Information Collection: Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance

Citation84 FR 31359
Record Number2019-13921
Published date01 July 2019
SectionNotices
CourtNuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 126 (Monday, July 1, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 31359-31360]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-13921]
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                NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
                [NRC-2019-0067]
                Information Collection: Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance
                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, ``Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance.''
                DATES: Submit comments by August 30, 2019. 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: Federal Rulemaking website: Go
                to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0067.
                Address questions about docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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-6 A10M, 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, 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-2019-0067 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-2019-0067. A copy of
                the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
                without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0067 on this website.
                 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 ``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 and burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS
                under Accession Nos. ML19123A214 and ML19123A213.
                 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].
                B. Submitting Comments
                 Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0067 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 https://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.
                II. 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: Reporting of Defects
                and Noncompliance.
                 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0035.
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                 3. Type of submission: Extension.
                 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
                 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
                Defects and noncompliances are reportable as they occur.
                 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Individual directors
                and responsible officers of firms constructing, owning, operating, or
                supplying the basic components of any facility or activity licensed
                under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Energy
                Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, to report Immediately to the
                NRC the discovery of defects in basic components or failures to comply
                that could create a substantial safety hazard.
                 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 800 (88 reporting
                responses + 357 third-party disclosure responses + 355 recordkeepers).
                 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 355.
                 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
                information collection requirement or request: 32,083 (6,500 reporting
                hours + 25,215 hours recordkeeping + 368 hours third party disclosure).
                 10. Abstract: Part 21 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
                Regulations (10 CFR), requires each individual, corporation,
                partnership, commercial grade dedicating entity, or other entity
                subject to the regulations in this part to adopt appropriate procedures
                to evaluate deviations and failures to comply to determine whether a
                defect exists that could result in a substantial safety hazard.
                Depending upon the outcome of the evaluation, a report of the defect
                must be submitted to the NRC. Reports submitted under 10 CFR part 21
                are reviewed by the NRC staff to determine whether the reported defects
                or failures to comply in basic components at the NRC licensed
                facilities or activities are potentially generic safety problems. These
                reports have been the basis for the issuance of numerous NRC Generic
                Communications that have contributed to the improved safety of the
                nuclear industry. The records required to be maintained in accordance
                with 10 CFR part 21 are subject to inspection by the NRC to determine
                compliance with the subject regulation.
                III. 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 25th day of June 2019.
                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                Kristen E. Benney,
                Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2019-13921 Filed 6-28-19; 8:45 am]
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