Information Collection: Survey of NRC Materials Licensees To Support Rulemaking for NRC's Small Entity Size Standards, 30779-30780 [2019-13659]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 124 / Thursday, June 27, 2019 / Notices ‘‘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 Application to Adopt 10 CFR 50.69, ‘‘Risk-Informed Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems and Components for Nuclear Power Reactors’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession ML18204A393. Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150–XXXX), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments Robert F. Kuntz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–3733, email: Robert.Kuntz@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of September 11, 2018 (83 FR 45981), in FR Doc. 2018–19419, on page 45986, in the first column, second paragraph, the language is corrected as follows: Date of amendment request: July 20, 2018. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18204A393. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of June 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Lisa M. Regner, Acting Chief, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2019–13660 Filed 6–26–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2019–0045] Information Collection: Survey of NRC Materials Licensees To Support Rulemaking for NRC’s Small Entity Size Standards Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ‘‘Survey of NRC Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for NRC’s Small Entity Size Standards.’’ DATES: Submit comments by July 29, 2019. jspears on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:15 Jun 26, 2019 Jkt 247001 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 0045 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0045. A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC–2019–0045 on this website. • 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 related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession ML19058A132. The supporting statement and title of the document is ‘‘Survey of NRC Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for NRC’s Small Entity Size Standards,’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19112A078. • 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 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. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30779 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. II. Background In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed collection of information to OMB for review entitled, ‘‘Survey of NRC Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for NRC’s Small Entity Size Standards.’’ 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 March 20, 2019 (84 FR 54). 1. The title of the information collection: Survey of NRC materials licensees to support rulemaking for NRC’s small entity size standards. 2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been assigned to this proposed information collection. 3. Type of submission: New. 4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current materials users’ licensees. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 461. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 461. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 152 hours. E:\FR\FM\27JNN1.SGM 27JNN1 30780 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 124 / Thursday, June 27, 2019 / Notices 10. Abstract: The NRC has its own standards for categorizing small business size entities that are noted in section 2.810 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ‘‘NRC size standards.’’ The agency’s standards differ from those used by the Small Business Administration (SBA) because it is difficult to align NRC licensees with SBA size standards and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliations Act of 1990 requirement for NRC to recover 90 percent of the annual budget through fees. Since the agency has not surveyed its materials licensees since 1993, the staff will conduct a survey to gather financial data to determine if a change to the size standards is needed. Without conducting a survey, the NRC staff does not have the data needed to determine the impact of shifting from the current nuclear industry-specific standards. The results of the analysis will be used to provide a recommendation to the Commission that is backed with sound empirical data. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of June 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–13659 Filed 6–26–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40–8838; NRC–2019–0027] U.S. Department of the Army; Jefferson Proving Ground Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for a proposed amendment of NRC source materials license SUB–1435 held by the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) for the Jefferson Proving Ground from ‘‘possession only for decommissioning’’ to ‘‘possession only.’’ The proposed amendment of the Army’s license would also include an exemption from the NRC’s decommissioning timeliness requirements in the regulations. The EA, ‘‘Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Amendment of Materials License SUB–1435, Jefferson Proving Ground, Southeastern Indiana jspears on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:15 Jun 26, 2019 Jkt 247001 (Jefferson, Ripley, and Jennings Counties),’’ documents the NRC staff’s environmental review of the license amendment application. DATES: The final EA is available on June 27, 2019. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–0027 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0027. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer BorgesRoman; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual 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 ‘‘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 final EA is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19169A022. • 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Pineda, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301–415–6789; email: Christine.Pineda@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) was established in 1940 on 224 square kilometers (km2) [55,265 acres (ac)] in parts of Jefferson, Ripley, and Jennings counties in southeastern Indiana for the production and specification testing of conventional ammunition components. The site was used by the Army between 1941 and 1994 for munitions testing and, during that time, the Army also test-fired depleted uranium (DU) projectiles into the 8.4-square km2 [2,080-ac] DU Impact Area, which is located within the JPG installation. The PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DU test firings began on March 18, 1984 and concluded on May 2, 1994. The Army estimates that a high density of high-explosive unexploded ordnance is present in the DU Impact Area. The NRC is considering a request for an amendment to the Army’s source materials license SUB–1435. The license authorizes possession only by the Army of up to 80,000 kilograms (kg) [176,370 pounds (lb)] of DU metal, alloy, and/or other forms, kept onsite, for the purpose of decommissioning, in the restricted area known as the ‘‘Depleted Uranium Impact Area’’ (DU Impact Area) at the JPG site in southeastern Indiana. The NRC is considering a license amendment that would modify the license from ‘‘possession only for decommissioning’’ to ‘‘possession only’’ and an exemption from the NRC’s decommissioning timeliness requirements in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 40.42(d). The need for this NRC licensing action is to ensure the safe possession of radioactive materials (in the form of DU). The Army needs to delay remediation of the DU Impact Area because remediation is prohibitively expensive and poses a risk of potential explosions due to the presence of a large amount of unexploded ordnance. In accordance with NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR part 51, ‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions,’’ that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the NRC staff prepared a draft EA documenting its environmental review of the license amendment application (ADAMS Accession No. ML19008A310). On February 4, 2019, the NRC published a Notice of Availability of the EA for public review and comment (84 FR 1522), and the public comment period closed on March 6, 2019. Public comments are addressed in Appendix D in the final EA. The final EA is available for public inspection as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. This notice is being published in accordance with the NEPA and the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR part 51. II. Summary of Environmental Assessment Description of the Proposed Action The proposed action is for the NRC to (1) amend Condition 9 of materials license SUB–1435 to change the authorized use of licensed material from ‘‘possession only for decommissioning’’ to ‘‘possession only’’ for a 20-year term and (2) grant an exemption from the E:\FR\FM\27JNN1.SGM 27JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30779-30780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13659]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0045]


Information Collection: Survey of NRC Materials Licensees To 
Support Rulemaking for NRC's Small Entity Size Standards

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 proposed collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is 
entitled, ``Survey of NRC Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for 
NRC's Small Entity Size Standards.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-XXXX), Attn: Desk Officer 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, 
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-2019-0045 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-2019-0045. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0045 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]. A 
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be 
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession ML19058A132. The 
supporting statement and title of the document is ``Survey of NRC 
Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for NRC's Small Entity Size 
Standards,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19112A078.
     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 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

    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.

II. Background

    In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed 
collection of information to OMB for review entitled, ``Survey of NRC 
Materials Licensees to Support Rulemaking for NRC's Small Entity Size 
Standards.'' 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 March 20, 2019 (84 FR 54).
    1. The title of the information collection: Survey of NRC materials 
licensees to support rulemaking for NRC's small entity size standards.
    2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been 
assigned to this proposed information collection.
    3. Type of submission: New.
    4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Current materials 
users' licensees.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 461.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 461.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 152 
hours.

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    10. Abstract: The NRC has its own standards for categorizing small 
business size entities that are noted in section 2.810 of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations, ``NRC size standards.'' The agency's 
standards differ from those used by the Small Business Administration 
(SBA) because it is difficult to align NRC licensees with SBA size 
standards and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliations Act of 1990 
requirement for NRC to recover 90 percent of the annual budget through 
fees. Since the agency has not surveyed its materials licensees since 
1993, the staff will conduct a survey to gather financial data to 
determine if a change to the size standards is needed. Without 
conducting a survey, the NRC staff does not have the data needed to 
determine the impact of shifting from the current nuclear industry-
specific standards. The results of the analysis will be used to provide 
a recommendation to the Commission that is backed with sound empirical 
data.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of June 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-13659 Filed 6-26-19; 8:45 am]
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