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OMB Control No: 3150-0245	ICR Reference No: 202002-3150-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Requests to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Information
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/09/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/18/2020
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves this collection for a period of three years. To request approval of information collections under this generic approval, the agency must do the following: 1) Unless an agency is using multiple modes of collection (e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions), provide a Generic Clearance Submission Template for each Instrument; 2) If the agency is using multiple modes of collection (e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions), the same Generic Clearance Submission Template may be used for both instruments; 3) each Generic Clearance Submission Template must be uploaded as a Supplementary document using a naming convention that allows the public to identify the associated instrument; 4) submit no more than five Generic Submission Templates with each request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2023	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,920	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	15,360	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: NRC actions and NRC-regulated activities may affect Indian Tribes and their current or ancestral Tribal lands. On January 9, 2017, the NRC published a Tribal Policy Statement (82 FR 2402). In its Tribal Policy Statement, the NRC indicted that it recognizes the Federal Trust Relationship with Indian Tribes and will uphold its Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes. In its policy statement, the NRC indicated that it recognizes and is committed to a government-to-government relationship with Indian Tribes. The NRC also indicated that it will engage in timely consultations with Indian Tribes. The NRC is requesting OMB approval of a plan for a generic collection of information. The need and practicality of the collection can be evaluated, but the details of the specific individual collections will not be known until a later time. The information collected will include voluntary requests for information that would allow the NRC to more effectively involve Indian Tribes in the NRC’s regulatory activities and to enable the NRC to plan the NRC’s Tribal outreach and consultation activities.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 68 Stat 919 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 53479	10/01/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 6000	02/03/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,920	1,920
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,360	15,360
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a request for a plan for a new generic collection of information. Under this plan, the NRC staff would send voluntary requests for information and comments to Indian Tribes. These requests would impose an estimated 4,800 hours of annual burden at a cost of $1,320,000 (4,800 hours x $275/hr) on Indian Tribal governments. Over the course of the 3-year clearance period, this will be 14,400 hours at a cost of $3,960,000. The information requested is the minimum necessary to provide Indian Tribes 1) the opportunity to review and provide comments on documents pertaining to the NRC’s regulatory actions with Tribal implications, 2) the opportunity to provide comments on other NRC activities that may affect Indian Tribes or would be of interest to Indian Tribes, and 3) other information that would allow the NRC to better understand the effects of its activities on Indian Tribes.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $137,500

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: James Firth 301 415-6628 james.firth@nrc.gov

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