38506 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 21, 2021 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NEA 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Dated: July 16, 2021. 

Meghan Jugder, 

Support Services Specialist, Office of 

Administrative Services & Contracts, National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15500 Filed 7–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2020–0255] 

Implementation of Aging Management 

Requirements for Spent Fuel Storage 

Renewals 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a new 

Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.76 (Revision 0), 

‘‘Implementation of Aging Management 

Requirements for Spent Fuel Storage 

Renewals.’’ This new guidance 

describes an approach that is acceptable 

to the staff of the NRC to meet the 

regulatory requirements for spent fuel 

storage renewals. It addresses 

requirements for the renewal of specific 

licenses for independent spent fuel 

storage installations (ISFSIs) and 

certificates of compliance (CoCs) for 

spent fuel storage cask designs pursuant 

to NRC requirements. 

DATES: Revision 0 to RG 3.76 is available 

on July 21, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2020–0255 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–2020–0255. 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. 

• 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 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. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine, and order copies of public 

documents is currently closed. You may 

submit your request to the PDR via 

email at 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. 

Revision 0 to RG 3.76 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML21098A022 and ML20282A299, 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristina Banovac, telephone: 301–415– 

7116, email: Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov, 

and Harriet Karagiannis, telephone: 

301–415–2493, email: 

Harriet.Karagiannis@nrc.gov. Both are 

staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a new guide in the 

NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This 

series was developed to describe and 

make available to the public information 

regarding methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the NRC staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and data that the NRC staff 

needs in its review of applications for 

permits and licenses. 

Revision 0 of RG 3.76 was issued with 

a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–3055. It describes 

an approach that is acceptable to the 

staff of the NRC by endorsing, with 

clarifications, the Nuclear Energy 

Institute (NEI) guidance in NEI 14–03, 

Revision 2, ‘‘Format, Content and 

Implementation Guidance for Dry Cask 

Storage Operations-Based Aging 

Management,’’ issued December 2016. 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of the 

availability of DG–3055 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML20282A298), in the 

Federal Register on December 11, 2020 

(85 FR 80193), for a 45-day public 

comment period. The public comment 

period closed on January 25, 2021. The 

staff received one public comment 

submission on DG–3055. 

This RG is a new RG 3.76 that 

describes an approach that is acceptable 

to the staff of the NRC by endorsing, 

with clarifications, the Nuclear Energy 

Institute (NEI) guidance in NEI 14–03, 

Revision 2, ‘‘Format, Content and 

Implementation Guidance for Dry Cask 

Storage Operations-Based Aging 

Management,’’ issued December 2016. 

This new RG provides guidance to 

industry for complying with and 

implementing the requirements for 

spent fuel storage renewals in Part 72 of 

title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Licensing 

Requirements for the Independent 

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, HighLevel Radioactive Waste, and ReactorRelated Greater Than Class C Waste.’’ 

This guidance addresses renewal of 

ISFSI specific licenses and CoCs for 

spent fuel storage cask designs in 10 

CFR 72.42, ‘‘Duration of license; 

renewal,’’ and 10 CFR 72.240, 

‘‘Conditions for spent fuel storage cask 

renewal,’’ respectively. 

The guidance specifically addresses 

the format and content of spent fuel 

storage renewal applications and the 

implementation of aging management 

programs (AMPs). The guidance uses an 

operations-focused approach to aging 

management, in which operating 

experience is shared through an 

industry database and continually 

assessed to adjust AMPs, as needed and 

within regulatory limits, to ensure the 

effectiveness of aging management 

activities during the period of extended 

operation and the continued safe storage 

of spent fuel. 


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III. Congressional Review Act 

This RG is a rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 

801–808). However, the Office of 

Management and Budget has not found 

it to be a major rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

This regulatory guide, RG 3.76, 

endorses, with clarifications, NEI 14–03, 

which provides guidance on the format 

and content of spent fuel storage 

renewal applications and 

implementation of aging management 

programs under 10 CFR part 72. As 

explained in RG 3.76, licensees are not 

required to comply with the positions 

set forth in this regulatory guide. 

