Information Collection: NUREG/BR-0254, Payment Methods and NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)

Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)

Notices

Pages 11072-11073

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2017-03153

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

NRC-2016-0267

Information Collection: NUREG/BR-0254, Payment Methods and NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card

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, NUREG/BR-0254, Payment Methods and NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card.

DATES: Submit comments by April 18, 2017. 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-2016-0267. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-

3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-2 F43, 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 Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

   1. Obtaining Information

      Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0267 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-2016-0267.

      NRC's Agency wide 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The supporting statement and NUREG/BR-0254, Payment Methods and NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card are available in ADAMS under Accession ML16341A835.

      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 NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

   2. Submitting Comments

      Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0267 in the subject line of your

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      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.

2. 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: NUREG/BR-0254, Payment Methods and NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card.

   2. OMB approval number: 3150-0190.

   3. Type of submission: Revision.

   4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 629.

   5. How often the collection is required or requested: As needed to process credit card payments.

   6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Anyone doing business with the NRC including licensees, applicants and individuals who are required to pay a fee for inspections and licenses.

   7. The estimated number of annual responses: 677.

   8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 677.

   9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 113.

   10. Abstract: The U.S. Department of the Treasury encourages the public to pay monies owed to the government through use of the Automated Clearinghouse Network and credit cards. These two methods of payment are used by licensees, applicants, and individuals to pay civil penalties, full cost licensing fees, and annual fees to the NRC.

3. 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 13th day of February, 2017.

   For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

   David Cullison,

   NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

   FR Doc. 2017-03153 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am

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