[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48699-48700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17167]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0045]
Information Collection: NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and
Continuation Page
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, ``NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and
Continuation Page.''
DATES: Submit comments by October 11, 2022. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0045. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information
Contact section of this document.
Mail comments to: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. NRC, 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 C. 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-2021-0045 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0045. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2021-0045 on this website.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://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]. A copy of the NRC Forms 542 and 542A
and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing
ADAMS Accession Nos. ML22132A261, ML22132A262, and ML20178A433,
respectively. The draft supporting statement is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML22132A260.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
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 C. 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 encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0045 in your comment submission.
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 https://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: NRC Forms 542 and 542A,
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact
Tabulation and Continuation Page.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0165.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 542 and 542A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 542
and 542A, or the Agreement State equivalent forms, are used by low-
level radioactive waste (LLW) collectors and processors that are
shipping LLW attributed to others for disposal at a licensed land
disposal facility. NRC Form 542/542A, combined with NRC Forms 540/540A
and 541/541A, are collectively referred to as the Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest forms. The disposal facilities and their
Agreement State regulators, where applicable, use the information found
on the forms to ensure waste disposal meets the requirements in Part 61
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for the
protection of the public and environment. The NRC does not collect
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or retain data on the forms and the forms are not sent to or received
by the NRC. NRC Form 541/541A and NRC Form 542/542A are (1) mailed or
electronically transferred to the intended consignee prior to the
shipment arriving at the consignee or (2) delivered with the waste to
the consignee. NRC Form 540 and 540A are required to be with the
shipment regardless of which of the above methods is chosen.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC Form 542 and
continuation Form 542A are completed by collectors and processors of
LLW intended for ultimate disposal at a licensed land disposal
facility.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 623.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 71.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 467.
10. Abstract: The NRC Form 542, completed by LLW collectors and
processors, contains information needed to satisfy the waste
manifesting requirements of the NRC's 10 CFR part 20 and information on
the attribution of the waste. Each waste container shipped from a waste
collector or processor may contain waste from several different
generators. Tracking the identity of the original waste generator
becomes more complicated when the waste forms, dimensions, or packaging
are changed by the waste processor. These forms are used to attribute
the waste to the original generator for regional waste compact
tabulation. The information provided on the NRC Form 542 permits the
States and Compacts to know the original generators of LLW, as
authorized by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of
1985, so they can ensure that waste is disposed of in the appropriate
Compact.
NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 3, contains instructions for completing NRC
Forms 540, 540A, 541, 541A, 542, and 542A. The forms were originally
developed by the NRC at the request of low-level waste industry groups.
The forms are intended to provide uniformity and efficiency in the
collection of information contained in manifests which are required to
control transfers of LLW intended for disposal at a land disposal
facility. However, as stated in 10 CFR part 20, Appendix G, ``Licensees
need not use originals of these NRC Forms as long as any substitute
forms are equivalent to the original documentation in respect to
content, clarity, size, and location of information. . . .''
The NRC previously noticed the availability of revisions to the
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Forms in the Federal
Register on June 25, 2021 (86 FR 33783). The information collection
contained in the current extension request does not include any
material changes to the forms, except for: (1) changes to the Paperwork
Reduction Act statement to indicate that licensees may use equivalent
forms, and (2) the deletion of the expiration date.
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? Please explain your answer.
2. Is the estimate of the number of annual responses, the number of
annual respondents, and the burden of the information collection
accurate? Please explain your answer.
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: August 5, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17167 Filed 8-9-22; 8:45 am]
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