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STS 4.2.1 allows for the irradiation of a
limited number of LTAs that have not
completed representative testing if
placed in nonlimiting regions of the
reactor core.
In the past, licensees have taken
different approaches when conducting
LTA campaigns. Some licensees
obtained prior NRC approval by license
amendments approving changes to
Technical Specification (TS) 4.2.1 or
exemptions from § 50.46, ‘‘Acceptance
criteria for emergency core cooling
systems for light-water nuclear power
reactors,’’ of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), or both,
for their LTA campaigns. Other
licensees conducted LTA campaigns
under 10 CFR 50.59, ‘‘Changes, tests,
and experiments,’’ without prior NRC
approval.
This letter clarifies the NRC staff’s
views on the regulatory positions
regarding LTAs previously discussed in
the NRC’s letter to NEI dated June 29,
2017. The letter provides: Clarification
on the LTA provision in STS 4.2.1;
clarification on the use of approved
methods for LTA campaigns; a
regulatory path for LTA campaigns;
guidance on the use of NEI 96–07,
Revision 1, ‘‘Guidelines for 10 CFR
50.59 Implementation,’’ regarding LTAs;
and guidance on exemptions from the
requirements in 10 CFR 50.46 for LTAs.
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II. Opportunity for Public Participation
The NRC published a notice of the
availability of a draft letter to NEI
regarding the clarification of regulatory
paths for lead test assemblies in the
Federal Register on June 7, 2018 (83 FR
26503) for a 20-day public comment
period. The public comment period
closed on June 27, 2018. After
consideration of comments requesting
additional time to comment on the draft
letter, the NRC reopened the public
comment period for an additional 20
days on July 2, 2018. The additional
comment period closed on July 23,
2018.
The NRC received 272 comment
submissions on the draft guidance letter
consisting of approximately 900
comments. Public comments on the
draft letter and the staff responses to the
public comments are available
electronically in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19126A101 (the
comment response document). A
compilation of all comment submissions
with annotated comments is also
available.
Table 1, ‘‘Commenters on Guidance
Letter,’’ in the comment response
document contains a listing of persons
or entities that provided comments. The
name of the individual and affiliation, if
provided, a unique identifier for the
commenter, and the ADAMS accession
number are listed. Some individuals are
listed more than once because they
provided more than one comment letter.
Each comment letter was segmented
into individual comments, and each
comment was then categorized by topic.
The topics are provided in Table 2 of
the comment response document. The
comments are summarized and are
followed by a response. If the NRC staff
determined that a change to the letter
was warranted, because of the comment,
it is indicated in the response.
III. Congressional Review Act
This guidance letter is a rule as
defined in the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the
Office of Management and Budget has
not found it to be a major rule as
defined in the Congressional Review
Act.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
The letter provides additional
clarification on previous staff
preliminary statements and positions
regarding the use of LTAs made in a
letter to NEI dated June 29, 2017.
Issuance of the letter does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109
(the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The NRC
has no current intention to impose the
positions described in the letter on
holders of current operating licenses or
combined licenses.
V. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through one or more
of the methods previously indicated.
Document
ADAMS
Accession No.
Letter from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Nuclear Energy Institute, Entergy Services, Inc., and NextEra Energy, Subject: Clarification of Regulatory Path for Lead Test Assemblies, dated June 24, 2019.
Letter from Mirela Gavrilas, U.S. NRC, to Mr. Andrew Mauer, Nuclear Energy Institute. Subject: Response to Nuclear Energy
Institute Letter Concerning the Regulatory Path for Lead Test Assemblies. June 29, 2017.
NUREG–1430, Standard Technical Specifications—Babcock and Wilcox Plants, Volume 1, Revision 4 .........................................
NUREG–1431, Standard Technical Specifications—Westinghouse Plants, Volume 1, Revision 4 ...................................................
NUREG–1432, Standard Technical Specifications—Combustion Engineering Plants, Volume 1, Revision 4 ..................................
NUREG–1433, Standard Technical Specifications—General Electric Plants (BWR/4), Volume 1, Revision 4 .................................
NUREG–1434, Standard Technical Specifications—General Electric Plants (BWR/6), Volume 1, Revision 4 .................................
NEI 96–07, Revision 1, Guidelines for 10 CFR 50.59 Implementation ..............................................................................................
Draft letter from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Nuclear Energy Institute. Subject: Clarification of Regulatory Paths for
Lead Test Assemblies, dated May 31, 2018.
Public comments on the draft letter and the staff responses to the public comments ......................................................................
Compilation of comment submissions with annotated comments ......................................................................................................
ML18323A169
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day
of June, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
ACTION:
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[NRC–2018–0233]
SUMMARY:
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Renewal of existing information
collection; request for comment.
Information Collection: NRC Forms 540
and 540A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping
Paper) and Continuation Page
AGENCY:
ML17150A443
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, ‘‘NRC Forms 540 and 540A,
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste
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Manifest (Shipping Paper) and
Continuation Page.’’
DATES: Submit comments by September
3, 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: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0233. Address
questions about docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
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.
