OMB approves
this collection for a period of three years. To request approval of
information collections under this generic approval, the agency
must do the following: 1) Unless an agency is using multiple modes
of collection (e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions),
provide a Generic Clearance Submission Template for each
Instrument; 2) If the agency is using multiple modes of collection
(e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions), the same Generic
Clearance Submission Template may be used for both instruments; 3)
each Generic Clearance Submission Template must be uploaded as a
Supplementary document using a naming convention that allows the
public to identify the associated instrument; 4) submit no more
than five Generic Submission Templates with each request.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2023
36 Months From Approved
1,920
0
0
15,360
0
0
0
0
0
NRC actions and NRC-regulated
activities may affect Indian Tribes and their current or ancestral
Tribal lands. On January 9, 2017, the NRC published a Tribal Policy
Statement (82 FR 2402). In its Tribal Policy Statement, the NRC
indicted that it recognizes the Federal Trust Relationship with
Indian Tribes and will uphold its Trust Responsibility to Indian
Tribes. In its policy statement, the NRC indicated that it
recognizes and is committed to a government-to-government
relationship with Indian Tribes. The NRC also indicated that it
will engage in timely consultations with Indian Tribes. The NRC is
requesting OMB approval of a plan for a generic collection of
information. The need and practicality of the collection can be
evaluated, but the details of the specific individual collections
will not be known until a later time. The information collected
will include voluntary requests for information that would allow
the NRC to more effectively involve Indian Tribes in the NRC’s
regulatory activities and to enable the NRC to plan the NRC’s
Tribal outreach and consultation activities.
This is a request for a plan
for a new generic collection of information. Under this plan, the
NRC staff would send voluntary requests for information and
comments to Indian Tribes. These requests would impose an estimated
4,800 hours of annual burden at a cost of $1,320,000 (4,800 hours x
$275/hr) on Indian Tribal governments. Over the course of the
3-year clearance period, this will be 14,400 hours at a cost of
$3,960,000. The information requested is the minimum necessary to
provide Indian Tribes 1) the opportunity to review and provide
comments on documents pertaining to the NRC’s regulatory actions
with Tribal implications, 2) the opportunity to provide comments on
other NRC activities that may affect Indian Tribes or would be of
interest to Indian Tribes, and 3) other information that would
allow the NRC to better understand the effects of its activities on
Indian Tribes.
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.
Generic Submission Template (NRC Form 671A).pdf
Final Generic Requests to Tribes for Information OMB comments.docx
Comment request letter on SA700, "Processing an Agreement"