82 FR 25345 - Information Collection: Fitness-for-Duty Programs

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 104 (June 1, 2017)

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 ``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25345-25346]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11282]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0107]


Information Collection: Fitness-for-Duty Programs

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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled ``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 31, 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-2017-0107. 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-2017-0107 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-2017-0107.
     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]. 
Licensees and other entities can use the following three NRC forms to 
report information under part 26 requirements: NRC Form 890, ``Single 
Positive Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug 
and Alcohol Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting 
Form.'' A copy of NRC Forms 890, 891 and 892 may be obtained without 
charge by accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17013A578, ML17013A598, and 
ML17024A436, respectively. The supporting statement and burden change 
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17062A871 and 
ML17129A588.
     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-2017-0107 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 26, 
``Fitness-for-Duty Programs.''

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    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive 
Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol 
Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.''
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and 
on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail 
fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on 
occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic 
failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure, 
the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or 
within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic 
failure.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor 
licensees licensed under parts 50 and 52 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (except those who have permanently ceased 
operations and have verified that fuel has been permanently removed 
from the reactor); all holders of nuclear power plant construction 
permits and early site permits with a limited work authorization and 
applicants for nuclear power plant construction permits that have a 
limited work authorization under the provisions of 10 CFR part 50; all 
holders of a combined license for a nuclear power plant issued under 10 
CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license that have a limited 
work authorization; all licensees who are authorized to possess, use, 
or transport formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material 
(SSNM) under the provisions of 10 CFR part 70; all holders of a 
certificate of compliance of an approved compliance plan issued under 
10 CFR part 76, if the holder engages in activities involving formula 
quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/vendors (C/Vs) who implement FFD 
programs or program elements to the extent that the licensees and other 
entities listed in this paragraph rely on those C/V FFD programs or 
program elements to comply with 10 CFR part 26.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 441,843 responses (217 
reporting responses + 49 recordkeepers + 441,577 third-party disclosure 
responses).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 88,229 respondents 
(28 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs 
+ 88,180 third-party disclosure respondents).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 726,847.9 hours (6,184.0 
hours reporting + 228,632.5 hours recordkeeping + 492,031.4 hours 
third-party disclosure).
    10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe 
requirements to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at 
affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of these 
requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject 
to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of 
any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired 
from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their ability 
to safely and competently perform their duties. These requirements also 
provide reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded 
alertness on individuals' abilities to safely and competently perform 
their duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health 
and safety. The information collections required by part 26 are 
necessary to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and 
efficient regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other 
entities. These licensees and other entities must perform certain 
tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply with part 26 drug 
and alcohol and fatigue management requirements. These records and 
reports are necessary to enable regulatory inspection and evaluation of 
a licensee's or other entity's compliance with NRC regulations, FFD 
performance, and significant FFD-related events to help maintain public 
health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect 
the environment.

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 26th day of May 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11282 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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