Therefore, RG 3.76 does not constitute 

backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 72.62, 

‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC 

Management Directive (MD) 8.4, 

‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward 

Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information 

Requests’’; or constitute forward fitting 

as that term is defined and described in 

MD 8.4. If, in the future, the NRC were 

to impose a position in RG 3.76 in a 

manner that would constitute 

backfitting or forward fitting, then the 

NRC would address the backfitting 

provision in 10 CFR 72.62 or the 

forward fitting provision of MD 8.4, 

respectively. 

Dated: July 15, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Programs 

Management Branch, Division of Engineering, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15442 Filed 7–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Summary: In accordance with the 

requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

which provides opportunity for public 

comment on new or revised data 

collections, the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed data collections. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed information collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of the information; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden related to 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

1. Title and purpose of information 

collection: Railroad Service and 

Compensation Reports/System Access 

Application; OMB 3220–0008. 

Under Section 9 of the Railroad 

Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231h) 

and Section 6 of the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) 

(45 U.S.C. 356), the Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) maintains for each railroad 

employee, a record of compensation 

paid to that employee by all railroad 

employers for whom the employee 

worked after 1936. This record, which is 

used by the RRB to determine eligibility 

for, and amount of, benefits due under 

the laws it administers, is conclusive as 

to the amount of compensation paid to 

an employee during such period(s) 

covered by the report(s) of the 

compensation by the employee’s 

railroad employer(s), except in cases 

when an employee files a protest 

pertaining to his or her reported 

compensation within the statute of 

limitations cited in Section 9 of the RRA 

and Section 6 of the RUIA. 

To enable the RRB to establish and 

maintain the record of compensation, 

employers are required to file with the 

RRB, reports of their employees’ 

compensation, in such manner and form 

and at such times as the RRB prescribes. 

Railroad employers’ reports and 

responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR 

209. The RRB currently utilizes Form 

BA–3, Annual Report of Creditable 

Compensation, and Form BA–4, Report 

of Creditable Compensation 

Adjustments, to secure the required 

information from railroad employers. 

Form BA–3 provides the RRB with 

information regarding annual creditable 

service and compensation for each 

individual who worked for a railroad 

employer covered by the RRA and RUIA 

in a given year. Form BA–4 provides for 

the adjustment of any previously 

submitted reports and also the 

opportunity to provide any service and 

compensation that had been previously 

omitted. Requirements specific to Forms 

BA–3 and BA–4 are prescribed in 20 

CFR 209.8 and 209.9. 

Employers currently have the option 

of submitting BA–3 and BA–4 reports 

electronically by CD–ROM, secure 

Email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or 

online via the RRB’s Employer 

Reporting System (ERS). 

The information collection also 

includes RRB Form BA–12, Application 

for Employer Reporting internet Access, 

and Form G–440, Report Specifications 

Sheet. Form BA–12 is completed by 

railroad employers to obtain system 

access to ERS. Once access is obtained, 

authorized employees may submit 

reporting forms online to the RRB. The 

form determines what degree of access 

(view/only, data entry/modification or 

approval/submission) is appropriate for 

that employee. It is also used to 

terminate an employee’s access to ERS. 

Form G–440, Report Specifications 

Sheet, serves as a certification document 

for Forms BA–3 and BA–4 as well as 

other RRB employer reporting forms 

(Form BA–6a, BA–6 Address Report 

(OMB 3220–0005), Form BA–9, Report 

of Separation Allowance or Severance 

Pay (OMB 3220–0173) and Form BA–11, 

Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220– 

0132). It records the type of medium the 

report was submitted on, and serves as 

a summary recapitulation sheet for 

reports filed on paper. The RRB 

proposes no changes to Forms BA–3 

(internet), BA–4 (internet), BA–12, and 

G–440. The RRB proposes to remove 

Form BA–3 (Paper) and BA–4 (Paper) 

from the Information Collection due to 

less than 10 responses per year. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN

CURRENT BURDEN

Reporting Responses Time 

(minutes) 

Burden 

(hours) 

BA–3: 

Electronic Media 2/ .............................................................................. 96 46.25 (2,775 min) ............................ 4,440 

BA–3 (Internet) ................................................................................... 617 46.25 (2,775 min) ............................ 28,536 

Total BA–3 ................................................................................... 713 .......................................................... 32,976 

BA–4: 


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