Notice2022-25487
Information Collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page
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Published
November 23, 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 Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page."
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71692-71693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25487]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0043]
Information Collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page
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 Forms 540 and 540A,
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and
Continuation Page.''
DATES: Submit comments by December 23, 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 C. 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#5811363e373b3734343d3b2c2b760a3d2b372d2a3b3d18362a3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="743d1a121b171b1818111700075a2611071b01061711341a06175a131b02">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0043 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-2021-0043.
<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#411105136f1324322e34332224012f33226f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a7a6e7804784f59455f58494f6a445849044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the NRC Forms 540 and 540A
and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing
ADAMS Accession Nos. ML22132A240, ML22132A241, and ML20178A433,
respectively. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML22301A050.
<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#df8f9b8df18dbaacb0aaadbcba9fb1adbcf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4a4b0a6daa691879b81869791b49a8697da939b82">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (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 C. 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#034a6d656c606c6f6f666077702d5166706c76716066436d71602d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e371018111d1112121b1d0a0d502c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent
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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
Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest
(Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page.'' 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 August 10, 2022 (87 FR 48700).
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A,
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and
Continuation Page.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0164.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 540 and 540A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 540
and 540A, or the Agreement State equivalent forms, are used by low-
level radioactive waste (LLW) shippers when LLW is shipped. NRC Form
540/540A, combined with NRC Forms 541/541A and 542/542A, are
collectively referred to as the Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Manifest forms. The disposal facilities and their Agreement State
regulators, where applicable, use the information found on the forms to
ensure waste disposal meets the requirements in part 61 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for the protection of the
public and environment. The NRC does not collect or retain data on the
forms and the forms are not sent to or received by the NRC. NRC Form
541/541A and NRC Form 542/542A are (1) mailed or electronically
transferred to the intended consignee prior to the shipment arriving at
the consignee or (2) delivered with the waste to the consignee. NRC
Form 540 and 540A are required to be with the shipment regardless of
which of the above methods is chosen.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC Form 540 and
continuation Form 540A are completed by generators, collectors, and
processors of LLW intended for ultimate disposal at a licensed land
disposal facility.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 4,616.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 712.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 3,462.
10. Abstract: The completed NRC Form 540 contains information
needed to satisfy the Department of Transportation shipping paper
requirements in 49 CFR part 172 and the waste manifesting requirements
of the NRC's 10 CFR part 20. NUREG/BR- 0204, Rev. 3, contains
instructions for completing NRC Forms 540, 540A, 541, 541A, 542, and
542A. The forms were originally developed by the NRC at the request of
low-level waste industry groups. The forms are intended to provide
uniformity and efficiency in the collection of information contained in
manifests which are required to control transfers of LLW intended for
disposal at a land disposal facility. However, as stated in 10 CFR part
20, appendix G, ``Licensees need not use originals of these NRC Forms
as long as any substitute forms are equivalent to the original
documentation in respect to content, clarity, size, and location of
information . . .'' The NRC previously noticed the availability of
revisions to the Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Forms in
the Federal Register on June 25, 2021 (86 FR 33783). The information
collection contained in the current extension request does not include
any material changes to the forms, except for: (1) changes to the
Paperwork Reduction Act statement to indicate that licensees may use
equivalent forms, and (2) the deletion of the expiration date.
Dated: November 17, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25487 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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