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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to renew clearance of this collection. In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 

are providing opportunity for public 

comment on this action. After obtaining 

and considering public comment, NSF 

will prepare the submission requesting 

OMB clearance of this collection for no 

longer than 3 years. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by May 23, 2022 to be assured 

of consideration. Comments received 

after that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Suite 18000W, Alexandria, VA 22314, 

or by email to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton on (703) 292–7556 or 

send email to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title of Collection: ‘‘Postdoctoral 

Research Fellowships in Biology 

Application Form A and Reference 

Writer Recommendation.’’ 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0203. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2022. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to renew an information 

collection for three years. 

Proposed Project: Two organizational 

units within the Directorate of 

Biological Sciences of the National 

Science Foundation will use the NSF 

Application Form A and 

recommendation form for the 

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in 

Biology Program (https://beta.nsf.gov/ 

funding/opportunities/postdoctoralresearch-fellowships-biology-prfb). They 

are the Division of Biological 

Infrastructure (DBI) and the Division of 

Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). 

All scientists submitting the NSF 

Application Forms and 

recommendation forms to these units 

will be asked to complete an electronic 

version of the forms. The NSF 

Application Form A consists of brief 

questions about the investigator and the 

substance of the research. The 

recommendation form consists of brief 

questions about the reference writer and 

the uploading of a recommendation 

letter drafted by the reference writer. 

Use of the Information: The 

information gathered with the NSF 

Application Form A and 

recommendation form serves three main 

purposes. The first is to provide 

vehicles for applicants to submit 

applications and reference writers to 

submit recommendations. 

The second is facilitation of the 

proposal review process. Since peer 

review is a key component of NSF’s 

grant-making process, it is imperative 

that proposals are reviewed by scientists 

with appropriate expertise. The 

information collected helps ensure that 

the proposals are evaluated by 

specialists who are well versed in 

appropriate subject matter. This helps 

maintain a fair and equitable review 

process. 

The third use of the information is 

program evaluation. The Directorate is 

committed to investing in a range of 

substantive areas. With data from this 

collection, the Directorate can calculate 

submission rates and funding rates in 

specific areas of research. Similarly, the 

information can be used to identify 

emerging areas of research, evaluate 

changing infrastructure needs in the 

research community, and track the 

amount of international research. As the 

National Science Foundation is 

committed to funding cutting-edge 

science, these factors all have 

implications for program management. 

The Directorate of Biological Sciences 

has a continuing commitment to 

monitor its information collection in 

order to preserve its applicability and 

necessity. Through periodic updates 

and revisions, the Directorate ensures 

that only useful, non-redundant 

information is collected. These efforts 

will reduce excessive reporting burdens. 

Burden on the Public: The Directorate 

estimates that an average of 25 minutes 

is expended for each application 

submitted and an average of 170 

minutes is expended for reference writer 

recommendation added. An estimated 

930 responses are expected during the 

course of one year for a total of 542 

public burden hours annually. 

Expected Respondents: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 930. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

930. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1886 hours. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Dated: March 18, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06175 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2022–0052] 

Acceptability of Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Results for Advanced 

Non-Light Water Reactor RiskInformed Activities 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide for trial use; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment and for trial use, a new 

regulatory guide (RG) 1.247, 

‘‘Acceptability of Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Results for Non-Light Water 

Reactor Risk-Informed Activities.’’ This 

new guidance describes one acceptable 

approach for determining whether the 

acceptability of the probabilistic risk 

assessment (PRA) used to support a PRA 

application is sufficient to provide 

confidence in the results for non-light 

water reactors (NLWRs) and riskinformed activities. As a trial RG, this 

issuance does not provide final staff 

positions and the guidance within may 

be revised based on experience obtained 

by the NRC with its use after its 

publication. 

DATES: Submit comments by May 23, 

2022. Comments received during this 

public comment period will be 

considered and responded to. The 

public comment period will be followed 

by a 2-year trial use period. At any time 

during the trial use period, a member of 

the public may submit suggestions to 


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the NRC for improvement of existing 

RGs or for the development of new RGs. 

