82 FR 19094 - Information Collection: Enforcement Discretion for Operating Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 78 (April 25, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-08330 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 19094-19095] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08330] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2016-0222] Information Collection: Enforcement Discretion for Operating Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement Policy).'' DATES: Submit comments by June 26, 2017. 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-2016-0222. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-2 F43, 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: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0222 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-2016-0222. 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. ML16365A071. 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, David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected]. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0222 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 [[Page 19095]] 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: Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (GDP), (NRC Enforcement Policy). 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0136. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: N/A. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On Occasion. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Those licensees that voluntarily request enforcement discretion through the NOED process. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 8. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 4. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 680 (600 reporting + 80 recordkeeping). 10. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy includes the circumstances in which the NRC may grant a NOED. On occasion, circumstances arise when a power plant licensee's compliance with a Technical Specification (TS) Limiting Condition for Operation or any other license condition would involve an unnecessary plant shutdown or transient. Similarly, for a gaseous diffusion plant, circumstances may arise where compliance with a Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) or other condition would unnecessarily call for a total plant shutdown, or, compliance would unnecessarily place the plant in a condition where safety, safeguards, or security features were degraded or inoperable. In these circumstances, a licensee or certificate holder may request that the NRC exercise enforcement discretion, and the NRC staff may choose to not enforce the applicable TS, TSR, or other license or certificate condition. This enforcement discretion is designated as a NOED. A licensee or certificate holder seeking the issuance of a NOED must document and submit to the NRC by letter, in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter 0410 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13071A487), the safety basis for the request, including an evaluation of the safety significance and potential consequences of the proposed request, a description of proposed compensatory measures, a justification for the duration of the request, the basis for the licensee's or certificate holder's conclusion that the request does not have a potential adverse impact on the public health and safety, and does not involve adverse consequences to the environment, and any other information the NRC staff deems necessary before making a decision to exercise discretion. 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? 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? Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of April 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-08330 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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Procedures for the conduct of and organizations requesting this service SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
participation in ACRS meetings were will be responsible for telephone line this document.
published in the Federal Register on charges and for providing the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
October 17, 2016 (81 FR 71543). In equipment and facilities that they use to David Cullison, Office of the Chief
accordance with those procedures, oral establish the video teleconferencing Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear
or written views may be presented by link. The availability of video Regulatory Commission, Washington,
members of the public, including teleconferencing services is not DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
representatives of the nuclear industry. guaranteed. 2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@
Persons desiring to make oral statements Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day nrc.gov.
should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant of April 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844, For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 5 days I. Obtaining Information and
Andrew L. Bates,
before the meeting, if possible, so that Submitting Comments
appropriate arrangements can be made Advisory Committee Management Officer.
to allow necessary time during the [FR Doc. 2017–08290 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] A. Obtaining Information
meeting for such statements. In view of BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
the possibility that the schedule for 0222 when contacting the NRC about
ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the the availability of information for this
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the NUCLEAR REGULATORY action. You may obtain publicly-
conduct of the meeting, persons COMMISSION available information related to this
planning to attend should check with action by any of the following methods:
the Cognizant ACRS staff if such [NRC–2016–0222] • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
rescheduling would result in major http://www.regulations.gov and search
Information Collection: Enforcement for Docket ID NRC–2016–0222.
inconvenience.
Thirty-five hard copies of each Discretion for Operating Reactors and • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
presentation or handout should be Gaseous Diffusion Plants Access and Management System
provided 30 minutes before the meeting. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
In addition, one electronic copy of each Commission. available documents online in the
presentation should be emailed to the ADAMS Public Documents collection at
ACTION: Renewal of existing information
Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
collection; request for comment.
meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be adams.html. To begin the search, select
provided within this timeframe, SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
presenters should provide the Cognizant Commission (NRC) invites public select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
ACRS Staff with a CD containing each comment on the renewal of Office of Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
presentation at least 30 minutes before Management and Budget (OMB) please contact the NRC’s Public
the meeting. approval for an existing collection of Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
In accordance with Subsection 10(d) information. The information collection 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. is entitled, ‘‘Notice of Enforcement email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting Discretion (NOED) for Operating Power supporting statement is available in
may be closed, as specifically noted Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants ADAMS under Accession No.
above. Use of still, motion picture, and (NRC Enforcement Policy).’’ ML16365A071.
television cameras during the meeting • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
DATES: Submit comments by June 26,
may be limited to selected portions of purchase copies of public documents at
the meeting as determined by the 2017. Comments received after this date
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Chairman. Electronic recordings will be will be considered if it is practical to do
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
permitted only during the open portions so, but the Commission is able to ensure
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
of the meeting. consideration only for comments • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of
ACRS meeting agendas, meeting received on or before this date. the collection of information and related
transcripts, and letter reports are ADDRESSES: You may submit comments instructions may be obtained without
available through the NRC Public by any of the following methods: charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance
Document Room at pdr.resource@ • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Officer, David Cullison, Office of the
nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– http://www.regulations.gov and search Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear
397–4209, or from the Publicly for Docket ID NRC–2016–0222. Address Regulatory Commission, Washington,
Available Records System (PARS) questions about NRC dockets to Carol DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
component of NRC’s document system Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@
(ADAMS) which is accessible from the email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For nrc.gov.
NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ technical questions, contact the
reading-rm/adams.html or http:// individual listed in the FOR FURTHER B. Submitting Comments
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–
collections/ACRS/. document. 0222 in the subject line of your
Video teleconferencing service is • Mail comments to: David Cullison, comment submission, in order to ensure
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available for observing open sessions of Office of the Chief Information Officer, that the NRC is able to make your
ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use Mail Stop: T–2 F43, U.S. Nuclear comment submission available to the
this service should contact Mr. Theron Regulatory Commission, Washington, public in this docket.
Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician DC 20555–0001. The NRC cautions you not to include
(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and For additional direction on obtaining identifying or contact information in
3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before information and submitting comments, comment submissions that you do not
the meeting to ensure the availability of see ‘‘Obtaining Information and want to be publicly disclosed in your
this service. Individuals or Submitting Comments’’ in the comment submission. The NRC will
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post all comment submissions at http:// security features were degraded or NUCLEAR REGULATORY
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the inoperable. COMMISSION
comment submissions into ADAMS, In these circumstances, a licensee or [NRC–2017–0104]
and the NRC does not routinely edit certificate holder may request that the
comment submissions to remove NRC exercise enforcement discretion, Biweekly Notice: Applications and
identifying or contact information. Amendments to Facility Operating
and the NRC staff may choose to not
If you are requesting or aggregating Licenses and Combined Licenses
comments from other persons for enforce the applicable TS, TSR, or other
license or certificate condition. This Involving No Significant Hazards
submission to the NRC, then you should Considerations
inform those persons not to include enforcement discretion is designated as
identifying or contact information that a NOED. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
they do not want to be publicly A licensee or certificate holder Commission.
disclosed in their comment submission. seeking the issuance of a NOED must ACTION: Biweekly notice.
Your request should state that the NRC document and submit to the NRC by
does not routinely edit comment SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Atomic
letter, in accordance with Inspection Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
submissions to remove such information Manual Chapter 0410 (ADAMS
before making the comment Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Accession No. ML13071A487), the Commission (NRC) is publishing this
submissions available to the public or safety basis for the request, including an
entering the comment into ADAMS. regular biweekly notice. The Act
evaluation of the safety significance and requires the Commission to publish
II. Background potential consequences of the proposed notice of any amendments issued, or
request, a description of proposed proposed to be issued, and grants the
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. compensatory measures, a justification Commission the authority to issue and
chapter 35), the NRC is requesting for the duration of the request, the basis make immediately effective any
public comment on its intention to for the licensee’s or certificate holder’s amendment to an operating license or
request the OMB’s approval for the conclusion that the request does not combined license, as applicable, upon a
information collection summarized have a potential adverse impact on the determination by the Commission that
below. public health and safety, and does not such amendment involves no significant
1. The title of the information involve adverse consequences to the hazards consideration, notwithstanding
collection: Notices of Enforcement environment, and any other information the pendency before the Commission of
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power the NRC staff deems necessary before a request for a hearing from any person.
Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants making a decision to exercise discretion. This biweekly notice includes all
(GDP), (NRC Enforcement Policy). notices of amendments issued, or
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0136. III. Specific Requests for Comments proposed to be issued, from March 28,
3. Type of submission: Extension. 2017, to April 10, 2017. The last
The NRC is seeking comments that biweekly notice was published on April
4. The form number, if applicable: N/
address the following questions: 11, 2017.
A.
5. How often the collection is required 1. Is the proposed collection of DATES: Comments must be filed by May
or requested: On Occasion. information necessary for the NRC to 25, 2017. A request for a hearing must
6. Who will be required or asked to properly perform its functions? Does the be filed by June 26, 2017.
respond: Those licensees that information have practical utility? ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
voluntarily request enforcement 2. Is the estimate of the burden of the by any of the following methods:
discretion through the NOED process. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
information collection accurate?
7. The estimated number of annual http://www.regulations.gov and search
responses: 8. 3. Is there a way to enhance the for Docket ID NRC–2017–0104. Address
8. The estimated number of annual quality, utility, and clarity of the questions about NRC dockets to Carol
respondents: 4. information to be collected? Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
9. The estimated number of hours 4. How can the burden of the email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
needed annually to comply with the information collection on respondents technical questions, contact the
information collection requirement or be minimized, including the use of individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
request: 680 (600 reporting + 80 INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
automated collection techniques or
recordkeeping). document.
other forms of information technology?
10. Abstract: The NRC’s Enforcement • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Policy includes the circumstances in Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
which the NRC may grant a NOED. On of April 2017. OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
occasion, circumstances arise when a For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Regulatory Commission, Washington,
power plant licensee’s compliance with DC 20555–0001.
David Cullison,
a Technical Specification (TS) Limiting For additional direction on obtaining
Condition for Operation or any other NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief information and submitting comments,
Information Officer. see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
license condition would involve an
unnecessary plant shutdown or [FR Doc. 2017–08330 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] Submitting Comments’’ in the
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transient. Similarly, for a gaseous BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
diffusion plant, circumstances may arise this document.
where compliance with a Technical FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Safety Requirement (TSR) or other Lynn Ronewicz, Office of Nuclear
condition would unnecessarily call for a Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
total plant shutdown, or, compliance Regulatory Commission, Washington,
would unnecessarily place the plant in DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
a condition where safety, safeguards, or 1927, email: lynn.ronewicz@nrc.gov.
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Renewal of existing information collection; request for comment. | |
| Dates | Submit comments by June 26, 2017. 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. | |
| Contact | David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 19094 |
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