83_FR_48845 83 FR 48658 - Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement

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)

Page Range48658-48659
FR Document2018-20934

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 Issue 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018) 
[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: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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: 
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.

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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 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: 
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.

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]
 BILLING CODE 7590-01-P

48658 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 26, 2018 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@ that the NRC does not routinely edit Mahesh L. Chawla, nrc.gov. comment submissions to remove such Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch Ill, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information before making the comment Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, submissions available to the public or Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I. Obtaining Information and entering the comment submissions into [FR Doc. 2018–20933 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am] Submitting Comments ADAMS. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P A. Obtaining Information II. Background Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– In accordance with the Paperwork NUCLEAR REGULATORY 0063 when contacting the NRC about Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. COMMISSION the availability of information for this Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting action. You may obtain publicly- public comment on its intention to [NRC–2018–0063] available information related to this request the OMB’s approval for the action by any of the following methods: information collection summarized Information Collection: Cooperation • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to With States at Commercial Nuclear below. http://www.regulations.gov and search 1. The title of the information Power Plants and Other Nuclear for Docket ID NRC–2018–0063. Production and Utilization Facilities, collection: Cooperation With States at • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Policy Statement Access and Management System Other Nuclear Production and AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement. Commission. available documents online in the 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0163. ADAMS Public Documents collection at 3. Type of submission: Revision. ACTION: Renewal of existing information http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 4. The form number, if applicable: collection; request for comment. adams.html. To begin the search, select Not applicable. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 5. How often the collection is required Commission (NRC) invites public problems with ADAMS, please contact or requested: On occasion, when a State comment on the renewal of Office of the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) or federally recognized Indian Tribe Management and Budget (OMB) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– wishes to observe NRC inspections or approval for an existing collection of 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@ perform inspections for the NRC or information. The information collection nrc.gov. The supporting statement when a State or federally recognized is entitled, ‘‘Cooperation with States at associated with the information Indian Tribe wishes to negotiate an Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and collections for the policy statement is agreement to observe or perform Other Nuclear Production and available in ADAMS under Accession inspections. States with an instrument Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.’’ No. ML18171A396. of cooperation or a State Resident • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Engineer have both regular reporting DATES: Submit comments by November purchase copies of public documents at and occasion-specific reporting. 26, 2018. Comments received after this the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 6. Who will be required or asked to date will be considered if it is practical White Flint North, 11555 Rockville respond: States and federally recognized to do so, but the Commission is able to Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Tribes interested in observing or ensure consideration only for comments • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of performing inspections. received on or before this date. the collection of information and related 7. The estimated number of annual ADDRESSES: You may submit comments instructions may be obtained without responses: 209. by any of the following methods: charge by contacting the NRC’s 8. The estimated number of annual • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to Clearance Officer, David Cullison, respondents: 33. http://www.regulations.gov and search Office of the Chief Information Officer, 9. The estimated number of hours for Docket ID NRC–2018–0063. Address U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, needed annually to comply with the questions about docket IDs in Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: information collection requirement or Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 301–415–2084; email: request: 1,309 hours. telephone: 301–287–9127; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. 10. Abstract: States and federally Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical recognized Indian Tribes are involved questions, contact the individual listed B. Submitting Comments and interested in monitoring the safety in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION The NRC cautions you not to include status of nuclear power plants and other CONTACT section of this document. identifying or contact information in nuclear production and utilization • Mail comments to: David Cullison, comment submissions that you do not facilities. This involvement is, in part, Office of the Chief Information Officer, want to be publicly disclosed in your in response to the States’ and Tribes’ Mail Stop: T–2 F43, U.S. Nuclear comment submission. All comment public health and safety responsibilities Regulatory Commission, Washington, submissions are posted at http:// and, in part, in response to their DC 20555–0001. www.regulations.gov and entered into citizens’ desire to become more For additional direction on obtaining ADAMS. Comment submissions are not knowledgeable about the safety of information and submitting comments, routinely edited to remove identifying nuclear power plants and other nuclear see ‘‘Obtaining Information and or contact information. production and utilization facilities. Submitting Comments’’ in the If you are requesting or aggregating States and Tribes have identified NRC daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of comments from other persons for inspections as one possible source of this document. submission to the OMB, then you knowledge for their personnel regarding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: should inform those persons not to NRC licensee activities, and the NRC, David Cullison, Office of the Chief include identifying or contact through the policy statement, Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear information that they do not want to be ‘‘Cooperation with States at Commercial Regulatory Commission, Washington, publicly disclosed in their