• Mail comments to: David Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Mail Stop: T6–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, 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–2018–
0233 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–2018–0233. A copy
of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID
NRC–2018–0233 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
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Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. A copy
of NRC Forms 540 and 540A and related
instructions may be obtained without
charge by accessing ADAMS Accession
Nos. ML18313A144, ML18313A145,
and ML071870172, respectively. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18337A413.
• 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–2018–
0233 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: ‘‘NRC Forms 540 and 540A,
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Manifest (Shipping Paper) and
Continuation Page.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0164.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
NRC Forms 540 and 540A.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: Forms are used by
shippers whenever radioactive waste is
shipped. Quarterly or less frequent
reporting is made to Agreement States
depending on specific license
conditions. No reporting is made to the
NRC.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: All NRC or Agreement State
low-level waste facilities licensed
pursuant to part 61 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) or
equivalent Agreement State regulations.
All generators, collectors, and
processors of low-level waste intended
for disposal at a low-level waste facility
must complete the appropriate forms.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 5,740.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 220.
Note that the NRC does not collect or
retain data on manifest forms and the
forms are not sent to or received by the
NRC. The estimates provided in items
seven and eight above are from the
previous form renewal Notice. The NRC
did not receive any public comment on
the previous renewal suggesting that
these estimates should be revised. NRC
is requesting comment on the accuracy
of these estimates in Section III of this
document.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 4,305.
10. Abstract: NRC Forms 540 and
540A provide a set of standardized
forms to meet Department of
Transportation (DOT), NRC, and State
requirements. The forms were
developed by NRC at the request of lowlevel waste industry groups. The forms
provide uniformity and efficiency in the
collection of information contained in
manifests which are required to control
transfers of low-level radioactive waste
intended for disposal at a land disposal
facility. The NRC Form 540 contains
information needed to satisfy DOT
shipping paper requirements in 49 CFR
part 172, and the waste tracking
requirements of the NRC in 10 CFR part
20.
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 27th day
of June, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen E. Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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Information Collection:
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex
in Education Programs or Activities
Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance
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 request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled,
‘‘Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex
in Education Programs or Activities
Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.
DATES: Submit comments by August 2,
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: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0209), 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:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–
0024 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–2019–0024. A copy
of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID
NRC–2019–0024 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 Nos. ML18333A272 and
ML18333A284. The supporting
statement Nondiscrimination on the
Basis of Sex in Education Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19169A155.
• 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.
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.
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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
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,
‘‘Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex
in Education Programs or Activities
Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance.’’ 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 25, 2019 (84 FR 11139).
1. The title of the information
collection: Nondiscrimination on the
Basis of Sex in Education Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial
Assistance.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0209.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable:
NRC Form 781 and NRC Form 782.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 5
follows provisions covered in 10 CFR
4.331. Compliance reviews, which
indicates that the NRC may conduct
compliance reviews and Pre-Award
reviews of recipients or use other
similar procedures that will permit it to
investigate and correct violations of the
act and these regulations. The NRC may
conduct these reviews even in the
absence of a complaint against a
recipient. The reviews may be as
comprehensive as necessary to
determine whether a violation of these
regulations has occurred.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Recipients of federal financial
assistance (FFA) provided by the NRC
(including educational institutions,
other nonprofit organizations receiving
FFA, and Agreement States).
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 800.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0233]
Information Collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page
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, ``NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste
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Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 3, 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: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0233. 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: T6-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, Office of the Chief
Information 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-2018-0233 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-2018-0233. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2018-0233 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 NRC Forms 540 and 540A and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML18313A144,
ML18313A145, and ML071870172, respectively. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18337A413.
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-2018-0233 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: ``NRC Forms 540 and
540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and
Continuation Page.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0164.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 540 and 540A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Forms are
used by shippers whenever radioactive waste is shipped. Quarterly or
less frequent reporting is made to Agreement States depending on
specific license conditions. No reporting is made to the NRC.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All NRC or Agreement
State low-level waste facilities licensed pursuant to part 61 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) or equivalent Agreement
State regulations. All generators, collectors, and processors of low-
level waste intended for disposal at a low-level waste facility must
complete the appropriate forms.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 5,740.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 220.
Note that the NRC does not collect or retain data on manifest forms
and the forms are not sent to or received by the NRC. The estimates
provided in items seven and eight above are from the previous form
renewal Notice. The NRC did not receive any public comment on the
previous renewal suggesting that these estimates should be revised. NRC
is requesting comment on the accuracy of these estimates in Section III
of this document.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 4,305.
10. Abstract: NRC Forms 540 and 540A provide a set of standardized
forms to meet Department of Transportation (DOT), NRC, and State
requirements. The forms were developed by NRC at the request of low-
level waste industry groups. The forms provide uniformity and
efficiency in the collection of information contained in manifests
which are required to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste
intended for disposal at a land disposal facility. The NRC Form 540
contains information needed to satisfy DOT shipping paper requirements
in 49 CFR part 172, and the waste tracking requirements of the NRC in
10 CFR part 20.
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 27th day of June, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen E. Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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