The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) will ask Agreement States to provide information about
uranium recovery and complex sites undergoing decommissioning
regulated by the Agreement States on an annual basis. This
information request will allow the NRC to compile, in a centralized
location, more complete information on the status of
decommissioning and decontamination in the United States in order
to provide a national perspective on decommissioning. The
information will be made available to the public by the NRC in
order to ensure openness an promote communication to enhance public
confidence in the national decommissioning program. This does not
apply to information such as trade secrets and commercial or
financial information provided by the Agreement States as
privileged or confidential. Information such as financial assurance
and the status of decommissioning funding would need to be
identified by the Agreement States as privileged or confidential,
whereupon the NRC would withhold such information from public
access and treat it as sensitive or non-sensitive, per the
considerations in 10 CFR Parts 2.390 and 9.17. This does not apply
to financial assurance or decommissioning funding information that
is already available to the public. Although specific details of
the funding mechanisms are treated as confidential, beneficial
lessons learned regarding the improvement of
decommissioning-related funding will be shared with the Agreement
States.
Agreement States will be asked
to provide information about uranium recovery and complex sites
undergoing decommissioning regulated by the Agreement States on an
annual basis. The information request will allow the NRC to
compile, in a centralized location, more complete information on
the status of decommissioning and decontamination in the United
States in order to provide a national perspective on
decommissioning. The information will be made available to the
public by the NRC in order to ensure openness and promote
communication to enhance public confidence in the national
decommissioning program. This does not apply to information, such
as trade secrets and commercial or financial information provided
by the Agreement States as privileged or confidential. Information
such as financial assurance and the status of decommissioning
funding would need to be identified by the Agreement State as
privileged or confidential, whereupon the NRC would withhold such
information from public access and treat it as sensitive or
non-sensitive, per the considerations in 10 CFR Parts 2.390 and
9.17. This does not apply to financial assurance or decommissioning
funding information that is already available to the public.
Although specific details of the funding mechanisms are treated as
confidential, beneficial lessons learned regarding the improvement
of decommissioning-related funding will be shared with the
Agreement States.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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