Information Collection: Standards for Protection Against Radiation, 90075-90076 [2024-26478]

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These matters are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act. Dated: November 7, 2024. Crystal Robinson, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–26402 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2024–0052] Information Collection: Standards for Protection Against Radiation 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, ‘‘Standards for Protection Against Radiation.’’ 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\14NON1.SGM 14NON1 90076 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2024 / Notices 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 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024– 0052 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–2024–0052. • 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. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24291A216. • 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:16 Nov 13, 2024 Jkt 265001 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, ‘‘Standards for Protection Against Radiation.’’ 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 August 12, 2024, 89 FR 65683. 1. The title of the information collection: Standards for Protection Against Radiation. 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0014. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually for most reports and at license termination for reports dealing with decommissioning. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC licensees and Agreement State licensees, including those requesting license terminations. Types PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of licensees include civilian commercial, industrial, academic, and medical users of nuclear materials. Licenses are issued for, among other things, the possession, use, processing, handling, and importing and exporting of nuclear materials, and for the operation of nuclear reactors. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 53,483 (6,219 NRC licensees + 47,264 Agreement State licensees). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 25,826 (3,003 NRC licensees + 22,823 Agreement State licensees). 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 787,286 (91,545 NRC licensees + 695,741 Agreement State licensees). 10. Abstract: Part 20 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ‘‘Standards for Protection Against Radiation’’ establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under licenses issued by the NRC and by Agreement States. These standards require the establishment of radiation protection programs, maintenance of radiation protection programs, maintenance of radiation records, recording of radiation received by workers, reporting of incidents which could cause exposure to radiation, submittal of an annual report to NRC and to Agreement States of the results of individual monitoring, and submittal of license termination information. These mandatory requirements are needed to protect occupationally exposed individuals from undue risks of excessive exposure to ionizing radiation and to protect the health and safety of the public. Dated: November 8, 2024. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90075-90076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26478]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0052]


Information Collection: Standards for Protection Against 
Radiation

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, ``Standards for Protection 
Against Radiation.''

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

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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-2024-0052 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-2024-0052.
     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]. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24291A216.
     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, 
``Standards for Protection Against Radiation.'' 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 August 12, 2024, 89 FR 65683.
    1. The title of the information collection: Standards for 
Protection Against Radiation.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0014.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually for 
most reports and at license termination for reports dealing with 
decommissioning.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC licensees and 
Agreement State licensees, including those requesting license 
terminations. Types of licensees include civilian commercial, 
industrial, academic, and medical users of nuclear materials. Licenses 
are issued for, among other things, the possession, use, processing, 
handling, and importing and exporting of nuclear materials, and for the 
operation of nuclear reactors.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 53,483 (6,219 NRC 
licensees + 47,264 Agreement State licensees).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 25,826 (3,003 NRC 
licensees + 22,823 Agreement State licensees).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 787,286 (91,545 NRC 
licensees + 695,741 Agreement State licensees).
    10. Abstract: Part 20 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation'' establishes 
standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from 
activities conducted under licenses issued by the NRC and by Agreement 
States. These standards require the establishment of radiation 
protection programs, maintenance of radiation protection programs, 
maintenance of radiation records, recording of radiation received by 
workers, reporting of incidents which could cause exposure to 
radiation, submittal of an annual report to NRC and to Agreement States 
of the results of individual monitoring, and submittal of license 
termination information. These mandatory requirements are needed to 
protect occupationally exposed individuals from undue risks of 
excessive exposure to ionizing radiation and to protect the health and 
safety of the public.

    Dated: November 8, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-26478 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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