Information Collection: Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements, 81953-81954 [2024-23342]

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• NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81953-81954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23342]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0194]


Information Collection: Financial Protection Requirements and 
Indemnity Agreements

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, ``Financial Protection 
Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 8, 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-2023-0194 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-2023-0194.
     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]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS. The supporting statement and burden spreadsheet are 
available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML24211A167 and ML23319A325.
     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.

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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, 
``Part 140 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.'' 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 June 18, 2024, 89 FR 51556.
    1. The title of the information collection: Part 140 of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Financial Protection 
Requirements and Indemnity Agreements.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0039.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually, and 
on occasion, as needed for applicants and licensees to meet their 
responsibilities called for in Sections 170 and 193 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA).
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Each applicant for or 
holder of a license issued under 10 CFR parts 50 or 54, to operate a 
nuclear reactor, or the applicant for or holder of a combined license 
issued under 10 CFR parts 52 or 54, as well as licensees authorized to 
possess and use plutonium in a plutonium processing and fuel 
fabrication plant. In addition, licensees authorized to construct and 
operate a uranium enrichment facility in accordance with 10 CFR parts 
40 and 70.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 110.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 110.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 768 hours.
    10. Abstract: Part 140 of 10 CFR specifies the information to be 
submitted by licensees that enables the NRC to assess: (a) financial 
protection required by licensees and for the indemnification and 
limitation of liability of certain licensees and other persons pursuant 
to Section 170 of the AEA, as amended; and (b) the liability insurance 
required opinion.

    Dated: October 3, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen E. Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-23342 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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