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###### Nuclear Regulatory Commission

          - [NRC-2024-0172]

# AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

# ACTION:

Proposed information collection; request for comment.

# SUMMARY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on this proposed information collection. The information collection is entitled, “Human Performance Test Facility.”

# DATES:

                        Submit comments by February 18, 2025. Comments received after this                               ( print page 104233)                            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:
      -  Federal rulemaking website:                          Go to                          https://www.regulations.gov                          and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0172. 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.                    
      -  Mail comments to:                          David 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 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-2024-0172 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:
    -  Federal Rulemaking Website:                      Go to                      https://www.regulations.gov                      and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0172.                
    -  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 supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24197A213.                
    -  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                      PDR.Resource@nrc.gov                      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.                
    -  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:                      Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

### B. Submitting Comments

                    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (                    *https://www.regulations.gov*). Please include Docket ID NRC-2024-0172, 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 as follows.

                    1.                     *The title of the information collection:*                     Human Performance Test Facility.                

                    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:*                     On occasion.                

                    6.                     *Who will be required or asked to respond:*                     The potential respondent universe consists of NRC staff (defined as full-time permanent staff and management level personnel, licensed plant operators, summer interns, and co-operative education students). Respondents may be selected to cover a broad sample or to include specific characteristics (                    *i.e.,*                     individual differences such as operator experience) in order to facilitate research aims.                

                    7.                     *The estimated number of annual responses:*                     300.                

                    8.                     *The estimated number of annual respondents:*                     300.                

                    9.                     *The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request:*                     300.                

                    10.                     *Abstract:*                     The NRC is requesting OMB approval of a plan for a generic collection of information. The need and practicality of the collection can be evaluated, but the details of the specific individual collections will not be known until a later time. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the NRC is seeking public comment on approval of data collections for the Human Performance Test Facility. The purpose of the data collections submitted under this generic clearance will be to address research gaps in human performance and human reliability analysis in the nuclear domain and contribute to our understanding of various cognitive and physical elements that facilitate interactions with state-of-the-art technology and support safe control room operation. Research findings from these data collections will support informational needs of the NRC and ensure that our human factors engineering guidance documents and human risk analysis methods support the review and evaluation of “state-of-the-art” human factors programs.                

## 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                           ( print page 104234)                        automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology?                

Dated: December 17, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

David Cullison,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2024-30392 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]

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