Information Collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, 4681-4682 [2016-01617]
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II. Discussion
The NRC is issuing draft NUREG/CR–
7209, ‘‘A Compendium of Spent Fuel
Transportation Package Response
Analyses to Severe Fire Accident
Scenarios.’’ This report summarizes
studies of truck and rail transport
accidents involving fires, relative to
regulatory requirements for shipment of
commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF).
The fire accident scenarios were based
on the most severe historical railway
and roadway fires in terms of their
potential impact on SNF containers. The
accident scenarios that were analyzed
include one railway tunnel fire, two
roadway tunnel fires, and one roadway
enclosed overpass fire. The combined
summary of this work demonstrates that
the current NRC regulations and
packaging standards provide a high
degree of protection to the public health
and safety against release of radioactive
material in real-world transportation
accidents, were such events to involve
SNF containers.
The purpose of this notice is to
provide the public with an opportunity
to review and provide comments on
draft NUREG/CR–7209. Any comments
received will be considered in the final
version or subsequent revisions of the
draft NUREG/CR.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day
of January, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christian Araguas,
Chief, Containment, Structural, and Thermal
Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management,
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and
Safeguards.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2015–0079]
Information Collection: NRC’s Policy
Statement on Cooperation With States
at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants
and Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘Cooperation with
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States at Commercial Nuclear Power
Plants and Other Nuclear Production
and Utilization Facilities, Policy
Statement.’’
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B. Submitting Comments
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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 comment
submissions are posted at https://
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 comment submissions are not
routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
A. Obtaining Information
I. Background
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
0079 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0079.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML15342A105.
• 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 the NRC’s Acting
Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–6355; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Cooperation
with States at Commercial Nuclear
Power Plants and Other Nuclear
Production and Utilization Facilities,
Policy Statement.’’ The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51847).
1. The title of the information
collection: Cooperation with States at
Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and
Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0163.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable: N/
A.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion, when a State
or Tribe wishes to observe NRC
inspection or perform inspections for
the NRC or when a State or Tribe wishes
to negotiate an agreement to observe or
perform inspections. States with an
agreement and State Resident Engineer
have both regular reporting and
occasion-specific reporting.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: States and Tribes interested in
observing or performing inspections.
Submit comments by February
26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: Vlad Dorjets,
Desk Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (3150–0163), NEOB–
10202, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503;
telephone: 202–395–7315; email: oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–6355; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 213.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 36.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to comply with
the information collection requirement
or request: 1,380.
10. Abstract: States and Tribes are
involved and interested in monitoring
the safety status of nuclear power plants
and radioactive materials. This
involvement is, in part, in response to
the States’ and Tribes’ public health and
safety responsibilities and, in part, in
response to their citizens’ desire to
become more knowledgeable about the
safety of nuclear power plants and
radioactive materials. States have
identified NRC inspections as one
possible source of knowledge for their
personnel regarding plant and materials
licensee activities, and the NRC,
through the policy statement on
Cooperation with States, has been
amenable to accommodating the States’
needs in this regard. Additionally, the
NRC has been able to accommodate
Tribal interests in the same way. The
NRC has also entered into reimbursable
Agreements with certain States under
Section 274i of the Act, as amended, to
employ their resources to conduct
radioactive materials security
inspections against NRC Orders.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of January 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–76965; File No. SR–BYX–
2016–01]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS
Y-Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change to Rule 11.24, Retail Price
Improvement Program, To Extend the
Pilot Period
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January 22, 2016.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on January
12, 2016, BATS Y-Exchange, Inc. (the
‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
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(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I and II
below, which Items have been prepared
by the Exchange. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange filed a proposal to
extend the pilot period for the
Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement
(‘‘RPI’’) Program (the ‘‘Program’’), which
is currently set to expire on January 31,
2016, for 6 months, to expire on July 31,
2016.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available at the Exchange’s Web site
at www.batstrading.com, at the
principal office of the Exchange, and at
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant parts of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
In November 2012, the Commission
approved the RPI Program on a pilot
basis.3 The Program is designed to
attract retail order flow to the Exchange,
and allows such order flow to receive
potential price improvement. The
Program is currently limited to trades
occurring at prices equal to or greater
than $1.00 per share. Under the
Program, all Exchange Users 4 are
permitted to provide potential price
improvement for Retail Orders 5 in the
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68303
(November 27, 2012), 77 FR 71652 (December 3,
2012) (‘‘RPI Approval Order’’) (SR–BYX–2012–019).
4 A ‘‘User’’ is defined in BYX Rule 1.5(cc) as any
member or sponsored participant of the Exchange
who is authorized to obtain access to the System.
