Information Collection: Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement Policy), 38106-38108 [2023-12403]
Download as PDF
38106
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 2023 / Notices
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
a collection of information by the
Agency. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal
agencies are required to publish notice
in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments on renewing an
existing collection by the Agency.
DATES: Submit comments on or before:
August 11, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E7400,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone
(703) 292–7556; or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339, which is accessible 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year (including Federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Under the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520) Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, GSA is
publishing notice of the proposed
collection of information set forth in
this document.
Whether seeking a loan, Social
Security benefits, veterans benefits, or
other services provided by the Federal
Government, individuals and businesses
expect Government customer services to
be efficient and intuitive, just like
services from leading private-sector
organizations. Yet the 2016 American
Consumer Satisfaction Index and the
2017 Forrester Federal Customer
Experience Index show that, on average,
Government services lag nine
percentage points behind the private
sector.
A modern, streamlined and
responsive customer experience means:
raising government-wide customer
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:39 Jun 09, 2023
Jkt 259001
experience to the average of the private
sector service industry; developing
indicators for high-impact Federal
programs to monitor progress towards
excellent customer experience and
mature digital services; and providing
the structure (including increasing
transparency) and resources to ensure
customer experience is a focal point for
agency leadership. To support this,
OMB Circular A–11 Section 280
established Government-wide standards
for mature customer experience
organizations in Government and
measurement. To enable Federal
programs to deliver the experience
taxpayers deserve, they must undertake
three general categories of activities:
conduct ongoing customer research,
gather and share customer feedback, and
test services and digital products.
These data collection efforts may be
either qualitative or quantitative in
nature or may consist of mixed
methods. Additionally, data may be
collected via a variety of means,
including but not limited to electronic
or social media, direct or indirect
observation (i.e., in person, video and
audio collections), interviews,
questionnaires, surveys, and focus
groups. DHS will limit its inquiries to
data collections that solicit strictly
voluntary opinions or responses. Steps
will be taken to ensure anonymity of
respondents in each activity covered by
this request.
The results of the data collected will
be used to improve the delivery of
Federal services and programs. It will
include the creation of personas,
customer journey maps, and reports and
summaries of customer feedback data
and user insights. It will also provide
government-wide data on customer
experience that can be displayed on
performance.gov to help build
transparency and accountability of
Federal programs to the customers they
serve.
Method of Collection:
NSF will collect this information by
electronic means when possible, as well
as by mail, fax, telephone, technical
discussions, and in-person interviews.
NSF also may utilize observational
techniques to collect this information.
Data:
OMB Clearance Number: 3145–0254.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Renewal.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Affected Public: Collections will be
targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience
with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near
future. For the purposes of this request,
PO 00000
Frm 00092
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
‘‘customers’’ are individuals,
businesses, and organizations that
interact with a Federal Government
agency or program, either directly or via
a Federal contractor. This could include
individuals or households; businesses
or other for-profit organizations; not-forprofit institutions; State, local or Tribal
governments; Federal Government; and
universities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,001,550.
Estimated Time per Response: Varied,
dependent upon the data collection
method used. The possible response
time to complete a questionnaire or
survey may be 3 minutes or up to 2
hours to participate in an interview.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 101,125.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
C. Public Comments
NSF invites comments on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden (including hours and cost)
of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 7, 2023.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023–12501 Filed 6–9–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2023–0033]
Information Collection: Notices of
Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for
Operating Power Reactors and
Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC
Enforcement Policy)
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM
12JNN1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 2023 / Notices
Renewal of existing information
collection; request for comment.
ACTION:
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, ‘‘Notices of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power
Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants
(NRC Enforcement Policy).’’
DATES: Submit comments by August 11,
2023. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
• Federal rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0033. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• Mail comments to: David C.
Cullison, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Mail Stop: T–6 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 C. 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:
SUMMARY:
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023–
0033 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–2023–0033. A copy
of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:39 Jun 09, 2023
Jkt 259001
without charge by accessing Docket ID
NRC–2023–0033 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
‘‘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
ML22056A177 and ML19193A023. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML23027A030.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR,
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• 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 C. 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 encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2023–0033, in your
comment submission.
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 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.
PO 00000
Frm 00093
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
38107
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 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: Notices of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power
Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants
(NRC Enforcement Policy).
