Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 25015-25016 [2017-11177]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 103 / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 / Notices ADAMS Accession No., FRN, or URL reference Document U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3—Issuance of Amendments Regarding Full-Scope Implementation of Alternative Source Term. September 27, 2004. (NRC 2004b). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Browns Ferry Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3—Final Report (NUREG–1437, Supplement 21). Dated June 30, 2005. (NRC 2005). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–33, DPR– 52, and DPR–68 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3. Dated May 4, 2006. (NRC 2006a). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3—Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Proposed Extended Power Uprate. Dated November 6, 2006. (NRC 2006b). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3—Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Proposed Extended Power Uprate. Dated February 12, 2007. (NRC 2007a). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1—Issuance of Amendment Regarding Five Percent Uprate. Dated March 6, 2007. (NRC 2007b). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 and 2 —Final Report (NUREG–1437, Supplement 53). Dated March 2015. (NRC 2015). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3; Draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact; request for comments. Dated December 1, 2016. (NRC 2016a). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Issuance of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3—Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to the Proposed Extended Power Uprate. Dated November 21, 2016. (NRC 2016b). Watkins JH. A Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Limestone Substation Station VAR Compensator Site in Limestone County, Alabama. Dated January 2017. Yokely P Jr. Mussel Study near Hobbs Island on the Tennessee River for Butler Basin Marina. Dated April 1998. (Yokely 1998). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of May 2017. For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Benjamin G. Beasley, Chief, Plant Licensing Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2017–11184 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2016–0264] Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada 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, ‘‘Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.’’ nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Submit comments by July 31, 2017. Comments received after this date DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 May 30, 2017 Jkt 241001 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. 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–2016–0264. 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: O–4F00, 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. ADDRESSES: 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: PO 00000 Frm 00082 25015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ML042730028 ML051730443 ML060970332 71 FR 65009 72 FR 6612 ML063350404 ML15075A438 81 FR 86732 ML16287A525 ML17034A562 ML042800176 I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– 0264 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–2016–0264. • 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 supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17031A048. • 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 E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 25016 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 103 / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 / Notices 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. nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– 0264 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 to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. 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 submissions 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: 10 CFR part 63, ‘‘Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0199. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: One time. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: The State of Nevada, local governments, or affected Indian tribes, or their representatives, requesting consultation with the NRC staff regarding review of the potential highlevel waste geologic repository site, or wishing to participate in a license VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:54 May 30, 2017 Jkt 241001 application review for the potential geologic repository. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 6. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 6. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 726. 10. Abstract: Part 63 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), requires the State of Nevada, local governments, or affected Indian tribes to submit information to the NRC that describes their request for any consultation with the NRC staff concerning the review of the potential repository site, or NRC’s facilitation for their participation in a license application review for the potential repository. Representatives of the State of Nevada, local governments, or affected Indian tribes must submit a statement of their authority to act in such a representative capacity. The information submitted by the State, local governments, and affected Indian tribes is used by the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards as a basis for decisions about the commitment of the NRC staff resources to the consultation and participation efforts. 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 24th day of May 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–11177 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2016–0189] RG 5.28, ‘‘Evaluation of ShipperReceiver Differences in the Transfer of Special Nuclear Material,’’ Revision 0 RG 5.49, ‘‘Internal Transfers of Special Nuclear Material,’’ Revision 0 RG 5.57, ‘‘Shipping and Receiving Control of Strategic Special Nuclear Material,’’ Revision 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing the following three regulatory guides (RGs): RG 5.28, ‘‘Evaluation of ShipperReceiver Differences in the Transfer of Special Nuclear Material;’’ RG 5.49, ‘‘Internal Transfers of Special Nuclear Material;’’ and RG 5.57, ‘‘Shipping and Receiving Control of Strategic Special Nuclear Material.’’ These RGs are being withdrawn because the guidance has been incorporated into RG 5.41, ‘‘Shipping, Receiving, and Internal Transfer of Special Nuclear Material.’’ DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RGs 5.28, 5.49, and 5.57 is May 31, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–0189 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2016–0189. Address 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 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0264]


Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes 
in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

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, ``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in 
a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 31, 2017. 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0264. 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: O-4F00, 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-2016-0264 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-2016-0264.
     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 
draft supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML17031A048.
     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

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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-2016-0264 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 to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. 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 submissions 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: 10 CFR part 63, 
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0199.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: One time.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: The State of Nevada, 
local governments, or affected Indian tribes, or their representatives, 
requesting consultation with the NRC staff regarding review of the 
potential high-level waste geologic repository site, or wishing to 
participate in a license application review for the potential geologic 
repository.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 6.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 6.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 726.
    10. Abstract: Part 63 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), requires the State of Nevada, local governments, 
or affected Indian tribes to submit information to the NRC that 
describes their request for any consultation with the NRC staff 
concerning the review of the potential repository site, or NRC's 
facilitation for their participation in a license application review 
for the potential repository. Representatives of the State of Nevada, 
local governments, or affected Indian tribes must submit a statement of 
their authority to act in such a representative capacity. The 
information submitted by the State, local governments, and affected 
Indian tribes is used by the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards as a basis for decisions about the commitment of 
the NRC staff resources to the consultation and participation efforts.

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 24th day of May 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11177 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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