_4698 81 FR 4681 - Information Collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities

81 FR 4681 - Information Collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 17 (January 27, 2016)

Page Range4681-4682
FR Document2016-01617

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.''

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4681-4682]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01617]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0079]


Information Collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation 
With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear 
Production and Utilization Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Cooperation with States at 
Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and 
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.''

DATES: Submit comments by February 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: Vlad 
Dorjets, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(3150-0163), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, 
DC 20503; telephone: 202-395-7315; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-6355; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0079 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-2015-0079.
     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 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML15342A105.
     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 the NRC's Acting Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email: 
[email protected]

B. Submitting Comments

    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 http://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.

I. 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 existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, 
``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other 
Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.'' 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 this information collection on August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51847).
    1. The title of the information collection: Cooperation with States 
at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and 
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0163.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion, 
when a State or Tribe wishes to observe NRC inspection or perform 
inspections for the NRC or when a State or Tribe wishes to negotiate an 
agreement to observe or perform inspections. States with an agreement 
and State Resident Engineer have both regular reporting and occasion-
specific reporting.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: States and Tribes 
interested in observing or performing inspections.

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    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 213.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 36.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 1,380.
    10. Abstract: States and Tribes are involved and interested in 
monitoring the safety status of nuclear power plants and radioactive 
materials. This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' and 
Tribes' public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in 
response to their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about 
the safety of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. States 
have identified NRC inspections as one possible source of knowledge for 
their personnel regarding plant and materials licensee activities, and 
the NRC, through the policy statement on Cooperation with States, has 
been amenable to accommodating the States' needs in this regard. 
Additionally, the NRC has been able to accommodate Tribal interests in 
the same way. The NRC has also entered into reimbursable Agreements 
with certain States under Section 274i of the Act, as amended, to 
employ their resources to conduct radioactive materials security 
inspections against NRC Orders.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of January 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01617 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices 4681 II. Discussion States at Commercial Nuclear Power B. Submitting Comments The NRC is issuing draft NUREG/CR– Plants and Other Nuclear Production The NRC cautions you not to include 7209, ‘‘A Compendium of Spent Fuel and Utilization Facilities, Policy identifying or contact information in Transportation Package Response Statement.’’ comment submissions that you do not Analyses to Severe Fire Accident DATES: Submit comments by February want to be publicly disclosed in your Scenarios.’’ This report summarizes 26, 2016. comment submission. All comment studies of truck and rail transport ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly submissions are posted at http:// accidents involving fires, relative to to the OMB reviewer at: Vlad Dorjets, www.regulations.gov and entered into regulatory requirements for shipment of Desk Officer, Office of Information and ADAMS. Comment submissions are not commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Regulatory Affairs (3150–0163), NEOB– routinely edited to remove identifying The fire accident scenarios were based 10202, Office of Management and or contact information. on the most severe historical railway Budget, Washington, DC 20503; If you are requesting or aggregating and roadway fires in terms of their telephone: 202–395–7315; email: oira_ comments from other persons for potential impact on SNF containers. The submission@omb.eop.gov. submission to the OMB, then you accident scenarios that were analyzed