83 FR 48658 - Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 187 (September 26, 2018)

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, ``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.''

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48658-48659]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20934]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0063]


Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial 
Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization 
Facilities, Policy Statement

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, ``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear 
Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, 
Policy Statement.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 26, 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-2018-0063. Address 
questions about docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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-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-2018-0063 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-2018-0063.
     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 ``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 associated 
with the information collections for the policy statement is available 
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18171A396.
     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 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 submissions 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: 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: Revision.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion, 
when a State or federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to observe NRC 
inspections or perform inspections for the NRC or when a State or 
federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to negotiate an agreement to 
observe or perform inspections. States with an instrument of 
cooperation or a State Resident Engineer have both regular reporting 
and occasion-specific reporting.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: States and federally 
recognized Tribes interested in observing or performing inspections.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 209.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 33.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 1,309 hours.
    10. Abstract: States and federally recognized Indian Tribes are 
involved and interested in monitoring the safety status of nuclear 
power plants and other nuclear production and utilization facilities. 
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 other nuclear production and utilization 
facilities. States and Tribes have identified NRC inspections as one 
possible source of knowledge for their personnel regarding NRC licensee 
activities, and the NRC, through the policy statement, ``Cooperation 
with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear 
Production or Utilization Facilities'' (57

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FR 6462; February 25, 1992), has been amenable to accommodating States' 
and Tribes' needs in this regard. The NRC uses the information 
collected under this information collection requirement to allow States 
and federally recognized Indian Tribes to participate in or observe 
inspections at NRC-licensed facilities. The types of information 
collected include written requests identifying specific inspections 
States and Tribes wish to observe; identification-related information 
required for site access to NRC-licensed facilities; training and 
qualifications of State and Tribal personnel participating in 
inspections; information required to define inspection roles for States 
and Tribes; and information to coordinate NRC and State and Tribal 
inspections.

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 21th day of September, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20934 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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