[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61626-61627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19280]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0048]
Information Collection: Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants
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, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants.''
DATES: Submit comments by November 6, 2023. 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-2023-0048. 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. 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 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-2023-0048 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-2023-0048. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2023-0048 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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The supporting statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML23046A096 and ML23046A097.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
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appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 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-2023-0048, 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 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 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: 10 CFR part 52,
Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0151.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
Applications are submitted only when licensing action is sought.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for early
site permits (ESPs), standard design approvals (SDAs) and
certifications, manufacturing licenses (MLs), and combined licenses
(COLs) for commercial nuclear power reactors.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 59 (48 reporting
responses plus 11 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 13.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annual to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 308,931 (294,200 hours
reporting + 14,711 hours recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: The licensing processes in part 52 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) provide for issuance of ESPs,
SDAs, MLs, and COLs for commercial nuclear power reactors. The
applicants submit updated reports, applications for renewals, exemption
requests and maintain records of changes to the facility and records of
detailed design related information. These licensing procedures are
options to the two-step licensing process in 10 CFR part 50, which
provides for a construction permit (CP) and an operating license (OL).
The part 52 licensing process places procedural requirements in part 52
and technical requirements in part 50. Part 52 can reduce the overall
paperwork burden borne by applicants for CPs and OLs because part 52
only requires a single application and provides options for referencing
standardized designs. The information in 10 CFR part 52 is needed by
the agency to assess the adequacy and suitability of an applicant's
site, plant design, construction, training and experience, plans and
procedures for the protection of public health and safety. Regulatory
Guide (RG) 1.206 provides guidance for applicants for COLs for nuclear
power plants. Section C.2.1 of RG 1.206 deals with pre-application
activities for respondents who intend to submit applications for COLs
for nuclear power plants. Pre-application activities encompass all the
communications, correspondence, meetings, document submittals/reviews,
and other interactions that occur between the NRC staff and a
prospective applicant before the tendering of an application under 10
CFR part 52. Participation in pre-application activities is voluntary.
Potential applicants who engage in preapplication activities benefit
from an early NRC staff assessment of the completeness and level of
detail of the information that the applicant proposes to submit and
staff identification of potential deficiencies in the application. Pre-
application activities are expected to increase the efficiency of the
staff's review of those applications once they are submitted. Subpart B
of 10 CFR part 52 establishes the process for obtaining design
certifications.
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 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: September 1, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-19280 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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