should inform those persons not to include one railway tunnel fire, two FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: include identifying or contact roadway tunnel fires, and one roadway Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance information that they do not want to be enclosed overpass fire. The combined Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory publicly disclosed in their comment summary of this work demonstrates that Commission, Washington, DC 20555– submission. Your request should state the current NRC regulations and 0001; telephone: 301–415–6355; email: that comment submissions are not packaging standards provide a high INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. routinely edited to remove such degree of protection to the public health SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information before making the comment and safety against release of radioactive submissions available to the public or I. Obtaining Information and material in real-world transportation entering the comment into ADAMS. Submitting Comments accidents, were such events to involve I. Background SNF containers. A. Obtaining Information The purpose of this notice is to Under the provisions of the Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 provide the public with an opportunity 0079 when contacting the NRC about U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently to review and provide comments on the availability of information for this submitted a request for renewal of an draft NUREG/CR–7209. Any comments action. You may obtain publicly- existing collection of information to received will be considered in the final available information related to this OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Cooperation version or subsequent revisions of the action by any of the following methods: with States at Commercial Nuclear draft NUREG/CR. • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to Power Plants and Other Nuclear Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day http://www.regulations.gov and search of January, 2016. Production and Utilization Facilities, for Docket ID NRC–2015–0079. Policy Statement.’’ The NRC hereby For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents informs potential respondents that an Christian Araguas, Access and Management System agency may not conduct or sponsor, and Chief, Containment, Structural, and Thermal (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management, that a person is not required to respond available documents online in the to, a collection of information unless it Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. ADAMS Public Documents collection at displays a currently valid OMB control http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ number. [FR Doc. 2016–01654 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] adams.html. To begin the search, select The NRC published a Federal BILLING CODE 7590–01–P ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Register notice with a 60-day comment select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS period on this information collection on NUCLEAR REGULATORY Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51847). COMMISSION please contact the NRC’s Public 1. The title of the information Document Room (PDR) reference staff at collection: Cooperation with States at [NRC–2015–0079] 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Other Nuclear Production and Information Collection: NRC’s Policy supporting statement is available in Statement on Cooperation With States Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement. ADAMS under Accession No. 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0163. at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants ML15342A105. and Other Nuclear Production and 3. Type of submission: Extension. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 4. The form number if applicable: N/ Utilization Facilities purchase copies of public documents at A. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 5. How often the collection is required Commission. White Flint North, 11555 Rockville or requested: On occasion, when a State ACTION: Notice of submission to the Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. or Tribe wishes to observe NRC Office of Management and Budget; • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of inspection or perform inspections for the collection of information and related the NRC or when a State or Tribe wishes asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES request for comment. instructions may be obtained without to negotiate an agreement to observe or SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory charge by contacting the NRC’s Acting perform inspections. States with an Commission (NRC) has recently Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, agreement and State Resident Engineer submitted a request for renewal of an Office of the Chief Information Officer, have both regular reporting and existing collection of information to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, occasion-specific reporting. Office of Management and Budget Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 6. Who will be required or asked to (OMB) for review. The information 301–415–6355; email: respond: States and Tribes interested in collection is entitled, ‘‘Cooperation with INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. observing or performing inspections. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:41 Jan 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1