Suggestions can be submitted on the 

NRC’s public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 

Suggestions will be considered in future 

updates and enhancements to the 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This trial use 

period may be extended, as necessary, 

based on the experience obtained. After 

the trial use period, the NRC staff will 

develop and issue a draft RG that will 

include the stakeholder feedback and 

experience gained from use of the trial 

RG. The draft RG issuance will also 

provide an additional formal public 

comment opportunity, with feedback 

considered prior to final RG publication. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods; 

however, the NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2022–0052. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• Mail comments to: Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, ATTN: Program Management, 

Announcements and Editing Staff. 

For additional direction on accessing 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anders Gilbertson, telephone: 301–415– 

1541, email: Anders.Gilbertson@nrc.gov, 

Michelle Gonzalez telephone: 301–415– 

5661, email: Michelle.Gonzalez@

nrc.gov, or Harriet Karagiannis, 

telephone: 301–415–2493, email: 

Harriet.Karagiannis@nrc.gov. These 

individuals are staff in the Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research at the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022– 

0052 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

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–2022–0052. 

• 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 ADAMS 

accession number for each document 

referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) 

is provided the first time that it is 

mentioned in this document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

The NRC encourages electronic 

comment submission through the 

Federal rulemaking website (https://

www.regulations.gov). Please include 

Docket ID NRC–2022–0052 in your 

comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC posts all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enters 

the comment submissions into ADAMS. 

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 submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC is issuing this new trial RG 

in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series 

and requesting public comment. This 

series was developed to describe 

methods that are acceptable to the NRC 

staff for implementing specific parts of 

the agency’s regulations, to explain 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and to describe information that 

the staff needs in its review of 

applications for permits and licenses. 

This RG titled, ‘‘Acceptability of 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results 

for Non-Light Water Reactor RiskInformed Activities,’’ is designated as a 

trial use RG 1.247 and is available in 

ADAMS under Accession No. 

ML21235A008. It describes one 

acceptable approach for determining 

whether the acceptability of the PRA 

used to support an application is 

sufficient to provide confidence in the 

results, such that the PRA can be used 

in regulatory decision-making for 

NLWRs for implementing the 

requirements in Part 50 and 52 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR), or future applicable 

regulations. In addition, this RG is 

intended to be consistent with the 

NRC’s PRA Policy Statement and 

reflects and endorses, with staff 

exceptions and clarifications, national 

consensus PRA standards provided by 

standards development organizations 

and guidance provided by nuclear 

industry organizations. 

It is issued as a trial RG since the staff 

has determined that additional 

implementation experience would 

better inform draft and final staff 

positions. Such revisions would involve 

the development of a draft RG that 

would include lessons learned and 

public comments from use of this trial 

RG. The draft RG would also be 

available for public comment prior to 

issuance of a final RG. Therefore, the 

staff positions included in this trial RG 

could be different that the ones that 

would be included in the draft and final 

RG. 

The staff is also issuing a regulatory 

analysis (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML21235A010). The staff develops a 

regulatory analysis to assess the value of 

issuing this new regulatory guide as 

well as alternative courses of action. 

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

This trial RG does not establish a staff 

position for purposes of 10 CFR 50.109, 

‘‘Backfitting’’ or constitute forward 

fitting as that term is defined and 

described in NRC Management Directive 


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(MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, 

Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 

Information Requests’’ (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML18093B087). Any 

changes to this trial RG, such as 

withdrawal or addition of or 

modification to staff positions based on 

experience gained during the trial use 

period, prior to issuing a final RG will 

not be considered to be backfitting as 

defined in 10 CFR 50.109. This will 

ensure that the lessons learned from the 

regulatory trial use of the pilot 

applications of this RG are adequately 

addressed and that this guidance is 

sufficient to enhance regulatory stability 

in the review and approval of riskinformed applications for non-light 

water reactors. 

