Information Collection: Policy Statement for the “Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through Agreement,” Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request for Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in IMPEP, 45309-45311 [2016-16489]
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is revising its
licensing guidance for possession
licenses for manufacturing and
distribution. The NRC is requesting
public comment on draft NUREG–1556,
Volume 12, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated
Guidance about Materials Licenses:
Program-Specific Guidance about
Possession Licenses for Manufacturing
and Distribution.’’ The document has
been updated from the previous revision
to include information on safety culture,
security of radioactive materials,
protection of sensitive information, and
changes in regulatory policies and
practices. This document is intended for
use by applicants, licensees, and the
NRC staff.
DATES: Submit comments by August 12,
2016. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC is only able to assure
consideration of comments received on
or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0053. 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: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Reber, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–5608; email:
Eric.Reber@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
0053 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to
this action by the following methods:
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0053.
• 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 draft
NUREG–1556, Volume 12, Revision 1, is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML16182A163.
• 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.
The draft NUREG–1556, Volume 12,
Revision 1, is also available on the
NRC’s public Web site on: (1) The
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses (NUREG–1556)’’
page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/;
and (2) the ‘‘Draft NUREG-Series
Publications for Comment’’ page at
https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment.html#nuregs.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–
0053 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 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, you should
inform these persons that they should
not to include identifying or contact
information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment
submission.
II. Further Information
The NUREG provides guidance to
current holders of possession licenses
for manufacturing and distribution and
to an applicant in preparing an
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application for such a license. The
NUREG also provides the NRC with
criteria for evaluating a license
application. The purpose of this notice
is to provide the public with an
opportunity to review and provide
comments on draft NUREG–1556,
Volume 12, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated
Guidance about Materials Licenses:
Program-Specific Guidance about
Licenses for Manufacturing and
Distribution.’’ Comments submitted in
response to this notice will be
considered in the final version or
subsequent revisions.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of July 2016.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Material Safety, State,
Tribal and Rulemaking Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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[NRC–2016–0077]
Information Collection: Policy
Statement for the ‘‘Criteria for
Guidance of States and NRC in
Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof By
States Through Agreement,’’
Maintenance of Existing Agreement
State Programs, Request for
Information Through the Integrated
Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and
Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Renewal of existing information
collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
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, ‘‘Policy Statement for the
‘Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC
in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof By
States Through Agreement,’
Maintenance of Existing Agreement
State Programs, Request for Information
Through the Integrated Materials
Performance Evaluation Program
(IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement
State Participation in IMPEP.’’
DATES: Submit comments by September
12, 2016. Comments received after this
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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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0077. 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: David Cullison,
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:
David Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–
0077 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–2016–0077. A copy
of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID
NRC–2016–0077 on this Web site.
• 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. A copy
of the collection of information and
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related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession No. ML16099A050. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16099A055.
• 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:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2016–
0077 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: Policy Statement for the
‘‘Criteria for Guidance of States and
NRC in Discontinuance of NRC
Regulatory Authority and Assumption
Thereof By States Through Agreement,’’
Maintenance of Existing Agreement
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State Programs, Request for Information
Through the IMPEP Questionnaire, and
Agreement State Participation in IMPEP.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0183.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not Applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: Every 4 years for
completion of the IMPEP questionnaire
in preparation for an IMPEP review.
One time for new Agreement State
applications. Annually for participation
by Agreement States in the IMPEP
reviews and fulfilling requirements for
Agreement States to maintain their
programs.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: All Agreement States (37
Agreement States who have signed
Agreements with NRC under Section
274b. of the Atomic Energy Act (Act))
and any non-Agreement State seeking to
sign an Agreement with the
Commission.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 59.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 39 (37 existing Agreement
States plus 2 applicants).
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 287,893 hours (an average of
7,382 hours per respondent). This
includes 477 hours to complete the
IMPEP questionnaires; 5,500 hours to
prepare two new Agreement State
applications, 396 hours for participation
in IMPEP reviews; and 281,520 hours
for maintaining Existing Agreement
State programs.
10. Abstract: The States wishing to
become Agreement States are requested
to provide certain information to the
NRC as specified by the Commission’s
Policy Statement, ‘‘Criteria for Guidance
of States and NRC in Discontinuance of
NRC Regulatory Authority and
Assumption Thereof By States Through
Agreement.’’ The Agreement States need
to ensure that the radiation control
program under the Agreement remains
adequate and compatible with the
requirements of Section 274 of the Act
and must maintain certain information.
