[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0163]
Information Collection: Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive
Waste
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for
comment.
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, “Licensing
Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.”
DATES: Submit comments by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF
PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. 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
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: 301415-2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I.

Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0163 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:
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Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0163.
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NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporting is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML24135A285.
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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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-4154737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
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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:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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 61, Licensing Requirements for
Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.” 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 March 5, 2024, 89 FR 15904.
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 61, Licensing
Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0135.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not Applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Applications for licenses
are submitted as needed. Other reports are submitted annually, and as other events
require.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants for and holders of an

NRC license or Agreement State license for land disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 16 (12 reporting responses and
4 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 4.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 5,372 hours (56 hours reporting and 5,316
hours recordkeeping).
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 61, establishes the procedures, criteria, and license
terms and conditions for the land disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The reporting
and recordkeeping requirements are mandatory and, in the case of application
submittals, are required to obtain a benefit. The information collected in the applications,
reports, and records is evaluated by the NRC to ensure that the licensee's or applicant's
disposal facility, equipment, organization, training, experience, procedures, and plans
provide an adequate level of protection of public health and safety, common defense
and security, and the environment.
Dated: July 2, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen E. Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-14861 Filed: 7/5/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/8/2024]