4682 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices 7. The estimated number of annual (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule form of non-displayed interest that is responses: 213. change as described in Items I and II better than the national best bid that is 8. The estimated number of annual below, which Items have been prepared a Protected Quotation (‘‘Protected respondents: 36. by the Exchange. The Commission is NBB’’) or the national best offer that is 9. An estimate of the total number of publishing this notice to solicit a Protected Quotation (‘‘Protected hours needed annually to comply with comments on the proposed rule change NBO’’, and together with the Protected the information collection requirement from interested persons. NBB, the ‘‘Protected NBBO’’).6 or request: 1,380. The Program was approved by the 10. Abstract: States and Tribes are I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Commission on a pilot basis running involved and interested in monitoring Statement of the Terms of the Substance one-year from the date of the safety status of nuclear power plants of the Proposed Rule Change implementation.7 The Commission and radioactive materials. This The Exchange filed a proposal to approved the Program on November 27, involvement is, in part, in response to extend the pilot period for the 2012.8 The Exchange implemented the the States’ and Tribes’ public health and Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement Program on January 11, 2013, and has safety responsibilities and, in part, in (‘‘RPI’’) Program (the ‘‘Program’’), which extended the pilot period two times.9 response to their citizens’ desire to is currently set to expire on January 31, The pilot period for the Program is become more knowledgeable about the 2016, for 6 months, to expire on July 31, scheduled to end on January 31, 2016. safety of nuclear power plants and 2016. Proposal to Extend the Operation of the radioactive materials. States have The text of the proposed rule change Program identified NRC inspections as one is available at the Exchange’s Web site possible source of knowledge for their at www.batstrading.com, at the The Exchange established the RPI personnel regarding plant and materials principal office of the Exchange, and at Program in an attempt to attract retail licensee activities, and the NRC, the Commission’s Public Reference order flow to the Exchange by through the policy statement on Room. potentially providing price Cooperation with States, has been improvement to such order flow. The II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Exchange believes that the Program amenable to accommodating the States’ Statement of the Purpose of, and needs in this regard. Additionally, the promotes competition for retail order Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule flow by allowing Exchange members to NRC has been able to accommodate Change Tribal interests in the same way. The submit Retail Price Improvement Orders NRC has also entered into reimbursable In its filing with the Commission, the (‘‘RPI Orders’’) 10 to interact with Retail Agreements with certain States under Exchange included statements Orders. Such competition has the ability Section 274i of the Act, as amended, to concerning the purpose of and basis for to promote efficiency by facilitating the employ their resources to conduct the proposed rule change and discussed price discovery process and generating radioactive materials security any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these order with respect to price or side of market and inspections against NRC Orders. the order does not originate from a trading statements may be examined at the algorithm or any computerized methodology. See Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day places specified in Item IV below. The Rule 11.24(a)(2). of January 2016. Exchange has prepared summaries, set 6 The term Protected Quotation is defined in BYX For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of Rule 1.5(t) and has the same meaning as is set forth Kristen Benney, the most significant parts of such in Regulation NMS Rule 600(b)(58). The terms Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Protected NBB and Protected NBO are defined in statements. BYX Rule 1.5(s). The Protected NBB is the best- Chief Information Officer. priced protected bid and the Protected NBO is the [FR Doc. 2016–01617 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s best-priced protected offer. Generally, the Protected BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Statement of the Purpose of, and NBB and Protected NBO and the national best bid Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule (‘‘NBB’’) and national best offer (‘‘NBO’’, together Change with the NBB, the ‘‘NBBO’’) will be the same. However, a market center is not required to route SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 1. Purpose to the NBB or NBO if that market center is subject to an exception under Regulation NMS Rule COMMISSION In November 2012, the Commission 611(b)(1) or if such NBB or NBO is otherwise not [Release No. 34–76965; File No. SR–BYX– approved the RPI Program on a pilot available for an automatic execution. In such case, the Protected NBB or Protected NBO would be the 2016–01] basis.3 The Program is designed to best-priced protected bid or offer to which a market attract retail order flow to the Exchange, center must route interest pursuant to Regulation Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS and allows such order flow to receive NMS Rule 611. Y-Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and potential price improvement. The 7 See RPI Approval Order, supra note 3 at 71652. Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Program is currently limited to trades 8 Id. 9 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 71249 Rule Change to Rule 11.24, Retail Price occurring at prices equal to or greater (January 7, 2014), 79 FR 2229 (January 13, 2014) Improvement Program, To Extend the than $1.00 per share. Under the (SR–BYX–2014–001) (Notice of Filing and Pilot Period Program, all Exchange Users 4 are Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change permitted to provide potential price to Extend the Pilot Period for the Retail Price January 22, 2016. Improvement Program); 74111 (January 22, 2015), improvement for Retail Orders 5 in the Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 80 FR 4598 (January 28, 2015) (SR–BYX–2015–05) (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68303 Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Pilot Period for ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 (November 27, 2012), 77 FR 71652 (December 3, BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.’s Retail Price Improvement notice is hereby given that on January 2012) (‘‘RPI Approval Order’’) (SR–BYX–2012–019). (‘‘RPI’’) Program for 12 Months, To Expire on 12, 2016, BATS Y-Exchange, Inc. (the 4 A ‘‘User’’ is defined in BYX Rule 1.5(cc) as any January 31, 2016). ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) filed with the member or sponsored participant of the Exchange 10 A ‘‘Retail Price Improvement Order’’ is defined who is authorized to obtain access to the System. in Rule 11.24(a)(3) as an order that consists of non- Securities and Exchange Commission 5 A ‘‘Retail Order’’ is defined in Rule 11.24(a)(2) displayed interest on the Exchange that is priced as an agency order that originates from a natural better than the Protected NBB or Protected NBO by 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). person and is submitted to the Exchange by a RMO, at least $0.001 and that is identified as such. See 2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. provided that no change is made to the terms of the Rule 11.24(a)(3). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:41 Jan 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment.
DatesSubmit comments by February 26, 2016.
ContactKristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 4681 
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