5 A ‘‘Retail Order’’ is defined in Rule 11.24(a)(2)
as an agency order that originates from a natural
person and is submitted to the Exchange by a RMO,
provided that no change is made to the terms of the
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form of non-displayed interest that is
better than the national best bid that is
a Protected Quotation (‘‘Protected
NBB’’) or the national best offer that is
a Protected Quotation (‘‘Protected
NBO’’, and together with the Protected
NBB, the ‘‘Protected NBBO’’).6
The Program was approved by the
Commission on a pilot basis running
one-year from the date of
implementation.7 The Commission
approved the Program on November 27,
2012.8 The Exchange implemented the
Program on January 11, 2013, and has
extended the pilot period two times.9
The pilot period for the Program is
scheduled to end on January 31, 2016.
Proposal to Extend the Operation of the
Program
The Exchange established the RPI
Program in an attempt to attract retail
order flow to the Exchange by
potentially providing price
improvement to such order flow. The
Exchange believes that the Program
promotes competition for retail order
flow by allowing Exchange members to
submit Retail Price Improvement Orders
(‘‘RPI Orders’’) 10 to interact with Retail
Orders. Such competition has the ability
to promote efficiency by facilitating the
price discovery process and generating
order with respect to price or side of market and
the order does not originate from a trading
algorithm or any computerized methodology. See
Rule 11.24(a)(2).
6 The term Protected Quotation is defined in BYX
Rule 1.5(t) and has the same meaning as is set forth
in Regulation NMS Rule 600(b)(58). The terms
Protected NBB and Protected NBO are defined in
BYX Rule 1.5(s). The Protected NBB is the bestpriced protected bid and the Protected NBO is the
best-priced protected offer. Generally, the Protected
NBB and Protected NBO and the national best bid
(‘‘NBB’’) and national best offer (‘‘NBO’’, together
with the NBB, the ‘‘NBBO’’) will be the same.
However, a market center is not required to route
to the NBB or NBO if that market center is subject
to an exception under Regulation NMS Rule
611(b)(1) or if such NBB or NBO is otherwise not
available for an automatic execution. In such case,
the Protected NBB or Protected NBO would be the
best-priced protected bid or offer to which a market
center must route interest pursuant to Regulation
NMS Rule 611.
7 See RPI Approval Order, supra note 3 at 71652.
8 Id.
9 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 71249
(January 7, 2014), 79 FR 2229 (January 13, 2014)
(SR–BYX–2014–001) (Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change
to Extend the Pilot Period for the Retail Price
Improvement Program); 74111 (January 22, 2015),
80 FR 4598 (January 28, 2015) (SR–BYX–2015–05)
(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Pilot Period for
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.’s Retail Price Improvement
(‘‘RPI’’) Program for 12 Months, To Expire on
January 31, 2016).
10 A ‘‘Retail Price Improvement Order’’ is defined
in Rule 11.24(a)(3) as an order that consists of nondisplayed interest on the Exchange that is priced
better than the Protected NBB or Protected NBO by
at least $0.001 and that is identified as such. See
Rule 11.24(a)(3).
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0079]
Information Collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation
With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear
Production and Utilization Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
The information collection is entitled, ``Cooperation with States at
Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.''
DATES: Submit comments by February 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: Vlad
Dorjets, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150-0163), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503; telephone: 202-395-7315; email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6355; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0079 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0079.
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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML15342A105.
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 the NRC's Acting Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
B. Submitting Comments
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 comment submissions are
posted at https://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 comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
I. Background
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled,
``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other
Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.'' The
NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct
or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on August 26, 2015 (80 FR 51847).
1. The title of the information collection: Cooperation with States
at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities, Policy Statement.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0163.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion,
when a State or Tribe wishes to observe NRC inspection or perform
inspections for the NRC or when a State or Tribe wishes to negotiate an
agreement to observe or perform inspections. States with an agreement
and State Resident Engineer have both regular reporting and occasion-
specific reporting.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: States and Tribes
interested in observing or performing inspections.
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7. The estimated number of annual responses: 213.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 36.
9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 1,380.
10. Abstract: States and Tribes are involved and interested in
monitoring the safety status of nuclear power plants and radioactive
materials. This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' and
Tribes' public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in
response to their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about
the safety of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. States
have identified NRC inspections as one possible source of knowledge for
their personnel regarding plant and materials licensee activities, and
the NRC, through the policy statement on Cooperation with States, has
been amenable to accommodating the States' needs in this regard.
Additionally, the NRC has been able to accommodate Tribal interests in
the same way. The NRC has also entered into reimbursable Agreements
with certain States under Section 274i of the Act, as amended, to
employ their resources to conduct radioactive materials security
inspections against NRC Orders.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of January 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-01617 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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