Notice2026-00873
Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities
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Published
January 16, 2026
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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, "Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities."
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2157-2159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00873]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0211]
Information Collection: Cooperation With States at Commercial
Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization
Facilities
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, ``Cooperation With States at
Commercial Nuclear
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Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities.''
DATES: Submit comments by February 17, 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, NRC Acting Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-0856; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#327b5c545d515d5e5e575146411c6057415d47405157725c40511c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbf2d5ddd4d8d4d7d7ded8cfc895e9dec8d4cec9d8defbd5c9d895dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0211 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-2024-0211.
<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#247460760a7641574b51564741644a56470a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95c5d1c7bbc7f0e6fae0e7f6f0d5fbe7f6bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML25324A301.
<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#e3b3a7b1cdb186908c96918086a38d9180cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7b7a3b5c9b582948892958482a7899584c9808891">[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#2861464e474b4744444d4b5c5b067a4d5b475d5a4b4d68465a4b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3aa8d858c808c8f8f86809790cdb186908c96918086a38d9180cd848c95">[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,
``Cooperation With States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other
Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities.'' 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 25, 2025, 90 FR
46268.
1. The title of the information collection: Cooperation With States
at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and
Utilization Facilities.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0163.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion,
when a State or Federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to observe NRC
inspections or perform inspections with the NRC or when a State or
Federally recognized Indian Tribe wishes to negotiate an agreement to
observe or perform inspections. States with an instrument of
cooperation or a State Resident Engineer have both regular reporting
and occasion-specific reporting.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: States and Federally
recognized Tribes interested in observing or performing inspections.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 203.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 30.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 1,255.
10. Abstract: States and Federally recognized Indian Tribes are
involved and interested in monitoring the safety status of nuclear
power plants and other nuclear production and utilization facilities.
This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' and Tribes'
public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in response to
their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about the safety of
nuclear power plants and other nuclear production and utilization
facilities. States and Tribes have identified NRC inspections as one
possible source of knowledge for their personnel regarding NRC licensee
activities, and the NRC, through the policy statement, ``Cooperation
with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear
Production or Utilization Facilities'' (57 FR 6462; February 25, 1992),
has been amenable to accommodating States' and Tribes' needs in this
regard. The NRC uses the information collected under this information
collection requirement to allow States and Federally recognized Indian
Tribes to participate in or observe inspections at NRC-licensed
facilities. The types of information collected include written requests
identifying specific inspections States and Tribes wish to observe;
identification-related information required for site access to NRC-
licensed facilities; training and qualifications of State and Tribal
personnel participating in inspections; information required to define
inspection roles for States and Tribes; and information to coordinate
NRC and State and Tribal inspections.
Dated: January 14, 2026.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-00873 Filed 1-15-26; 8:45 am]
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