Information Collection: Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program, 83707-83708 [2024-23961]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices practicality of the collection can be evaluated, but the details of the specific individual collections will not be known until a later time. The Agreement States and non-Agreement States will be asked on a one-time or as needed basis to respond to a specific incident, to gather information on licensing and inspection practices or other technical information, or to provide comments on proposed policy and program updates. The results of such information requests, which are authorized under section 274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act, will be utilized in part by the NRC in preparing responses to Congressional inquiries. In addition, the information can assist the Commission in its considerations and decisions involving Atomic Energy Act materials programs in an effort to make the national nuclear materials program more uniform and consistent. Dated: October 11, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–23960 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2024–0075] Information Collection: Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: 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, ‘‘Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program.’’ DATES: Submit comments by December 16, 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: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject); however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Oct 16, 2024 • Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2024–0075. 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 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 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: Jkt 265001 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024– 0075 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–2024–0075. A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC–2024–0075 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, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 83707 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 The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2024–0075, 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: Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program. 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0250. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Information would be requested: (1) every five years, (2) after an Indian Tribe achieves Federal recognition, (3) when a transportation route is NRC-approved that passes within or across an Indian Tribe’s E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 83708 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices reservation boundaries, and (4) when there are changes. Information is requested from those Indian Tribes seeking to receive advance notifications. Some information is requested one time. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Federally recognized Indian Tribes. Only those Federally recognized Indian Tribes with reservations and either receiving or seeking to receive the advance notifications would be asked to respond to the specific information request. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 20 (7 reporting responses + 13 recordkeepers). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 13. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 37.5 hours (21 reporting + 16.5 recordkeeping). 10. Abstract: In order to receive notification of certain shipments of irradiated reactor fuel and/or nuclear waste within or across the boundary of comply with the compatible Agreement State regulations. 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? IV. Availability of Documents The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons through ADAMS. Document description ADAMS accession No. Five-year Notification Letter Template for Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program ................................................ Acknowledgment Letter Template for Tribal Participation in the Advance Notification Program ....................................................... NUREG/BR–0362 ‘‘Protection of Safeguards Information: Requirements for Tribes Participating in the Advance Notification of Irradiated Reactor Fuel Shipments’’. Safeguards Information (SGI) Awareness Training ............................................................................................................................ Draft Supporting Statement ................................................................................................................................................................. ML24170A429 ML24170A430 ML12283A116 Dated: October 11, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–23961 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. N2024–1; Order No. 7695] Service Standard Changes Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is acknowledging a recently-filed Postal Service request for an advisory opinion regarding planned changes to its processing and transportation networks. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps. DATES: Notices of intervention are due: October 21, 2024; Live WebEx Technical Conference: October 16, 2024, at 1 p.m., eastern daylight time, virtual. SUMMARY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 an Indian Tribe’s reservation, Tribes shall affirmatively opt into the advance notification program. Because the notification may contain Safeguards Information (SGI), the Tribal official will submit certification that the Tribal official or their designee(s) has completed NRC-provided training on the handling of SGI and has the necessary protection measures in place for implementation. The Tribal official will provide contact information for the designee(s) and emergency response contact(s). The Tribal official will also provide confirmation of the reservation boundaries or the necessary corrections to a map provided by the NRC. The NRC makes this information available to others, including NRC and Agreement State licensees. NRC licensees will use the information to comply with the NRC’s regulations that require them to provide advance notice of certain shipments of radioactive material to participating Tribes. Agreement State licensees may use the information to VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Oct 16, 2024 Jkt 265001 Submit notices of intervention electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https://www.prc.gov. Persons interested in intervening who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Pre-Filing Issues III. The Request IV. Initial Administrative Actions V. Ordering Paragraphs I. Introduction On October 4, 2024, the Postal Service filed a request for an advisory opinion from the Commission regarding planned changes to its processing and transportation networks.1 In particular, 1 United States Postal Service’s Request for an Advisory Opinion on Changes in the Nature of Postal Services, October 4, 2024 (Request). The Postal Service filed the instant Request at the direction of the Commission, following the Postal Service’s initial presentation of these proposed changes as part of the changes associated with the PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ML16083A340 ML24170A431 the Postal Service plans to create a nationwide network of Regional Processing and Distribution Centers (RPDCs) and Local Processing Centers (LPCs). Id. at 3. The Postal Service states that this initiative will ‘‘increase throughput, gain productivity, and increase asset utilization across the country.’’ Id. Additionally, the Postal Service intends to implement its Regional Transportation Optimization (RTO) initiative on a nationwide basis. Id. The Postal Service states that the RTO initiative will ‘‘improve the efficiency and velocity of the processing network.’’ Id. The Postal Service estimates that these two initiatives will allow it ‘‘to achieve estimated cost savings of between $3.6 billion and $3.7 billion on an annual basis once fully implemented.’’ Id. The Postal Service also proposes to revise its service standards ‘‘to align with these operational initiatives. . . .’’ Id. Specifically, the Postal Service will Delivering for America Plan. See Docket No. PI2023–4, Order Directing Postal Service to Show Cause or File a Nature of Service Proceeding Regarding Certain Delivering for America Initiatives, April 26, 2024 (Order No. 7061). E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0075]


