In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, NRC is approved an emergency clearance for this
one-time collection. This collection will be valid for 180 days. If
NRC decides to continue use of this collection beyond the approved
emergency request clearance time period, it must resubmit to OMB
under the normal PRA clearance process.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2015
6 Months From Approved
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is required by the Atomic Energy Act to verify that licensees
are in compliance with the regulations and license conditions.
Compliance with the regulations provides reasonable assurance of
public health and safety. The NRC has authority to collect this
type of information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 70.22(d) and 10 CFR 40.31(b). The NRC staff
may at any time require a licensee to submit additional information
to enable the Commission to determine if the license to operate a
nuclear facility needs to be modified, revoked, or suspended. The
Commission uses the information collected to verify that licensees
meet the NRC regulations and requirements of their
license.
Following the
unanticipated events (earthquake and tsunami) at the Fukushima
Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission’s (NRC) Chairman directed the NRC staff to undertake
near-term and longer-term actions (Tasking Memorandum –
COMGBJ-11-0002 – NRC Actions Following the Events in Japan,” dated
March 23, 2011. One of the longer-term actions was for the staff to
assess the applicability of the lessons learned from the accident
to the non-reactor facilities, such as fuel cycle facilities, in
the event of a natural disaster. The NRC staff performed a
systematic evaluation and inspection of selected fuel cycle
facilities to confirm that licensees are in compliance with
applicable regulatory requirements and license conditions; and to
evaluate their readiness to address natural phenomena events. Based
on the results of the inspection, the NRC staff identified that
licensees have not clearly documented the assumptions they used to
develop their safety assessments. Therefore, the NRC inspectors
were unable to verify that these facilities were in compliance with
their licensing basis and the regulatory requirements. This Generic
Letter will request information from licensees to verify that they
are in compliance with the regulatory requirements and demonstrate
that they provide adequate protection of public health and safety.
The outcome of the GL ensures that the NRC fulfills its mission of
protecting the public. On December 23, 2011, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, Public Law 112-074, was signed into law.
Section 402 of the law requires a reevaluation of nuclear power
reactor licensees’ design basis for external hazards, and expands
the scope to include other external events. While the text of the
statute did not specify a deadline, the Conference Report for PL
112-74 stated: Authority The NRC is required by the Atomic Energy
Act to verify that licensees are in compliance with the regulations
and license conditions. Compliance with the regulations provides
reasonable assurance of public health and safety. The NRC already
has the authority to collect this type of information under 10 CFR
70.22(d) and 10 CFR 40.31(b). This collection is intended to be a
one-time collection to meet the legislative requirements and will
allow the NRC to verify the adequacy of each facility’s design
basis and determine if additional regulatory actions are
appropriate, given the lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi
disaster Request for Emergency Clearance Approval The NRC requests
approval for the issuance of the Generic Letter within 2 weeks so
that the NRC can meet its mission of protecting public health and
safety. Currently, the NRC cannot verify that in the event of
foreseeable natural phenomena, fuel cycle facilities are in
compliance with the regulatory requirements and the conditions of
their licenses. Compliance is the basis for the NRC’s determination
of reasonable assurance of public health and safety. The
post-Fukushima review of current licensees meets the second
criteria for emergency clearances, “an unanticipated event has
occurred” (in this case, a natural disaster that could occur in the
United States). In addition, this collection is directly tied to
the agency’s mission to ensure the adequate protection of public
health and safety, and in compliance with the Congressional mandate
to implement the lessons learned “as expeditiously as possible.”
The NRC is requesting OMB to authorize emergency processing of this
collection of information as stated under 5 CFR
1320.13(a)(2)(ii)-(iii).
This emergency clearance
request is a new collection, issued pursuant to 10 CFR 70.22(d) and
10 CFR 40.32(b), which will impose a total of 728 hours of burden
on 13 fuel cycle facilities to verify that they are in compliance
with the regulatory requirements and demonstrate that they provide
adequate protection of public health and safety.
$390,600
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Margie Kotzalas 301
287-3870
No
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.
Emergency Clearance SS 033015 Rev.doc
FCF GL Public Comment Resolution.docx
Public Comments 2 -2 .pdf
Request for Information Pursuant to 10 CFR 70.22(d) and 10 CFR 40.31(b)