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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 the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions 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: 10 CFR part 71, Packaging
and Transportation of Radioactive
Material.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0008.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: On occasion. Application
for package certification may be made at
any time. Required reports are collected
and evaluated on a continuous basis as
events occur.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: All NRC specific licensees who
place byproduct, source, or special
nuclear material into transportation, and
all persons who wish to apply for NRC
approval of package designs for use in
such transportation.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 660.1 responses.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 250 respondents.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 25,593.9 hours.
10. Abstract: NRC regulations in 10
CFR part 71 establish requirements for
packaging, preparation for shipment,
and transportation of licensed material,
and prescribe procedures, standards,
and requirements for approval by NRC
of packaging and shipping procedures
for fissile material and for quantities of
licensed material in excess of Type A
quantities. The NRC collects
information pertinent to 10 CFR part 71
for three reasons: To issue a package
approval; to ensure that any incidents or
package degradation or defect are
appropriately captured, evaluated and if
necessary, corrected to minimize future
potential occurrences; and to ensure
that all activities are completed using an
NRC-approved quality assurance
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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 estimate of the burden of the
information collection 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 29th day
of September 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
[FR Doc. 2015–25341 Filed 10–5–15; 8:45 am]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2015–0147]

Information Collection: Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review. The information
collection is entitled, ‘‘Environmental
Protection Regulations for Domestic
Licensing and Related Regulatory
Functions.’’
DATES: Submit comments by November
5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the OMB reviewer at: Vlad Dorjets,
Desk Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (3150–0021), NEOB–
10202, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503;
telephone: 202–395–7315, email: oira_
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tremaine Donnell, NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–6258; email:
[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
0147 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0147.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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 [email protected]. The
supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession
ML15236A231.
• 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.
• 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, Tremaine Donnell,
Office of Information Services, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–6258; email:
[email protected].
B. Submitting Comments
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 OMB, 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

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information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently
submitted a request for renewal of an
existing collection of information to
OMB for review entitled, 10 CFR part 51
‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations
for Domestic Licensing and Related
Regulatory Functions.’’ The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
June 23, 2015 (80 FR 35991).
1. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR part 51
‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations
for Domestic Licensing and Related
Regulatory Functions.’’
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0021.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number if applicable: Not
applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: Upon submittal of an
application for a combined license,
construction permit, operating license,
operating license renewal, early site
permit, design certification,
decommissioning or license termination
review, or manufacturing license, or
upon submittal of a petition for
rulemaking.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Licensees and applicants
requesting approvals for actions
proposed in accordance with the
provisions of 10 CFR parts 30, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 50, 52, 54, 60, 61, 70,
and 72.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 48.7.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 48.7.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to comply with
the information collection requirement
or request: 48,104.
10. Abstract: The NRC’s regulations at
10 CFR part 51 specifies information to
be provided by applicants and licensees
so that the NRC can make
determinations necessary to adhere to
the policies, regulations, and public
laws of the United States, which are
interpreted and administered in
accordance with the provisions set forth
in the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended.

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day
of September 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
[FR Doc. 2015–25340 Filed 10–5–15; 8:45 am]
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
OFFICE
Clarifying Current Roles and
Responsibilities Described in the
Coordinated Framework for the
Regulation of Biotechnology and
Developing a Long-Term Strategy for
the Regulation of the Products of
Biotechnology
National Science and
Technology Council, Science and
Technology Policy Office.
ACTION: Notice of request for
information.
AGENCY:

On July 2, 2015, the Executive
Office of the President (EOP) issued a
memorandum (Ref. 1) directing the
primary agencies that regulate the
products of biotechnology—the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)—to
update the Coordinated Framework for
the Regulation of Biotechnology (51 FR
23302; June 26, 1986) (Ref. 2), develop
a long-term strategy to ensure that the
Federal biotechnology regulatory system
is prepared for the future products of
biotechnology, and commission an
expert analysis of the future landscape
of biotechnology products to support
this effort. The memorandum’s
objectives are to ensure public
confidence in the regulatory system and
to prevent unnecessary barriers to future
innovation and competitiveness by
improving the transparency,
coordination, predictability, and
efficiency of the regulation of
biotechnology products while
continuing to protect health and the
environment.
The purpose of this Request for
Information (RFI) is to solicit relevant
data and information, including case
studies, that can assist in the
development of the proposed update to
the Coordinated Framework for the
Regulation of Biotechnology (CF) to
clarify the current roles and
responsibilities of the EPA, FDA, and
USDA and the development of a longterm strategy consistent with the
objectives described in the July 2, 2015
EOP memorandum. In addition to this

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RFI, the update to the CF will undergo
public comment before it is finalized.
DATES: Responses must be received by
November 13, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. EST to
be considered.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
information by either of the following
methods (electronic is strongly
preferred):
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Docket No. FDA–
2015–N–3403. Follow the instructions
for submitting information. Information
submitted electronically, including
attachments, to http://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged.
• Mail: National Science and
Technology Council: Emerging
Technologies Interagency Policy
Coordination Committee, Office of
Science and Technology Policy, 1650
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20504. If submitting a response by
mail, please allow sufficient time for
mail processing. Written/paper
information, including attachments, will
be posted to the docket unchanged.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include Docket No. FDA–2015–N–
3403 for Clarifying Current Roles and
Responsibilities Described in the
Coordinated Framework for the
Regulation of Biotechnology and
Developing a Long-Term Strategy for the
Regulation of the Products of
Biotechnology; Request for Information.
Disclaimer: All information received
will be placed in the docket and will be
publicly viewable at http://
www.regulations.gov. Responses must
be unclassified and should not contain
any information that might be
considered proprietary, confidential, or
personally identifying (such as home
address or social security number).
Responses to this RFI will not be
returned. The National Science and
Technology Council is under no
obligation to acknowledge receipt of the
information received, or provide
feedback to respondents with respect to
any information submitted under this
RFI. No requests for a bid package or
solicitation will be accepted; no bid
package or solicitation exists. This RFI
is issued solely for information and
planning purposes and does not
constitute a solicitation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Science and Technology
Council: Emerging Technologies
Interagency Policy Coordination
Committee, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, Executive Office of
the President, Eisenhower Executive
Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania
Ave., Washington DC 20504, Phone:

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