[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82920-82921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26068]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0060]


Information Collection: Codes and Standards

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 proposed collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is 
entitled, ``Codes and Standards.''

DATES: Submit comments by December 27, 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#87cee9e1e8e4e8ebebe2e4f3f4a9d5e2f4e8f2f5e4e2c7e9f5e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f664149404c4043434a4c5b5c017d4a5c405a5d4c4a6f415d4c01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0060 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-2023-0060.
    <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#ce9e8a9ce09cabbda1bbbcadab8ea0bcade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="316175631f6354425e44435254715f43521f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement and 
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. 
ML23256A171 and ML23072A434.
    <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#bbebffe995e9dec8d4cec9d8defbd5c9d895dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da8a9e88f488bfa9b5afa8b9bf9ab4a8b9f4bdb5ac">[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#5b12353d34383437373e382f2875093e28342e29383e1b352938753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f466169606c6063636a6c7b7c215d6a7c607a7d6c6a4f617d6c21686079">[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 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 proposed collection of 
information to OMB for review entitled ``Codes and Standards.'' 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 30, 2023, 88 FR 59950.
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR 50.55a, Codes 
and Standards.
    2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been 
assigned to this proposed information collection.
    3. Type of submission: New.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Reports are 
submitted on occasion, typically at each refueling outage or when an 
alternative is

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requested. Inservice Testing (IST) Program Test and Examination Plans 
must be submitted within 90 days of their implementation for the 
applicable 120-month IST Program interval.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees and 
applicants for or holders of an operating license or construction 
permit, applicants for a standard design certification under part 52 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of this chapter, 
or an applicant for or holder of a standard design approval, or a 
combined license.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 754 (660 reporting 
responses plus 94 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 94.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 336,416 (119,276 
reporting + 217,140 recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: Paragraph 50.55a, ``Codes and Standards,'' specifies 
technical information and data to be provided to the NRC or maintained 
by applicants and licensees so that the NRC may take determinations 
necessary to protect the health and safety of the public, in accordance 
with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements contained in 10 CFR 50.55a are mandatory for 
the affected licensees and applicants.

    Dated: November 21, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26068 Filed 11-24-23; 8:45 am]
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