Information Collection: General Domestic Licenses for Byproduct Material

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)

Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)

Notices

Pages 15421-15422

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

FR Doc No: 2018-07259

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

NRC-2017-0209

Information Collection: General Domestic Licenses for Byproduct Material

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, ``General Domestic Licenses for Byproduct Material.''

DATES: Submit comments by June 11, 2018. 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0209. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-

9127; email: email protected. 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.

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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: email protected.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

   1. Obtaining Information

      Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0209 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0209.

      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 email protected. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18003A570.

      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: email protected.

   2. Submitting Comments

      Please include Docket ID NRC-2017-0209 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 in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. All comments submissions are posted at http://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 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 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: 10 CFR part 31, ``General Domestic Licenses for Byproduct Material.''

   2. OMB approval number: 3150-0016.

   3. Type of submission: Extension.

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

   5. How often the collection is required or requested: Reports are submitted as events occur. General license registration requests may be submitted at any time. Changes to the information on the registration may be submitted as they occur.

   6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Persons receiving, possessing, using, or transferring devices containing byproduct material.

   7. The estimated number of annual responses: 140,281 (10,681 responses + 129,600 recordkeepers).

   8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10,681 (993 NRC licensee respondents + 9,688 Agreement State respondents).

   9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 36,638 hours (4,926 hours for NRC licensees + 31,712 hours for Agreement State licensees).

   10. Abstract: Part 31 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) establishes general licenses for the possession and use of byproduct material in certain devices. General licensees are required to keep testing records and submit event reports identified in 10 CFR part 31, which assist the NRC in determining, with reasonable assurance, that devices are operated safely and without radiological hazard to users or the public.

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 5th day of April, 2018.

   For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

   David Cullison,

   NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

   FR Doc. 2018-07259 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am

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