Notice2025-21312
Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories
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Published
November 26, 2025
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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, "Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54402-54403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21312]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0193]
Information Collection: Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste
in Geologic Repositories
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, ``Disposal of High-Level
Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.''
DATES: Submit comments by December 26, 2025. 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: Heather Dempsey, Acting NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-0856; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#440d2a222b272b2828212730376a1621372b31362721042a36276a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8e1c6cec7cbc7c4c4cdcbdcdb86facddbc7dddacbcde8c6dacb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0193 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-2024-0193.
<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
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``Begin ADAMS Public 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#c0908492ee92a5b3afb5b2a3a580aeb2a3eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3f3e7f18df1c6d0ccd6d1c0c6e3cdd1c08dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25321A749.
<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#83d3c7d1add1e6f0ecf6f1e0e6c3edf1e0ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e2e3a2c502c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108">[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 Acting Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc85a2aaa3afa3a0a0a9afb8bfe29ea9bfa3b9beafa98ca2beafe2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5bc9b939a969a999990968186dba790869a80879690b59b8796db929a83">[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,
``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.''
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 September 3, 2025, 90 FR
42621.
1. The title of the information collection: Disposal of High-Level
Radioactive Waste in Geologic Repositories.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0127.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: State or Indian
Tribes, or their representatives, requesting consultation with the NRC
staff regarding review of a potential high-level radioactive waste
geologic repository site, or wishing to participate in a license
application review for a potential geologic repository (other than a
potential geologic repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, which is
regulated under part 63 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), ``Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes In a Geologic
Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.''
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 3.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 121.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 60 requires States and Indian Tribes to
submit certain information to the NRC if they request consultation with
the NRC staff concerning the review of a potential repository site or
wish to participate in a license application review for a potential
repository (other than the Yucca Mountain, Nevada site, which is
regulated under 10 CFR part 63). States and Indian Tribes are required
to submit information regarding requests for consultation with the NRC
and participation in the review of a site characterization plan and/or
license application, but only if they wish to obtain NRC consultation
services and/or participate in the reviews. The information submitted
by the States and Indian Tribes is used by the Director of the Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards as a basis for decisions
about the commitment of NRC staff resources to the consultation and
participation efforts. All of the information collection requirements
pertaining to Yucca Mountain are included in 10 CFR part 63 and
approved by OMB under control number 3150-0199.
Dated: November 24, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-21312 Filed 11-25-25; 8:45 am]
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