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0136.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Those licensees that
voluntarily request enforcement
discretion through the NOED process.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 8 (4 reporting responses + 4
recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 4.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 680 (600 reporting + 80
recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: The NRC’s Enforcement
Policy includes the circumstances in
which the NRC may grant a NOED. On
occasion, circumstances arise when a
power plant licensee’s compliance with
a Technical Specification (TS) Limiting
Condition for Operation or any other
license condition would involve an
unnecessary plant shutdown or
transient. Similarly, for a gaseous
diffusion plant, circumstances may arise
where compliance with a Technical
Safety Requirement (TSR) or other
condition would unnecessarily call for a
total plant shutdown, or compliance
would unnecessarily place the plant in
a condition where safety, safeguards, or
security features were degraded or
inoperable. In these circumstances, a
licensee or certificate holder may
request that the NRC exercise
enforcement discretion, and the NRC
staff may choose not to enforce the
applicable TS, TSR, or other license or
certificate condition. This enforcement
discretion is designated as a NOED. A
licensee or certificate holder seeking the
issuance of a NOED must justify, in
accordance with NRC Enforcement
E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM
12JNN1
38108
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 2023 / Notices
Manual (ADAMS Accession No.
ML22056A177), the safety basis for the
request, including an evaluation of the
safety significance and potential
consequences of the proposed request, a
description of proposed compensatory
measures, a justification for the duration
of the request, the basis for the
licensee’s or certificate holder’s
conclusion that the request does not
have a potential adverse impact on the
public health and safety, and does not
involve adverse consequences to the
environment, and any other information
the NRC staff deems necessary before
making a decision to exercise discretion.
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?
Please explain your answer.
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
information collection accurate? Please
explain your answer.
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: June 6, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–12403 Filed 6–9–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2022–0145]
Information Collection: Reporting of
Defects and Noncompliance
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, ‘‘Reporting of
Defects and Noncompliance.’’
DATES: Submit comments by July 12,
2023. Comments received after this date
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:39 Jun 09, 2023
Jkt 259001
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: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
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:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022–
0145 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–2022–0145.
• 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
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporting
statement and burden spreadsheet are
available in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML23045A049 and ML22206A217.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR,
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• 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 C. Cullison,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
PO 00000
Frm 00094
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function.
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
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, ‘‘Reporting of
Defects and Noncompliance.’’ 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
February 2, 2023, 88 FR 7110.
1. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR part 21, Reporting of
Defects and Noncompliance.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0035.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion. Defects and
noncompliances are reportable as they
occur.
E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM
12JNN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38106-38108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12403]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0033]
Information Collection: Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs)
for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC
Enforcement Policy)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
[[Page 38107]]
ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for
comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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, ``Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for
Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement
Policy).''
DATES: Submit comments by August 11, 2023. 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;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0033. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 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 C. 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-2023-0033 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-2023-0033. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2023-0033 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 ``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 ML22056A177 and ML19193A023. The supporting
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23027A030.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
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 C. 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 encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0033, in your comment submission.
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 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 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 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: Notices of Enforcement
Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion
Plants (NRC Enforcement Policy).
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0136.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Those licensees that
voluntarily request enforcement discretion through the NOED process.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 8 (4 reporting
responses + 4 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 4.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 680 (600 reporting + 80
recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: The NRC's Enforcement Policy includes the
circumstances in which the NRC may grant a NOED. On occasion,
circumstances arise when a power plant licensee's compliance with a
Technical Specification (TS) Limiting Condition for Operation or any
other license condition would involve an unnecessary plant shutdown or
transient. Similarly, for a gaseous diffusion plant, circumstances may
arise where compliance with a Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) or
other condition would unnecessarily call for a total plant shutdown, or
compliance would unnecessarily place the plant in a condition where
safety, safeguards, or security features were degraded or inoperable.
In these circumstances, a licensee or certificate holder may request
that the NRC exercise enforcement discretion, and the NRC staff may
choose not to enforce the applicable TS, TSR, or other license or
certificate condition. This enforcement discretion is designated as a
NOED. A licensee or certificate holder seeking the issuance of a NOED
must justify, in accordance with NRC Enforcement
[[Page 38108]]
Manual (ADAMS Accession No. ML22056A177), the safety basis for the
request, including an evaluation of the safety significance and
potential consequences of the proposed request, a description of
proposed compensatory measures, a justification for the duration of the
request, the basis for the licensee's or certificate holder's
conclusion that the request does not have a potential adverse impact on
the public health and safety, and does not involve adverse consequences
to the environment, and any other information the NRC staff deems
necessary before making a decision to exercise discretion.
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? Please explain your answer.
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection
accurate? Please explain your answer.
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: June 6, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-12403 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P