83 FR 32918 - Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 136 (July 16, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-15080 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32918-32919] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-15080] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2018-0050] Information Collection: 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements 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 request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``10 CFR part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.'' DATES: Submit comments by August 15, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0039), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; email: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 32919]] I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0050 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0050. 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. ML18127B276. 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 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 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. II. 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, ``10 CFR part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.'' 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 April 10, 2018 (83 FR 15422). 1. The title of the information collection: ``10 CFR part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.'' 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0039. 3. Type of submission: Revision. 4. The form number, if applicable: N/A. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion, as needed for applicants and licensees to meet their responsibilities called for in Sections 170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Each applicant for or holder of a license issued under parts 50 or 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) to operate a nuclear reactor, or the applicant for or holder of a combined license issued under parts 52 or 54 of 10 CFR, as well as licensees authorized to possess and use plutonium in a plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant. In addition, licensees authorized to construct and operate a uranium enrichment facility in accordance with parts 40 and 70 of 10 CFR. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 102. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 102. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 796. 10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 specifies the information to be submitted by licensees that enables the NRC to assess (a) financial protection required by licensees and for the indemnification and limitation of liability of certain licensees and other persons pursuant to Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and (b) the liability insurance required of plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plants, as well as uranium enrichment facility licensees pursuant to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of July, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-15080 Filed 7-13-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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new biological opinion, and Energy collection practices while conducting opinion. On the basis of the EA
Northwest would no longer be required biological monitoring studies. In included in Section II of this document
to adhere to the March 10, 2017, general, these practices will result in and incorporated by reference into this
biological opinion upon issuance of a beneficial effects to ESA-listed species finding, the NRC concludes that the
new biological opinion. because the purpose of the proposed action would not have
Need for the Proposed Action modifications are to minimize impacts. significant effects on the quality of the
For example, during electrofishing, human environment. The NRC’s
The proposed action is needed to where fish are temporarily stunned for evaluation considered information
reflect the biological opinion issued by biologists to collect and measure them, provided in the licensee’s application as
NMFS on March 10, 2017, and to RPM 3 requires Energy Northwest to well as the NRC’s independent review
require Energy Northwest’s compliance handle ESA-listed fish with extreme of other relevant environmental
with the ITS and related RPMs and care and keep them in cold water to the documents. Based on its findings, the
T&Cs contained therein. The proposed maximum extent possible during NRC has determined not to prepare an
action is administrative in nature. sampling and processing procedures. environmental impact statement for the
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed The NRC staff concludes that the proposed action.
Action indirect effects from the impingement Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
and entrainment studies as well as the of July 2018.
The NRC has completed its evaluation
modified collection practices will not For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
of the proposed action and concludes
result in significant environmental
that the proposed changes are L. John Klos,
impacts to the radiological or non-
administrative in nature, would have no Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch
radiological environment.
direct effects on plant equipment or IV–1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Based on the foregoing analysis, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
plant operation, and would not involve
NRC concludes that there are no
any changes to the design bases for [FR Doc. 2018–15091 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
significant environmental impacts
Columbia. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
With regard to potential radiological associated with the proposed action.
impacts, the proposed action would not Environmental Impacts of the
increase the probability or consequences Alternatives to the Proposed Action NUCLEAR REGULATORY
of accidents, would not change the As an alternative to the proposed COMMISSION
types or increase the amount of effluent action, the NRC staff considered denial
that may be released offsite, and would of the proposed license amendment (i.e., [NRC–2018–0050]
result in no increase in occupational or the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative). Denial of
public radiation exposure. Therefore, the application would result in no Information Collection: 10 CFR Part
there are no significant radiological change in current environmental 140, Financial Protection
environmental impacts associated with conditions or impacts. Accordingly, the Requirements and Indemnity
the proposed action. environmental impacts of the proposed Agreements
With regard to potential non-
action and the no-action alternative are AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
radiological impacts, because the
similar. Commission.
proposed action is administrative in
nature, it would not have any direct Alternative Use of Resources ACTION: Notice of submission to the
impacts on land, air, or water resources, The proposed action does not involve Office of Management and Budget;
including impacts to terrestrial biota. In the use of any different resources than request for comment.
addition, the NRC staff identified no those previously considered in NUREG–
socioeconomic or environmental justice 1437, Supplement 47, prepared for the SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
impacts associated with the proposed license renewal of Columbia. Commission (NRC) has recently
action. Therefore, there are no submitted a request for renewal of an
significant non-radiological Agencies and Persons Consulted existing collection of information to the
environmental impacts associated with The NRC did not enter into Office of Management and Budget
the proposed action. consultation with any other Federal (OMB) for review. The information
An indirect effect of the proposed Agency or with the State of Washington collection is entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part 140,
action is that Energy Northwest’s regarding the environmental impact of Financial Protection Requirements and
impingement and entrainment studies the proposed action. However, on June Indemnity Agreements.’’
