Notice2024-16966
Information Collection: Fitness for Duty Programs
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Published
August 1, 2024
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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, "Fitness for Duty Programs."
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62805-62806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16966]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0169]
Information Collection: Fitness for Duty Programs
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, ``Fitness for Duty Programs.''
DATES: Submit comments by September 3, 2024. 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#3970575f565a5655555c5a4d4a176b5c4a564c4b5a5c79574b5a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d1f6fef7fbf7f4f4fdfbecebb6cafdebf7edeafbfdd8f6eafbb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0169 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-2023-0169.
<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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abfbeff985f9ced8c4ded9c8ceebc5d9c885ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0a0b4a2dea295839f85829395b09e8293de979f86">[email protected]</span></a>. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#104054423e4275637f65627375507e62733e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="28786c7a067a4d5b475d5a4b4d68465a4b064f475e">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 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 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#bdf4d3dbd2ded2d1d1d8dec9ce93efd8ced2c8cfded8fdd3cfde93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f765159505c5053535a5c4b4c116d5a4c504a4d5c5a7f514d5c11585049">[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, 10
CFR part 26, ``Fitness for Duty Programs.'' 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 May 7, 2024, 89 FR 38195.
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 26,
``Fitness for Duty Programs.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0146.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive
Test Form,'' NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and Alcohol
Tests,'' and NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form.''
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually and
on occasion. The NRC receives reports on an annual basis that detail
fitness-for-duty (FFD) program performance. The NRC also receives, on
occasion, reports associated with FFD policy violations or programmatic
failures. Depending on the type of violation or programmatic failure,
the report would be made within 24 hours of the event occurrence, or
within 30 days of completing an investigation into a programmatic
failure.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities'' and 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants'' (except those
who have permanently ceased operations and have verified that fuel has
been permanently removed from the reactor); all holders of nuclear
power plant construction permits and early site permits with a limited
work authorization and applicants for nuclear power plant construction
permits that have a limited work authorization under the provisions of
10 CFR part 50; all holders of a combined license for a nuclear power
plant issued under 10 CFR part 52 and applicants for a combined license
that have a limited work authorization; all licensees who are
authorized to possess, use, or transport formula quantities of
strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) under the provisions of 10
CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material;'' all
holders of a certificate of compliance of an approved compliance plan
issued under 10 CFR part 76 ``Certification of Gaseous Diffusion
Plants,'' if the holder engages in
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activities involving formula quantities of SSNM; and all contractor/
vendors (C/Vs) who implement FFD programs or program elements to the
extent that the licensees and other entities listed in this paragraph
rely on those C/V FFD programs or program elements to comply with 10
CFR part 26.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 324,646 responses (254
reporting responses + 49 recordkeepers + 324,343 third-party disclosure
responses).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 64,392 respondents
(28 drug and alcohol testing programs + 21 fatigue management programs
+ 64,343 third party respondents).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 540,050 (5,301 hours
reporting + 169,746 hours recordkeeping + 365,003 hours third-party
disclosure).
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 26 prescribe
requirements to establish, implement, and maintain FFD programs at
affected licensees and other entities. The objectives of these
requirements are to provide reasonable assurance that persons subject
to the rule are trustworthy, reliable, and not under the influence of
any substance, legal or illegal, or mentally or physically impaired
from any cause, which in any way could adversely affect their ability
to safely and competently perform their duties. These requirements also
provide reasonable assurance that the effects of fatigue and degraded
alertness on individual's abilities to safely and competently perform
their duties are managed commensurate with maintaining public health
and safety. The information collections required by 10 CFR part 26 are
necessary to properly manage FFD programs and to enable effective and
efficient regulatory oversight of affected licensees and other
entities. These licensees and other entities must perform certain
tasks, maintain records, and submit reports to comply with 10 CFR part
26 drug and alcohol and fatigue management requirements. These records
and reports are necessary to enable regulatory inspection and
evaluation of a licensee's or other entity's compliance with NRC
regulations, FFD performance, and significant FFD-related events to
help maintain public health and safety, promote the common defense and
security, and protect the environment.
IV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS.
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Adams
Document description accession No.
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Supporting Statement.................................... ML24194A014
Burden Spreadsheet...................................... ML24194A016
NRC Form 890, ``Single Positive Test Form''............. ML22321A221
NRC Form 891, ``Annual Reporting Form for Drug and ML22321A193
Alcohol Tests''........................................
NRC Form 892, ``Annual Fatigue Reporting Form''......... ML22013B250
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Dated: July 29, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16966 Filed 7-31-24; 8:45 am]
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