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serve the underlying purpose of the rule 

or is not necessary to achieve the 

underlying purpose of the rule. The 

underlying purpose of 10 CFR 

50.54(w)(1) is to provide reasonable 

assurance that adequate funds will be 

available to stabilize reactor conditions 

and cover onsite cleanup costs 

associated with site decontamination, 

following an accident that results in the 

release of a significant amount of 

radiological material. 

Because LACBWR is permanently 

shutdown and defueled, with all 

irradiated fuel assemblies stored in the 

onsite ISFSI, and a very small 

radioactive source term remaining at the 

site given the progress of 

decommissioning and dismantlement 

activities, it is no longer possible for the 

radiological consequences of designbasis accidents or other credible events 

at LACBWR to exceed the limits of the 

EPA PAGs at the exclusion area 

boundary. Therefore, the staff concludes 

that the application of the current 

requirements in 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1), as 

exempted, for LS to maintain $180 

million in onsite insurance coverage is 

not necessary to achieve the underlying 

purpose of the rule for the permanently 

shutdown and defueled LACBWR 

facility. 

Under 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(iii), special 

circumstances are present whenever 

compliance would result in undue 

hardship or other costs that are 

significantly in excess of those 

contemplated when the regulation was 

adopted, or that are significantly in 

excess of those incurred by others 

similarly situated. 

The NRC staff concludes that if the 

licensee was required to continue to 

maintain an onsite insurance level of 

$180 million, the associated insurance 

premiums would be in excess of those 

necessary and commensurate with the 

radiological contamination risks posed 

by the site. In addition, such insurance 

levels would be significantly in excess 

of other decommissioning reactor 

facilities that have been granted similar 

exemptions by the NRC. 

As such, the NRC staff finds that 

compliance with the existing 

requirement would result in an undue 

hardship or other costs that are 

significantly in excess of those 

contemplated when the regulation was 

adopted and are significantly in excess 

of those incurred by others similarly 

situated. Therefore, the special 

circumstances required by 10 CFR 

50.12(a)(2)(ii) and 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(iii) 

exist for the LACBWR facility. 

E. Environmental Considerations 

The NRC approval of an exemption to 

insurance or indemnity requirements 

belongs to a category of actions that the 

Commission, by rule or regulation, has 

declared to be a categorical exclusion, 

after first finding that the category of 

actions does not individually or 

cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment. Specifically, 

the exemption is categorically excluded 

from further analysis under 10 CFR 

51.22(c)(25). 

Under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), granting 

of an exemption from the requirements 

of any regulation of chapter I to 10 CFR 

is a categorical exclusion provided that 

(i) there is no significant hazards 

consideration; (ii) there is no significant 

change in the types or significant 

increase in the amounts of any effluents 

that may be released offsite; (iii) there is 

no significant increase in individual or 

cumulative public or occupational 

radiation exposure; (iv) there is no 

significant construction impact; (v) 

there is no significant increase in the 

potential for or consequences from 

radiological accidents; and (vi) the 

requirements from which an exemption 

is sought involve: Surety, insurance, or 

indemnity requirements. 

The Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, 

and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, has 

determined that approval of the 

exemption request involves no 

significant hazards consideration 

because reducing the licensee’s onsite 

property damage insurance for 

LACBWR does not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. The exempted 

financial protection regulation is 

unrelated to the operation of LACBWR. 

Accordingly, there is no significant 

change in the types or significant 

increase in the amounts of any effluents 

that may be released offsite; and no 

significant increase in individual or 

cumulative public or occupational 

radiation exposure. 

The exempted regulation is not 

associated with construction, so there is 

no significant construction impact. The 

exempted regulation does not concern 

the source term (i.e., potential amount 

of radiation in an accident), nor 

mitigation. Therefore, there is no 

significant increase in the potential for, 

or consequences of, a radiological 

accident. In addition, there would be no 

significant impacts to biota, water 

resources, historic properties, cultural 

resources, or socioeconomic conditions 

in the region. The requirement for onsite 

property damage insurance involves 

surety, insurance, and indemnity 

matters. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 

51.22(b) and 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), no 

environmental impact statement or 

environmental assessment need be 

prepared in connection with the 

approval of this exemption request. 

IV. Conclusions 

Accordingly, the Commission has 

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by 

law, will not present an undue risk to 

the public health and safety, and is 

consistent with the common defense 

and security. Also, special 

circumstances are present. Therefore, 

the Commission hereby grants LS an 

exemption from the requirements of 10 

CFR 50.54(w)(1), to permit the licensee 

to reduce its onsite property damage 

insurance coverage to a level of $50 

million. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of July 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John R. Tappert, 

Director, Division of Decommissioning, 

Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0156] 

Information Collection: NRC Form 748, 

National Source Tracking Transaction 

Report 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Renewal of existing information 

collection; request for comment. 

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, ‘‘NRC Form 748, National 

Source Tracking Transaction Report.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by October 1, 

2018. 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: 


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• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0156. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@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–2 F43, 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: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0156 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0156. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0156 on this website. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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, 301–415–4737, or by 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18114A723. The 

supporting statement is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML18114A745. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting 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 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0156 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

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. The NRC will 

post all comment submissions at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS, 

and the NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions 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 the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions 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: NRC Form 748, National 

Source Tracking Transaction Report. 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0202. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number, if applicable: 

NRC Form 748. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: On occasion (at 

completion of a transaction, and at 

inventory reconciliation). 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Licensees that manufacture, 

receive, transfer, disassemble, or 

dispose of nationally tracked sources. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 18,927 (13,200 online + 480 

batch upload + 5,247 NRC Form 748). 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 1,400 (260 NRC Licensees 

+ 1,140 Agreement State Licensees). 

9. The estimated number of hours 

needed annually to comply with the 

information collection requirement or 

request: 1,963.1. 

10. Abstract: In 2006, the NRC 

amended its regulations to implement a 

National Source Tracking System 

(NSTS) for certain sealed sources. The 

amendments require licensees to report 

certain transactions involving nationally 

tracked sources to the NSTS. These 

transactions include manufacture, 

transfer, receipt, disassembly, or 

disposal of the nationally tracked 

source. This information collection is 

mandatory and is used to populate the 

NSTS. National source tracking is part 

of a comprehensive radioactive source 

control program for radioactive 

materials of greatest concern. The NRC 

and Agreement States uses the 

information provided by licensees in the 

NSTS to track the life cycle of the 

nationally tracked source from 

manufacture through shipment receipt, 

decay, and burial. NSTS enhances the 

ability of NRC and Agreement States to 

conduct inspections and investigations, 

communicate information to other 

government agencies, and verify 

legitimate ownership and use of 

nationally tracked sources. 

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? 

2. Is the estimate of the burden of the 

information collection accurate? 

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 at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of July, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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