[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61627-61628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19279]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0094]


Information Collection: Solicitation of Non-Power Operator 
Licensing Examination Data

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, ``Solicitation of Non-Power Operator Licensing 
Examination Data.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 6, 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:

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    <bullet> Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0094. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f5a68194968cdba6969d8098949b9bb59b8796db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82d1f6e3e1fbacd1e1eaf7efe3ececc2ecf0e1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
    <bullet> 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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c45626a636f636060696f787f225e697f63797e6f694c627e6f226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="276e49414844484b4b424453540975425448525544426749554409404851">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0094 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0094. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2023-0094 on this website.
    <bullet> 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#075743552955627468727564624769756429606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8889c8af68abdabb7adaabbbd98b6aabbf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement and the 
Non-Power Operator Licensing Examination Data email are available in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23117A277 and ML23117A289.
    <bullet> 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 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6968294e894a3b5a9b3b4a5a386a8b4a5e8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a5a4e5824586f79657f78696f4a647869246d657c">[email protected]</span></a> 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.
    <bullet> 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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#226b4c444d414d4e4e474156510c7047514d57504147624c50410c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c881a6aea7aba7a4a4adabbcbbe69aadbba7bdbaabad88a6baabe6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0094, 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: Solicitation of Non-
Power Operator Licensing Examination Data.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0235.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All holders of 
operating licenses for non-power reactors under the provision of part 
50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Domestic Licensing 
of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' except those that have 
permanently ceased operations and have certified that fuel has been 
permanently removed from the reactor vessel.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 31.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 31.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 31.
    10. Abstract: The NRC annually requests all non-power reactor 
licensees and applicants for an operating license to voluntarily send 
to the NRC: (1) their projected number of candidates for initial 
operator licensing examinations and (2) the estimated dates of the 
examinations. This information is used to plan budgets and resources in 
regard to operator examination scheduling in order to meet the needs of 
the non-power nuclear community.

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: September 1, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-19279 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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