[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26319-26320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11011]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC-2011-0053]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request
the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection
that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information collection: Notice of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion
Plants (GDP) (NRC Enforcement Policy).
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0136.
3. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Nuclear power reactor
licensees and gaseous diffusion plant certificate holders.
5. The number of annual respondents: Approximately 11.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 1,705.
7. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy addresses circumstances
in which the NRC may exercise enforcement discretion. A specific type
of enforcement discretion is designated as a NOED and relates to
circumstances which may arise where a nuclear power plant licensee's
compliance with a Technical Specification Limiting Condition for
Operation or other license conditions would involve: (1) An unnecessary
plant shutdown; (2) performance of testing, inspection, or system
realignment that is inappropriate for the specific plant conditions; or
(3) unnecessary delays in plant startup without a corresponding health
and safety benefit. Similarly, for a gaseous diffusion plant,
circumstances may arise where compliance with a Technical Safety
Requirement or other condition would unnecessarily require a total
plant shutdown, or, compliance would unnecessarily place the plant in a
condition where safety, safeguards, or security features were degraded
or inoperable.
A licensee or certificate holder seeking the issuance of a NOED,
must document the safety basis for the request, including: An
evaluation of the safety significance and potential consequences of the
proposed request, a description of proposed compensatory measures, a
justification for the duration of the request, the basis for the
licensee's or certificate holder's conclusion that the request does not
have a potential adverse impact on the public health and safety, that
there will be no adverse consequences to the environment, and any other
information the NRC staff deems necessary before the NRC staff makes a
decision whether to exercise discretion.
In addition, the NRC's Enforcement Policy includes a provision
allowing licensees to voluntarily adopt fire protection requirements
contained in the National Fire Protection Association Standard 805,
``Performance Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water
Reactor Electric Generating Plants, 2001 Edition'' (NFPA 805).
Licensees who wish to implement the risk-informed process in NFPA 805
must submit a letter of intent (LOI) to the NRC. Licensees who wish to
withdraw from the NFPA 805 risk-informed process must submit a letter
of retraction.
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Submit, by July 5, 2011, 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 burden estimate 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 be minimized,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly
available documents, including the draft supporting statement, at the
NRC's Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests
are available at the NRC Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-omment/omb/index.html. The document will be available on the NRC
Web site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for
public inspection. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed. Comments submitted should reference Docket No. NRC-
2011-0053. You may submit your comments by any of the following
methods. Electronic comments: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket No. NRC-2011-0053. Mail comments to NRC Clearance
Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Questions about the information collection requirements may be
directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone
at 301-415-6258, or by e-mail to [email protected].
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-11011 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am]
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