(RPM 1 and 2) would likely require in- 6, 2018, the NRC notified the DATES: Submit comments by August 15,
water work and the collection of larvae Washington State official, Mr. Richard 2018.
and eggs. In-water work could cause Cowley, Washington State Department ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
minor disturbances to nearby biota. of Health, Office of Radiation Protection to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
However, the activity would be of the proposed amendment. The State Information and Regulatory Affairs
temporary and fish could swim away to official had no comments. (3150–0039), Attn: Desk Officer for the
avoid the area and return once the
III. Finding of No Significant Impact Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725
temporary work is completed. Removal
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503;
of larvae and eggs of resident fish The NRC is considering issuance of an
email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
species could occur during collection amendment to Renewed Facility
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
periods for the entrainment study. Operating License No. NPF–21, issued FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
However, the amount of individuals that to Energy Northwest for operation of David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
would be collected for the study would Columbia. The proposed amendment U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
be negliable when compared to the size would revise the Columbia EPP to Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
of local resident fish populations. In require Energy Northwest to adhere to 301–415–2084; email:
addition, RPM 3 requires Energy the specific requirements within the ITS INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
Northwest to modify some of its in the currently applicable biological SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining Information and submissions available to the public or of plutonium processing and fuel
Submitting Comments entering the comment into ADAMS. fabrication plants, as well as uranium
enrichment facility licensees pursuant
A. Obtaining Information II. Background
to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– Under the provisions of the of 1954, as amended.
0050 when contacting the NRC about Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
the availability of information for this U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently of July, 2018.
action. You may obtain publicly- submitted a request for renewal of an
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
available information related to this existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘10 CFR part Kristen Benney,
action by any of the following methods:
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the
• Federal rulemaking Website: Go to 140, Financial Protection Requirements
and Indemnity Agreements.’’ The NRC Chief Information Officer.
http://www.regulations.gov and search
hereby informs potential respondents [FR Doc. 2018–15080 Filed 7–13–18; 8:45 am]
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0050.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents that an agency may not conduct or BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
Access and Management System sponsor, and that a person is not
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a NUCLEAR REGULATORY
available documents online in the COMMISSION
ADAMS Public Documents collection at currently valid OMB control number.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ The NRC published a Federal [Docket No. 72–1051; NRC–2018–0055]
adams.html. To begin the search, select Register notice with a 60-day comment
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then period on this information collection on Holtec International’s HI–STORE
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS April 10, 2018 (83 FR 15422). Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 1. The title of the information for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear
please contact the NRC’s Public collection: ‘‘10 CFR part 140, Financial Fuel
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at Protection Requirements and Indemnity
Agreements.’’ AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Commission.
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0039.
3. Type of submission: Revision. ACTION: License application;
supporting statement is available in opportunity to request a hearing and to
4. The form number, if applicable:
ADAMS under Accession No. petition for leave to intervene; order.
N/A.
ML18127B276. 5. How often the collection is required
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and or requested: On occasion, as needed for SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
purchase copies of public documents at applicants and licensees to meet their Commission (NRC) received a license
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One responsibilities called for in Sections application from Holtec International
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act (Holtec), by letter dated March 30, 2017,
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. of 1954. as supplemented on April 13, October 6,
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 6. Who will be required or asked to December 21, and 22, 2017; and
the collection of information and related respond: Each applicant for or holder of February 22, 2018. By this application,
instructions may be obtained without a license issued under parts 50 or 54 of Holtec is requesting authorization to
charge by contacting the NRC’s title 10 of the Code of Federal construct and operate the HI–STORE
Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Regulations (10 CFR) to operate a Consolidated Interim Storage (CIS)
Office of the Chief Information Officer, nuclear reactor, or the applicant for or Facility, in Lea County, New Mexico. If
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, holder of a combined license issued the NRC approves the application and
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: under parts 52 or 54 of 10 CFR, as well issues a license to Holtec, Holtec
301–415–2084; email: as licensees authorized to possess and intends to store up to 8,680 metric tons
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. use plutonium in a plutonium of uranium (MTU) of commercial spent
processing and fuel fabrication plant. In nuclear fuel in the HI–STORM UMAX
B. Submitting Comments Canister Storage System for a 40-year
addition, licensees authorized to
The NRC cautions you not to include construct and operate a uranium license term.
identifying or contact information in enrichment facility in accordance with DATES: A request for a hearing or
comment submissions that you do not parts 40 and 70 of 10 CFR. petition for leave to intervene must be
want to be publicly disclosed in your 7. The estimated number of annual filed by September 14, 2018.
comment submission. All comment responses: 102. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
submissions are posted at http:// 8. The estimated number of annual NRC–2018–0055 when contacting the
www.regulations.gov and entered into respondents: 102. NRC about the availability of
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 9. The estimated number of hours information regarding this document.
routinely edited to remove identifying needed annually to comply with the You may obtain publicly-available
or contact information. information collection requirement or information related to this document
If you are requesting or aggregating request: 796. using any of the following methods:
comments from other persons for 10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 140 • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
submission to the OMB, then you specifies the information to be http://www.regulations.gov and search
should inform those persons not to submitted by licensees that enables the for Docket ID NRC–2018–0055. Address
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
include identifying or contact NRC to assess (a) financial protection questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
information that they do not want to be required by licensees and for the Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
publicly disclosed in their comment indemnification and limitation of email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For
submission. Your request should state liability of certain licensees and other technical questions, contact the
that comment submissions are not persons pursuant to Section 170 of the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
routinely edited to remove such Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
information before making the comment and (b) the liability insurance required document.
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. | |
| Dates | Submit comments by August 15, 2018. | |
| Contact | David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 32918 |
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