comment Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– submission. Your request should state Production or Utilization Facilities’’ (57 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:21 Sep 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26SEN1.SGM 26SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 26, 2018 / Notices 48659 FR 6462; February 25, 1992), has been clarifications, NUMARC 93–01, developed to describe and make amenable to accommodating States’ and ‘‘Industry Guidelines for Monitoring the available to the public information Tribes’ needs in this regard. The NRC Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear regarding methods that are acceptable to uses the information collected under Power Plants,’’ Revision 4F. The the NRC staff for implementing specific this information collection requirement proposed revision describes methods parts of the agency’s regulations, to allow States and federally recognized that are acceptable to the NRC staff for techniques that the NRC staff uses in Indian Tribes to participate in or compliance with the requirements for evaluating specific issues or postulated observe inspections at NRC-licensed monitoring the effectiveness of events, and data that the NRC staff facilities. The types of information maintenance at nuclear power plants. needs in its review of applications for collected include written requests DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.160 is permits and licenses. identifying specific inspections States available on September 26, 2018. Revision 4 of RG 1.160 was issued and Tribes wish to observe; ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID with a temporary identification of Draft identification-related information NRC–2018–0131 when contacting the Regulatory Guide, DG–1336. This required for site access to NRC-licensed NRC about the availability of revision of the guide addresses new facilities; training and qualifications of information regarding this document. issues identified since the guide was State and Tribal personnel participating You may obtain publicly-available previously issued and updates the in inspections; information required to information related to this document guidance by endorsing Revision 4F of define inspection roles for States and using any of the following methods: NUMARC 93–01, ‘‘Industry Guideline Tribes; and information to coordinate • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to for Monitoring the Effectiveness of NRC and State and Tribal inspections. http://www.regulations.gov and search Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants.’’ for Docket ID NRC–2018–0131. Address NUMARC 93–01, Revision 4F addresses III. Specific Requests for Comments the application of the Maintenance Rule questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer The NRC is seeking comments that Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; (title 10 of the Code of Federal address the following questions: email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For Regulations (CFR) section 50.65) to 1. Is the proposed collection of technical questions, contact the address the use of diverse and flexible information necessary for the NRC to individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER coping strategies. properly perform its functions? Does the INFORMATION CONTACT section of this II. Additional Information information have practical utility? document. 2. Is the estimate of the burden of the The NRC published a notice of the • NRC’s Agencywide Documents information collection accurate? availability of DG–1336 in the Federal Access and Management System 3. Is there a way to enhance the Register on June 28, 2018 (83 FR 30469) (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- quality, utility, and clarity of the for a 30-day public comment period. available documents online in the information to be collected? The public comment period closed on ADAMS Public Documents collection at 4. How can the burden of the July 30, 2018. Public comments on DG– http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ information collection on respondents 1336 and the staff responses to the adams.html. To begin the search, select be minimized, including the use of public comments are available under ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For automated collection techniques or ADAMS under Accession No. problems with ADAMS, please contact other forms of information technology? ML18220B279. the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21th day reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– III. Congressional Review Act of September, 2018. 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@ This RG is a rule as defined in the For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. nrc.gov. Revision 4 to RG 1.160 and the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. David Cullison, regulatory analysis may be found in 801–808). However, the Office of NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief ADAMS under Accession Nos. Management and Budget has not found Information Officer. ML18220B281 and ML18129A085 it to be a major rule as defined in the [FR Doc. 2018–20934 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am] respectively. Congressional Review Act. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and BILLING CODE 7590–01–P purchase copies of public documents at IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One This RG describes methods acceptable NUCLEAR REGULATORY White Flint North, 11555 Rockville to the staff of the NRC for demonstrating COMMISSION Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. compliance with the provisions of 10 Regulatory guides are not CFR 50.65, ‘‘Requirements for [NRC–2018–0131] copyrighted, and NRC approval is not Monitoring the Effectiveness of required to reproduce them. Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants,’’ Monitoring the Effectiveness of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of 10 CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants Stephen Campbell, Office of Nuclear of Production and Utilization AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– Facilities.’’ Issuance of this RG does not Commission. 415–3353, email: Stephen.Campbell@ constitute backfitting as defined in 10 ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. nrc.gov and Stephen Burton, telephone: CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and is not 301–415–7000, email: Stephen.Burton@ otherwise inconsistent with the issue SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.160, Washington, DC 20555–0001. section of this RG, the NRC has no ‘‘Monitoring the Effectiveness of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: current intention to impose this Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants.’’ guidance on holders of current Regulatory Guide 1.160, Revision 4, has I. Discussion operating licenses or combined licenses. been revised to address new issues The NRC is issuing a revision to an This RG may be applied to identified since Revision 3 of RG 1.160 existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory applications for amendments to was issued. This RG endorses, with Guide’’ series. This series was operating licenses or combined licenses VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:21 Sep 25, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26SEN1.SGM 26SEN1


Document Created: 2018-09-26 00:47:41
Document Modified: 2018-09-26 00:47:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRenewal of existing information collection; request for comment.
DatesSubmit 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.
ContactDavid Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 48658 
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