Notice2022-06483
Information Collection: NRC Form 798, “Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement”
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Published
March 28, 2022
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
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, NRC Form 798, "Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement."
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17343-17344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06483]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0215]
Information Collection: NRC Form 798, ``Request for a Medical
Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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, NRC Form 798, ``Request for a
Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement.''
DATES: Submit comments by April 27, 2022. 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-2084; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2fbdcd4ddd1dddeded7d1c6c19ce0d7c1ddc7c0d1d7f2dcc0d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bff6d1d9d0dcd0d3d3dadccbcc91eddaccd0cacddcdaffd1cddc91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0215 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 Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0215.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, 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#f2a2b6a0dca097819d87809197b29c8091dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b3b2f3945390e18041e19080e2b051908450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML21340A125. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22075A311.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#39697d6b176b5c4a564c4b5a5c79574b5a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fdfcbdda1ddeafce0fafdeceacfe1fdeca1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>
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or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
<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#e1a88f878e828e8d8d84829592cfb384928e94938284a18f9382cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97def9f1f8f4f8fbfbf2f4e3e4b9c5f2e4f8e2e5f4f2d7f9e5f4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> 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
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, NRC
Form 798, ``Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination
Requirement.'' 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 December 28, 2021, 86 FR
73808.
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 798, ``Request
for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0249.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 798.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Medical providers will
complete section B of the form for NRC employees seeking a medical
exemption to the Federal employee vaccine mandate.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 10.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 5.
10. Abstract: Executive Order (E.O.) 14043, titled, ``Requiring
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees,'' requires
all Federal employees, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2105, to be vaccinated
against COVID-19, with exceptions only as required by law. Requests for
``medical accommodation'' or ``medical exceptions'' will be treated as
requests for a disability accommodation and evaluated and decided under
applicable Rehabilitation Act standards for reasonable accommodation
absent undue hardship to the agency. An employee may also request a
delay for complying with the vaccination requirement based on certain
medical considerations that may not justify an exception under the
Rehabilitation Act. The agency will be required to keep confidential
any medical information provided, subject to the applicable
Rehabilitation Act standards. Employees who receive an exception or a
delay from the vaccination requirement would instead comply with
alternative health and safety protocols. NRC Form 798, ``Request for a
Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement'' will be
completed by employees who seek a medical exception and by their
personal medical providers.
The vaccination requirement issued pursuant to E.O. 14043, is
currently the subject of a nationwide injunction. While that injunction
remains in place, the NRC will not process requests for a medical
exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O.
14043. The NRC will also not request the submission of any medical
information related to a request for an exception from the vaccination
requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 while the injunction remains in
place, but the NRC may nevertheless receive information regarding a
medical exception. That is because, if the NRC were to receive a
request for an exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement
pursuant to E.O. 14043 during the pendency of the injunction, the NRC
will accept the request, hold it in abeyance, and notify the employee
who submitted the request that implementation and enforcement of the
COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 is currently
enjoined and that an exception therefore is not necessary so long as
the injunction is in place. In other words, during the pendency of the
injunction, any information collection related to requests for medical
exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O.
14043 is not undertaken to implement or enforce the COVID-19
vaccination requirement.
Dated: March 23, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06483 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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