Information Collection: Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)

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Pages 34464-34465

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

FR Doc No: 2015-14716

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

NRC-2015-0119

Information Collection: Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements

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 the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.''

DATES: Submit comments by August 17, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, however, the Commission will only ensure consideration 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-2015-0119. 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: 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: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

l. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

1. Obtaining Information

   Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0119 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-2015-0119.

   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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15104A625.

   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

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   charge by contacting the NRC's Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell, Office of Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

2. Submitting Comments

   Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0119 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.

   ll. 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 approval from OMB on the information collection summarized below.

   1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 140, ``Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.''

   2. OMB approval number: 3150-0039.

   3. Type of submission: Extension.

   4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.

   5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion, as needed for the licensees to meet their responsibilities called for in Sections 170 and 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

   6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees authorized to operate reactor facilities in accordance with part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), or a holder of a combined license under 10 CFR part 52, and licensees authorized to construct and operate a Uranium enrichment facility in accordance with 10 CFR parts 40 and 70.

   7. The estimated number of annual responses: 102.

   8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 101.

   9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 803.

   10. Abstract: Information submitted by licensees pursuant to 10 CFR part 140 enables the NRC to assess (a) the financial protection required of licensees and for the indemnification and limitation of liability of certain licensees and other persons pursuant to Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and (b) the liability insurance required of Uranium enrichment facility licensees pursuant to Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

       lll. 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 11th day of June, 2015.

      For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

      Tremaine Donnell,

      NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.

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