[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42842-42843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19333]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0274]


Information Collection: NRC Form 445, ``Request for Approval of 
Foreign Travel''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for 
comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public

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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 445, ``Request for Approval of Foreign 
Travel.''

DATES: Submit comments by November 13, 2017. 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0274. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d695b7a4b9baf891b7babab7b1beb3a496b8a4b5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="37745645585b1970565b5b56505f52457759455419505841">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> 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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b22252d24282427272e283f3845390e18041e19080e2b051908450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e070008010d0102020b0d1a1d601c2b3d213b3c2d2b0e203c2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0274 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0274. A copy of 
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained 
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2016-0274 on this Web site.
    <bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e1a0c500c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="443420366a3621372b31362721042a36276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>. A 
copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be 
obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML17216A768. 
The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML17069A044.
    <bullet> 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.
    <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 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#d49d9a929b979b989891978087fa86b1a7bba1a6b7b194baa6b7fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6afa8a0a9a5a9aaaaa3a5b2b5c8b483958993948583a6889485c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0274 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. All comment submissions are posted at http://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 
below.
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 445, ``Request 
for Approval of Official Foreign Travel.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0193.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 445, ``Request for 
Approval of Foreign Travel.''
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Contractors, 
consultants and invited NRC travelers who travel in the course of 
conducting business for the NRC.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 50.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 50.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 50 (1 hour per form).
    10. Abstract: Consultants, contractors, and those invited by the 
NRC to travel (e.g., prospective employees) must file travel vouchers 
and trip reports in order to be reimbursed for their travel expenses. 
The information collected includes the name, address, social security 
number, and the amount to be reimbursed. Travel expenses that are 
reimbursed are confined to those expenses essential to the transaction 
of official business for an approved trip.

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 burden estimate 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 6th day of September, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dave Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-19333 Filed 9-11-17; 8:45 am]
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