[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 217 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77622-77623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24924]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2022-0177]


Information Collection: Licenses and Radiation Safety 
Requirements for Well Logging

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, ``Licenses and Radiation Safety 
Requirements for Well Logging.''

DATES: Submit comments by December 13, 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: 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#145d7a727b777b7878717760673a4671677b61667771547a66773a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b02252d24282427272e283f3865192e38243e39282e0b253928652c243d">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0177 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-2022-0177.
    <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#ecbca8bec2be899f83999e8f89ac829e8fc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9e9fdeb97ebdccad6cccbdadcf9d7cbda97ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23268A339.
    <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#4a1a0e1864182f39253f38292f0a243829642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="217165730f7344524e54534244614f53420f464e57">[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#236a4d454c404c4f4f464057500d7146504c56514046634d51400d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c25020a030f030000090f181f423e091f03191e0f092c021e0f420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>.

B. Submitting Comments

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this

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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 39 ``Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well 
Logging.'' 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 July 28, 2023, 88 FR 48921.
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 39, 
Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0130.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not Applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Applications 
for new licenses and amendments may be submitted at any time (on 
occasion). Applications for renewal are submitted every 15 years. 
Reports are submitted as events occur.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond. Applicants for and 
holders of specific licenses authorizing the use of licensed 
radioactive material for well logging.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 3,869 (26 reporting + 
183 recordkeeping + 3,660 third-party disclosure).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 183 (22 NRC 
respondents + 161 Agreement States respondents).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 41,047 (94 reporting + 
38,666 recordkeeping + 2,287 third-party disclosure).
    10. Abstract: Part 39 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, ``Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well 
Logging,'' establishes radiation safety requirements for the use of 
radioactive material for well logging. The information in the 
applications, reports and records is used by the NRC staff to ensure 
that the health and safety of the public is protected, and that 
licensee possession and use of source and byproduct material is in 
compliance with license and regulatory requirements.

    Dated: November 7, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-24924 Filed 11-9-23; 8:45 am]
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