The NRC conducts periodic
evaluations through IMPEP to ensure
that these programs are compatible with
the NRC’s program, meet the applicable
parts of the Act, and adequate to protect
public health and safety.
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
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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 7th day
of July, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Request for a License To Export HighEnriched Uranium
Pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 110.70 (b)
‘‘Public Notice of Receipt of an
Application,’’ please take notice that the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has received the following
request for an export license. Copies of
the request are available electronically
through the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System and
can be accessed through the Public
Electronic Reading Room link https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html at the
NRC Homepage.
A request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene may be filed within
thirty 30 days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register (FR). Any
request for hearing or petition for leave
to intervene shall be served by the
requestor or petitioner upon the
applicant, the office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
and the Executive Secretary, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520.
A request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene may be filed with the
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NRC electronically in accordance with
NRC’s E-Filing rule promulgated in
August 2007, 72 FR 49139; August 28,
2007. Information about filing
electronically is available on the NRC’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure
timely electronic filing, at least 5 days
prior to the filing deadline, the
petitioner/requestor should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by
calling (301) 415–1677, to request a
digital ID certificate and allow for the
creation of an electronic docket.
In addition to a request for hearing or
petition for leave to intervene, written
comments, in accordance with 10 CFR
110.81, should be submitted within
thirty days after publication of this
notice in the Federal Register to Office
of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications.
The information concerning this
application for an export license
follows.
NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION—DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL
Name of applicant
Date of application
Date received
Application No.
Docket No.
Edlow International Company
as Agent for SCK–CEN.
May 18, 2016.
June 03, 2016.
XSNM3771.
11006235.
Material type
High-Enriched Uranium
(93.20 WGT %).
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 5th day of July, 2016, at
Rockville, Maryland.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International
Programs.
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[NRC–2015–0202]
Protection Against Extreme Wind
Events and Missiles for Nuclear Power
Plants
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2
SUMMARY:
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134.208 kilograms (kg) uranium-235 contained in 144
kg uranium.
to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.117,
Protection Against Extreme Wind
Events and Missiles for Nuclear Power
Plants.’’ This RG describes an approach
that the NRC staff considers acceptable
for identifying those structures, systems,
and components of light water cooled
reactors that should be protected from
the effects of the worst case extreme
winds and wind-generated missiles, so
they remain functional.
DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.117 is
available on July 13, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0202 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publically-available
information related to this document,
using the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0202. Address
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For fuel reload at the BR–2
Research Reactor.
Destination
Belgium.
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document 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
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
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[Pages 45309-45311]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0077]
Information Collection: Policy Statement for the ``Criteria for
Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through Agreement,''
Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request for
Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP
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, ``Policy Statement for the `Criteria for
Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory
Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through Agreement,'
Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request for
Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation
Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in
IMPEP.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 12, 2016. Comments received after
this
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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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0077. 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: David Cullison, 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: David Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0077 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-2016-0077. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2016-0077 on this Web site.
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. A
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML16099A050.
The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16099A055.
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:
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0077 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: Policy Statement for
the ``Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC
Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof By States Through
Agreement,'' Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Request
for Information Through the IMPEP Questionnaire, and Agreement State
Participation in IMPEP.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0183.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not Applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Every 4 years
for completion of the IMPEP questionnaire in preparation for an IMPEP
review. One time for new Agreement State applications. Annually for
participation by Agreement States in the IMPEP reviews and fulfilling
requirements for Agreement States to maintain their programs.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All Agreement States
(37 Agreement States who have signed Agreements with NRC under Section
274b. of the Atomic Energy Act (Act)) and any non-Agreement State
seeking to sign an Agreement with the Commission.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 59.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 39 (37 existing
Agreement States plus 2 applicants).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 287,893 hours (an
average of 7,382 hours per respondent). This includes 477 hours to
complete the IMPEP questionnaires; 5,500 hours to prepare two new
Agreement State applications, 396 hours for participation in IMPEP
reviews; and 281,520 hours for maintaining Existing Agreement State
programs.
10. Abstract: The States wishing to become Agreement States are
requested to provide certain information to the NRC as specified by the
Commission's Policy Statement, ``Criteria for Guidance of States and
NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption
Thereof By States Through Agreement.'' The Agreement States need to
ensure that the radiation control program under the Agreement remains
adequate and compatible with the requirements of Section 274 of the Act
and must maintain certain information.
The NRC conducts periodic evaluations through IMPEP to ensure that
these programs are compatible with the NRC's program, meet the
applicable parts of the Act, and adequate to protect public health and
safety.
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
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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 7th day of July, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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