83 FR 37537 - Information Collection: Domestic Licensing of Source Material

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 148 (August 1, 2018)

Page Range		37537-37538
FR Document		2018-16428

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, ``Domestic Licensing of Source Material.''

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0047]


Information Collection: Domestic Licensing of Source 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval for an existing collection of information. The information 
collection is entitled, ``Domestic Licensing of Source Material.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 1, 2018. 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 website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0047. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; 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-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: 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-2018-0047 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-2018-0047.
     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 burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS 
under Accession Nos. ML18136A682 and ML18136A688.
     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

    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 40, 
``Domestic Licensing of Source Material.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0020.
    3. Type of submission: Revision.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Reports 
required under 10 CFR part 40 collected and evaluated on a continuing 
basis as events occur. There is a one-time submittal of information to 
receive a license. Renewal applications need to be submitted every 15 
to 40 years. Information in previous applications may be referenced 
without being resubmitted. In addition, recordkeeping must be performed 
on an on-going basis.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for and 
holders of NRC licenses authorizing the receipt, possession, use, or 
transfer of radioactive source material.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,390 (750 reporting 
responses + 6 third party disclosure responses + 634 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 634.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 16,928 (11,366 reporting 
+ 5,544 recordkeeping + 18 third party disclosure).
    10. Abstract: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
regulations in 10 CFR part 40 establish procedures and criteria for the 
issuance of licenses to receive title to, receive, possess, use, 
transfer, or deliver source and byproduct material. The application, 
reporting, recordkeeping, and third party notification requirements are 
necessary to permit the NRC to make a determination as to whether the 
possession, use, and transfer of source and byproduct material is in 
conformance with the Commission's regulations for protection of public 
health and safety.

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

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be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of July 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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be minimized, including the use of Interpretations/SEC-Filings/2018- reserves by approximately $2.6 million
automated collection techniques or Filings.aspx, at the MSRB’s principal and will help align reserve levels with
other forms of information technology? office, and at the Commission’s Public target levels.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day Reference Room. Pursuant to Rule A–13, each dealer
of July 2018. must pay to the Board underwriting,
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s transaction and technology fees based
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Statement of the Purpose of, and upon the rates specified in that rule.
David Cullison, Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule The proposed rule change would add a
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Change new section (h) setting forth revised
Information Officer. In its filing with the Commission, the temporary assessment rates for these
[FR Doc. 2018–16428 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] MSRB included statements concerning three types of assessments, generally
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P the purpose of and basis for the reducing by one-third the fees for
proposed rule change and discussed any activity that occurs during the months
comments it received on the proposed of October, November and December
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE rule change. The text of these statements 2018. New Rule A–13(h)(i) would
COMMISSION may be examined at the places specified provide that the underwriting
in Item IV below. The MSRB has assessment for certain primary offerings
[Release No. 34–83713; File No. SR–MSRB–
2018–06] prepared summaries, set forth in for this time period would be .00185%
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most of the par value ($0.0185 per $1,000), a
Self-Regulatory Organizations; significant aspects of such statements. reduction from .00275% of the par value
Municipal Securities Rulemaking ($.0275 per $1,000). New Rule A–
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 13(h)(ii) would provide that the
Board; Notice of Filing and Immediate Statement of the Purpose of, and
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule transaction assessment would be
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule .00067% of the par value ($0.0067 per
Change To Amend MSRB Rule A–13 to Change
Temporarily Reduce the Rate of $1,000), a reduction from .001% ($.01
Assessment for the MSRB’s 1. Purpose per $1,000). And, new Rule A–13(h)(iii)
Underwriting, Transaction and would provide that the technology
The purpose of the proposed rule
Technology Fees on Brokers, Dealers assessment would be $0.67 per
change is to temporarily reduce the rate
and Municipal Securities Dealers transaction (a reduction from $1.00 per
of assessment for the MSRB’s
transaction). Rates of assessment would
July 26, 2018. underwriting, transaction and
revert to current levels effective January
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the technology fees for dealers under Rule
1, 2019.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the A–13, with respect to assessible activity Importantly, the temporary reduced
‘‘Act’’ or ‘‘Exchange Act’’) 1 and Rule that occurs during the months of rates are for activity that occurs during
19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby October, November and December 2018. this three-month period. Dealers are
given that on July 23, 2018 the The proposed rule change is designed to typically billed for these fees after the
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board reduce, in a carefully considered and relevant month end. Specifically, the
(the ‘‘MSRB’’ or ‘‘Board’’) filed with the strategic manner, excess MSRB reserves underwriting fee is billed immediately
Securities and Exchange Commission in a way that achieves a fair and after the respective month end, while
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule equitable balance of fees across the transaction and technology fees are
change as described in Items I, II, and regulated entities. billed thirty days in arrears.
III below, which Items have been The MSRB discharges its statutory
mandate under the Exchange Act Financial Reserves and the Board’s
prepared by the MSRB. The
through the establishment of rules for Holistic Review of MSRB Fees
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule dealers and municipal advisors In 2010, after several years of heavy
change from interested persons. (together with dealers, ‘‘regulated investment in the technological
entities’’); the collection and infrastructure needed to launch the
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s dissemination of market information; MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market
Statement of the Terms of Substance of and market leadership, outreach and Access (EMMA®) website, the MSRB’s
the Proposed Rule Change education. As a self-regulatory financial reserve levels had dropped
The MSRB filed with the Commission organization, the MSRB must maintain below the target of 12 months of
a proposed rule change to amend MSRB sufficient reserves to discharge its operating expenses excluding
Rule A–13 to temporarily reduce the responsibilities and operate without depreciation expense, plus three-times
rate of assessment for the MSRB’s interruption, even in an economic annual capital needs. As a result,
underwriting, transaction and downturn. Reserves are necessary to replenishing the MSRB’s reserves
technology fees on brokers, dealers and mitigate fluctuations in the MSRB’s became a priority. The following year,
municipal securities dealers (‘‘dealers’’) revenue stream, which is primarily the MSRB increased the transaction fee
with respect to assessible activity that market-driven, and provide a backstop under Rule A–13 and began assessing a
occurs during the months of October, for funding services essential to the new technology fee for dealers under
November and December 2018 (the efficiency of the market. However, as the same rule.3 By 2014, revenue from
‘‘proposed rule change’’). The MSRB has current reserves exceed the target the technology fee had generated
thresholds that have been established by
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designated the proposed rule change for sufficient resources to stabilize the
immediate effectiveness. its Board of Directors, the MSRB is now technology reserve and allowed the
The text of the proposed rule change seeking to temporarily reduce its three MSRB to rebate $3.6 million in
is available on the MSRB’s website at largest sources of revenue, which technology fees to eligible dealers. The
www.msrb.org/Rules-and- collectively, make up approximately Board’s technology fee rebate decision
80% of the MSRB’s FY 2018 budgeted
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). revenue. The proposed rule change is 3 See Release No. 34–63621 (Dec. 29, 2010), 76 FR
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. projected to reduce the MSRB’s excess 604 (Jan. 5, 2011) (File No. SR–MSRB–2010–10).

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
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 October 1, 2018. 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		83 FR 37537