Information Collection: NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee

<NOTICE> NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION <DEPDOC>[NRC-2025-0011]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Information Collection: NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Nuclear Regulatory Commission. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> 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.” </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> 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. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to <E T="03">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.</E> Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Heather Dempsey, Acting NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email: <E T="03">Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD2">A. Obtaining Information</HD> 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: • <E T="03">Federal Rulemaking Website:</E> Go to <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov</E> and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0011. • <E T="03">NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):</E> You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at <E T="03">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.</E> 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 <E T="03">PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.</E> 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. • <E T="03">NRC's PDR:</E> 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 <E T="03">PDR.Resource@nrc.gov</E> 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. • <E T="03">NRC's Clearance Officer:</E> 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: <E T="03">Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD2">B. Submitting Comments</HD> Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to <E T="03">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.</E> 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 <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov</E> 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. <HD SOURCE="HD1">II. Background</HD> 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 <E T="04">Federal Register</E> notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on September 3, 2025, 90 FR 42626. 1. <E T="03">The title of the information collection:</E> NRC Form 396, Certification of Medical Examination by Facility Licensee. 2. <E T="03">OMB approval number:</E> 3150-0024. 3. <E T="03">Type of submission:</E> Extension. 4. <E T="03">The form number, if applicable:</E> NRC Form 396. 5. <E T="03">How often the collection is required or requested:</E> 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. <E T="03">Who will be required or asked to respond:</E> Facility licensees who are tasked with certifying the medical fitness or operator licensee. 7. <E T="03">The estimated number of annual responses:</E> 1,862. 8. <E T="03">The estimated number of annual respondents:</E> 133. 9. <E T="03">The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request:</E> 2,161 hours (1,729 reporting hours + 432 recordkeeping hours). 10. <E T="03">Abstract:</E> 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. <SIG> <DATED>Dated: December 18, 2025.</DATED> For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. <NAME>Heather Dempsey,</NAME> Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-23681 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>