Notice2025-23681
Information Collection: NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee
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Published
December 23, 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, NRC Form 396, "Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60130-60131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23681]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0011]
Information Collection: NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical
Examination by Facility Licensee
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 396, ``Certification
of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee.''
DATES: Submit comments by January 22, 2026. 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#2a63444c45494546464f495e5904784f59455f58494f6a445849044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d099beb6bfb3bfbcbcb5b3a4a3fe82b5a3bfa5a2b3b590bea2b3feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0011 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-2025-0011.
<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 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#f9a9bdabd7ab9c8a968c8b9a9cb9978b9ad79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="025246502c5067716d77706167426c70612c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the collection of information and
related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML25342A385 and ML25342A431. The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25248A313.
<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#237367710d7146504c56514046634d51400d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f0f1b0d710d3a2c302a2d3c3a1f312d3c71383029">[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#c28baca4ada1adaeaea7a1b6b1ec90a7b1adb7b0a1a782acb0a1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c55727a737f737070797f686f324e796f73696e7f795c726e7f327b736a">[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 396, ``Certification of Medical Examination by Facility
Licensee.'' 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
42626.
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 396,
Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0024.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 396.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Upon
application for an initial or upgrade license; every 6 years for the
renewal of an operator or senior operator license, and notices of
disability that occur during licensed tenure.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Facility licensees who
are tasked with certifying the medical fitness or operator licensee.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1,862.
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8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 133.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 2,161 hours (1,729
reporting hours + 432 recordkeeping hours).
10. Abstract: NRC Form 396 is used to transmit information to the
NRC regarding the medical condition of applicants for initial operator
licenses or renewal of operator licenses and for the maintenance of
medical records for all licensed operators. The information is used to
determine whether the physical condition and general health of
applicants for operator licensees is such that the applicant would not
be expected to cause operational errors and endanger public health and
safety.
Dated: December 18, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-23681 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
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