[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44401-44402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18291]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0158]
Information Collection: ``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED)
for the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-up
Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive
Byproduct 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, ``Nuclear Material Events Database (NMED) for
the Collection of Event Report, Response, Analyses, and Follow-up Data
on Events Involving the Use of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive
Byproduct Material.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 25, 2015. 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0158. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information
Services, 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: Tremaine Donnell, Office of
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0158. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 on this Web site.
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.
ML15169A162.
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
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Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information Services,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6258; email: [email protected].
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0158 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, 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: ``Nuclear Material
Events Database (NMED) for the Collection of Event Report, Response,
Analyses, and Follow-up Data on Events Involving the Use of Atomic
Energy Act (AEA) Radioactive Byproduct Material.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0178.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
Agreement States are requested to provide copies of licensee nuclear
material event reports electronically or by hard copy to the NRC within
30 days of receipt from their licensee. In addition, Agreement States
are requested to report events that may pose a significant health and
safety hazard to the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer within 24
hours of notification by an Agreement State licensee.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current Agreement
States and any State receiving Agreement State status in the future.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 506.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 37.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 804 hours.
10. Abstract: The NRC's regulations require the NRC's licensees to
report incidents and overexposures, leaking or contaminated sealed
source(s), release of excessive contamination of radioactive material,
lost or stolen radioactive material, equipment failures, abandoned well
logging sources and medical events. Agreement State licenses are also
required to report these events to their individual Agreement State
regulatory authorities under compatible Agreement State regulations.
The NRC is requesting that the Agreement States provide information to
the NRC on the initial notification, response actions, and follow-up
investigations on events involving the use (including suspected theft
or terrorist activities) of nuclear materials regulated pursuant to the
AEA. The event information should be provided in a uniform electronic
format, for assessment and identification of any facilities/site
specific or generic safety concerns that could have the potential to
impact public health and safety. The identification and review of
safety concerns may result in lessons learned, and may also identify
generic issues for further study which could result in proposals for
changes or revisions to technical or regulatory designs, processes,
standards, guidance or requirements.
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 21st day of July, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-18291 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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