Dated: March 18, 2022. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs 

Management Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06222 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–1151; NRC–2022–0047] 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC; 

Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility; and 

US Ecology, Inc.; Idaho Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

Subtitle C; Hazardous Disposal Facility 

Located Near Grand View, Idaho 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License amendment and 

exemptions; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing 

exemptions from NRC regulations and 

associated license amendment related to 

requests from Westinghouse Electric 

Company, LLC (WEC) and US Ecology, 

Inc. (USEI). WEC requested NRC 

approval for an alternate disposal and 

related exemptions for specified lowactivity radioactive waste from the 

Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 

(CFFF) in Hopkins, South Carolina 

containing byproduct material and 

special nuclear material (SNM) under 

License Number SNM–1107. 

Additionally, the NRC is approving 

exemptions requested by USEI from the 

applicable licensing requirements to 

allow USEI to receive and dispose of the 

material from CFFF without an NRC 

license. The USEI disposal facility, 

located near Grand View, Idaho, is a 

Subtitle C Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste 

disposal facility permitted by the State 

of Idaho to receive low-level radioactive 

waste. Approval of the alternate 

disposal request from WEC and the 

exemptions and license amendment 

requested by WEC, and associated 

exemptions requested by USEI would 

allow WEC to transfer the specific waste 

from CFFF to USEI for disposal. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective on 

March 24, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2022–0047 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2022–0047. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the ‘‘For Further Information 

Contact’’ section of this document. 

• 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, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The Request for 

Alternate Disposal Approval and 

Exemption for Specific CFFF Waste 

(License No. SNM–1197, Docket No. 70– 

1151) dated November 5, 2022, as 

corrected by letter dated December 1, 

2021, is available in ADAMS under 

Accession Nos. ML21309A095 and 

ML21336A461, respectively. The staff’s 

Safety Evaluation Report dated March 4, 

2022, is available in ADAMS under 

Package Accession No. ML22054A045. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents, 

by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, 

Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

(ET), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenny Tobin, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

2328, email: Jennifer.Tobin@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC 

(WEC) holds a special nuclear materials 

(SNM) License Number SNM–1107 

under part 70 of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 

Material.’’ Under the terms of its 

license, WEC fabricates nuclear fuel at 

the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 

(CFFF). The US Ecology, Inc. (USEI) 

disposal facility near Grand View, Idaho 

is a Subtitle C Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous 

waste disposal facility permitted by the 

State of Idaho to receive radioactive 

waste. 

II. Request/Action 

The proposed action would approve 

the alternate disposal request and 

provide exemptions from 10 CFR 70.3 

and 10 CFR 30.3 and an associated WEC 

license amendment, allowing WEC to 

transfer and USEI to receive and dispose 

of waste containing byproduct material 

and SNM. The volumetrically 

contaminated waste includes calcium 

fluoride (CaF2) sludge dredged from the 

disposal lagoons and the Sanitary 

Lagoon located on the site, the sanitary 

lagoon liner, contaminated soil from 

under and adjacent to the Sanitary 

Lagoon, and soil associated with the 

demolition of the CaF2 storage pad. The 

surface-contaminated waste being 

considered for disposal includes 

obsolete uranium hexafluoride (UF6) 

shipping cylinders and debris 

associated with demolition and removal 

of the CaF2 pad and Sanitary Lagoon. 

The waste being considered originates 

from processes associated with the 

chemical conversion of UF6 to uranium 

dioxide (UO2) performed at CFFF and is 

contaminated with isotopic uranium 

(U–234, U–235, and U–238) and 

technicium-99 (Tc-99). 

As proposed, this waste would be 

transported from CFFF in South 

Carolina to the USEI facility near Grand 

View, Idaho using a combination of 

trucks and railcars. The USEI facility is 

a RCRA Subtitle C hazardous waste 

disposal facility permitted by the State 

of Idaho. 

III. Discussion 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 70.17 and 10 CFR 

30.11, the Commission may, upon 

application of any interested person or 

upon its own initiative, grant such 

exemptions from the requirements of 10 

CFR part 70 and part 30 respectively, as 


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