Information Collection: Tribal Participation in the Advance 
Notification Program

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, ``Tribal Participation in the Advance 
Notification Program.''

DATES: Submit comments by December 16, 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: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject); 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-2024-0075. 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 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 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-2024-0075 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-2024-0075. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2024-0075 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, 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

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2024-0075, 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: Tribal Participation in 
the Advance Notification Program.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0250.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Information 
would be requested: (1) every five years, (2) after an Indian Tribe 
achieves Federal recognition, (3) when a transportation route is NRC-
approved that passes within or across an Indian Tribe's

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reservation boundaries, and (4) when there are changes. Information is 
requested from those Indian Tribes seeking to receive advance 
notifications. Some information is requested one time.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Federally recognized 
Indian Tribes. Only those Federally recognized Indian Tribes with 
reservations and either receiving or seeking to receive the advance 
notifications would be asked to respond to the specific information 
request.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 20 (7 reporting 
responses + 13 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 13.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 37.5 hours (21 reporting 
+ 16.5 recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: In order to receive notification of certain shipments 
of irradiated reactor fuel and/or nuclear waste within or across the 
boundary of an Indian Tribe's reservation, Tribes shall affirmatively 
opt into the advance notification program. Because the notification may 
contain Safeguards Information (SGI), the Tribal official will submit 
certification that the Tribal official or their designee(s) has 
completed NRC-provided training on the handling of SGI and has the 
necessary protection measures in place for implementation. The Tribal 
official will provide contact information for the designee(s) and 
emergency response contact(s). The Tribal official will also provide 
confirmation of the reservation boundaries or the necessary corrections 
to a map provided by the NRC. The NRC makes this information available 
to others, including NRC and Agreement State licensees. NRC licensees 
will use the information to comply with the NRC's regulations that 
require them to provide advance notice of certain shipments of 
radioactive material to participating Tribes. Agreement State licensees 
may use the information to comply with the compatible Agreement State 
regulations.

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?

IV. Availability of Documents

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

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             Document description                  ADAMS accession No.
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Five-year Notification Letter Template for      ML24170A429
 Tribal Participation in the Advance
 Notification Program.
Acknowledgment Letter Template for Tribal       ML24170A430
 Participation in the Advance Notification
 Program.
NUREG/BR-0362 ``Protection of Safeguards        ML12283A116
 Information: Requirements for Tribes
 Participating in the Advance Notification of
 Irradiated Reactor Fuel Shipments''.
Safeguards Information (SGI) Awareness          ML16083A340
 Training.
Draft Supporting Statement....................  ML24170A431
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    Dated: October 11, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-23961 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
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