Information Collection: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)

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Pages 79102-79103

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

FR Doc No: 2015-31834

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

NRC-2015-0273

Information Collection: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

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, ``Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.''

DATES: Submit comments by February 16, 2016. 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-2015-0273. 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 the Chief Information Officer, 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 the Chief Information Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6258; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

   1. Obtaining Information

      Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0273 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-2015-0273. 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)

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      reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The supporting statement and Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ADAMS ML15337A056.

      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, Tremaine Donnell, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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-2015-0273 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. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS, and 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 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: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.

   2. OMB approval number: 3150-0209.

   3. Type of submission: Extension.

   4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 781.

   5. How often the collection is required or requested: Part 5 follows provisions covered in 10 CFR part 4, section 4.331 Compliance Reviews, which indicates that the NRC may conduct compliance reviews and Pre-Award reviews of recipients or use other similar procedures that will permit it to investigate and correct violations of the act and these regulations. The NRC may conduct these reviews even in the absence of a complaint against a recipient. The reviews may be as comprehensive as necessary to determine whether a violation of these regulations has occurred.

   6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Recipients of Federal Financial Assistance provided by the NRC (including Educational Institutions, Other Nonprofit Organizations receiving Federal Assistance and Agreement States).

   7. The estimated number of annual responses: 800.

   8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 200.

   9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 3,600.

   10. Abstract: Part 5 implements the provisions of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended,(except section 904 and 906 of these amendments) (20 U.S.C. 1681,1682, 1683, 1685, 1687, 1688), which is designed to eliminate (with certain exceptions) discrimination on the basis

3. Requests for Comments

   The NRC is seeking comments that address the following questions:

   Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information of sex in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, whether or not such program or activity is offered or sponsored by an educational institution as defined in these Title IX regulations.

   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 14th day of December, 2015.

   For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

   Tremaine Donnell,

   NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

   FR Doc. 2015-31834 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am

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