Information Collection: Fitness for Duty Programs, 62805-62806 [2024-16966]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 148 / Thursday, August 1, 2024 / Notices NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2023–0169] Information Collection: Fitness for Duty Programs 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, ‘‘Fitness for Duty Programs.’’ DATES: Submit comments by September 3, 2024. 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: 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: SUMMARY: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023– 0169 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–2023–0169. • 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) VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jul 31, 2024 Jkt 262001 reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. • NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 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 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 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62805 OMB for review entitled, 10 CFR part 26, ‘‘Fitness for Duty Programs.’’ 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 May 7, 2024, 89 FR 38195. 1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 26, ‘‘Fitness for Duty Programs.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0146. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ‘‘Single Positive Test Form,’’ NRC Form 891, ‘‘Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol Tests,’’ and NRC Form 892, ‘‘Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.’’ 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure, the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic failure. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor licensees licensed under 10 CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities’’ and 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (except those who have permanently ceased operations and have verified that fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor); all holders of nuclear power plant construction permits and early site permits with a limited work authorization and applicants for nuclear power plant construction permits that have a limited work authorization under the provisions of 10 CFR part 50; all holders of a combined license for a nuclear power plant issued under 10 CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license that have a limited work authorization; all licensees who are authorized to possess, use, or transport formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) under the provisions of 10 CFR part 70, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material;’’ all holders of a certificate of compliance of an approved compliance plan issued under 10 CFR part 76 ‘‘Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants,’’ if the holder engages in E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1 62806 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 148 / Thursday, August 1, 2024 / Notices activities involving formula quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/vendors (C/ Vs) who implement FFD programs or program elements to the extent that the licensees and other entities listed in this paragraph rely on those C/V FFD programs or program elements to comply with 10 CFR part 26. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 324,646 responses (254 reporting responses + 49 recordkeepers + 324,343 third-party disclosure responses). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 64,392 respondents (28 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs + 64,343 third party respondents). 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 540,050 (5,301 hours reporting 10 CFR part 26 are necessary to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and efficient regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other entities. These licensees and other entities must perform certain tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply with 10 CFR part 26 drug and alcohol and fatigue management requirements. These records and reports are necessary to enable regulatory inspection and evaluation of a licensee’s or other entity’s compliance with NRC regulations, FFD performance, and significant FFD-related events to help maintain public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment. IV. Availability of Documents The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons through ADAMS. Document description Adams accession No. Supporting Statement .......................................................................................................................................................................... Burden Spreadsheet ............................................................................................................................................................................ NRC Form 890, ‘‘Single Positive Test Form’’ ..................................................................................................................................... NRC Form 891, ‘‘Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol Tests’’ ............................................................................................. NRC Form 892, ‘‘Annual Fatigue Reporting Form’’ ............................................................................................................................ ML24194A014 ML24194A016 ML22321A221 ML22321A193 ML22013B250 Dated: July 29, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–16966 Filed 7–31–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–400; NRC–2024–0125] Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Exemption Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a February 6, 2024, request, as supplemented by letters dated April 3 and June 7, 2024, from Duke Energy Progress, LLC (the licensee). The exemption relieves the licensee from NRC regulations requiring specific reactor protection system cables at Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, to meet certain requirements of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 279–1971, ‘‘Criteria for SUMMARY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 + 169,746 hours recordkeeping + 365,003 hours third-party disclosure). 10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe requirements to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of these requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their ability to safely and competently perform their duties. These requirements also provide reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded alertness on individual’s abilities to safely and competently perform their duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health and safety. The information collections required by VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jul 31, 2024 Jkt 262001 Protection Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Stations.’’ DATES: The exemption was issued on July 26, 2024. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–0125 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–2024–0125. 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. • 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, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. • NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 3867; email: Michael.Mahoney@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the exemption is attached. Dated: July 29, 2024. E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1 The text of

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0169]


Information Collection: Fitness for Duty Programs

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 request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Fitness for Duty Programs.''

DATES: Submit comments by September 3, 2024. 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: 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: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0169 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-2023-0169.
     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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 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

    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, 10 
CFR part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Programs.'' 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 May 7, 2024, 89 FR 38195.
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 26, 
``Fitness for Duty Programs.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive 
Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol 
Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.''
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and 
on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail 
fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on 
occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic 
failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure, 
the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or 
within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic 
failure.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor 
licensees licensed under 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of 
Production and Utilization Facilities'' and 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants'' (except those 
who have permanently ceased operations and have verified that fuel has 
been permanently removed from the reactor); all holders of nuclear 
power plant construction permits and early site permits with a limited 
work authorization and applicants for nuclear power plant construction 
permits that have a limited work authorization under the provisions of 
10 CFR part 50; all holders of a combined license for a nuclear power 
plant issued under 10 CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license 
that have a limited work authorization; all licensees who are 
authorized to possess, use, or transport formula quantities of 
strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) under the provisions of 10 
CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material;'' all 
holders of a certificate of compliance of an approved compliance plan 
issued under 10 CFR part 76 ``Certification of Gaseous Diffusion 
Plants,'' if the holder engages in

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activities involving formula quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/
vendors (C/Vs) who implement FFD programs or program elements to the 
extent that the licensees and other entities listed in this paragraph 
rely on those C/V FFD programs or program elements to comply with 10 
CFR part 26.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 324,646 responses (254 
reporting responses + 49 recordkeepers + 324,343 third-party disclosure 
responses).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 64,392 respondents 
(28 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs 
+ 64,343 third party respondents).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 540,050 (5,301 hours 
reporting + 169,746 hours recordkeeping + 365,003 hours third-party 
disclosure).
    10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe 
requirements to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at 
affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of these 
requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject 
to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of 
any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired 
from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their ability 
to safely and competently perform their duties. These requirements also 
provide reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded 
alertness on individual's abilities to safely and competently perform 
their duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health 
and safety. The information collections required by 10 CFR part 26 are 
necessary to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and 
efficient regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other 
entities. These licensees and other entities must perform certain 
tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply with 10 CFR part 
26 drug and alcohol and fatigue management requirements. These records 
and reports are necessary to enable regulatory inspection and 
evaluation of a licensee's or other entity's compliance with NRC 
regulations, FFD performance, and significant FFD-related events to 
help maintain public health and safety, promote the common defense and 
security, and protect the environment.

IV. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS.

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                                                               Adams
                  Document description                     accession No.
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Supporting Statement....................................     ML24194A014
Burden Spreadsheet......................................     ML24194A016
NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive Test Form''.............     ML22321A221
NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and           ML22321A193
 Alcohol Tests''........................................
NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form''.........     ML22013B250
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    Dated: July 29, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16966 Filed 7-31-24; 8:45 am]
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