[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 236 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85932-85934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27106]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0072]


Information Collection: Grants and Cooperative Agreement 
Provisions

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Grants and Cooperative 
Agreement Provisions.''

DATES: Submit comments by January 10, 2024. 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance 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-2023-0072 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-2023-0072.
     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]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
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

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of 
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, 
``Grants and Cooperative Agreement Provisions.'' The NRC hereby informs 
potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 
that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on September 7, 2023, 88 FR 
61625.
    1. The title of the information collection: Grants and Cooperative 
Agreement Provisions.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0107.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 972 and 975.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Technical 
Performance reports are required every 6 months; other information is 
submitted on occasion as needed.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Grants and Cooperative 
Agreement recipients.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 619.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 235.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 3,346.5 (3,082 reporting 
+ 264.5 recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: The Acquisition Management Division is responsible 
for the awarding grants and cooperative agreement provisions in order 
to administer the NRC's financial assistance program. The information 
collected under the provisions ensures that the Government's rights are 
protected, the agency adheres to public laws, the work proceeds on 
schedule, and that disputes between the Government and recipient are 
settled.

III. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS.

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          Document description                 ADAMS  Accession No.
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Final Supporting Statement for Grants     ML23312A037.
 and Cooperative Agreement Provisions.
Burden spreadsheet for Grants and         ML23158A097.
 Cooperative Agreements.
The NRC's Standard Terms and Conditions   ML23158A093.
 for U.S. Nongovernmental Recipients.
Educational Performance Progress Report   ML21364A044.
 Guidance.
Research Performance Progress Report      ML21364A048.
 Guidance.
NRC Form 972, NRC University Nuclear      ML23192A011.
 Leadership Program (UNLP) Service
 Agreement for Grant Fellowships, and
 Scholarships to Colleges, Universities
 and Trade/Community Colleges.
NRC Form 975, NRC Minority Serving        ML23156A250.
 Institutions Grants Program (MSIGP)
 Service Agreement for Grant
 Fellowships, and Scholarships to
 Colleges, Universities and Trade/
 Community Colleges.
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     Dated: December 6, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-27106 Filed 12-8-23; 8:45 am]
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