[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6586]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of 
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection:
    10 CFR Part 74--Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear 
Material
    NUREG 1065, Rev. 2--Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the 
Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low 
Enriched Uranium Facilities
    NUREG/CR 5734--Recommendations to the NRC on Acceptable Standard 
Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) 
Plan Required for Low-Enriched Uranium Enrichment Facilities
    NUREG 1280, Rev. 1--Standard Format and Content Acceptance Criteria 
for the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Reform Amendment
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0123.
    3. How often the collection is required: Submission of the 
fundamental nuclear material control plan is a one-time requirement 
which has been completed by all current licensees. Specified inventory 
and material status reports are required annually or semiannually. 
Other reports are submitted as events occur.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed under 10 
CFR Parts 70 or 72 who possess and use certain forms and quantities of 
special nuclear material.
    5. The number of annual responses: 24
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: The total number of hours needed annually to complete the 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements is 5,323 (223 hours for 
reporting and 5,100 hours for recordkeeping).
    7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 74 establishes requirements for material 
control and accounting of special nuclear material, and specific 
performance-based regulations for licensees authorized to possess and 
use strategic special nuclear material, or to possess and use, or 
produce, special nuclear material of low strategic significance. The 
information is used by the NRC to make licensing and regulatory 
determinations concerning material control and accounting of special 
nuclear material and to satisfy obligations of the United States to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Submission or retention of 
the information is mandatory for persons subject to the requirements.
    Submit, by May 17, 1999, comments that address the following 
questions:
    1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC 
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical 
utility?
    2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
    3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected?
    4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology?
    A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower 
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NEWS/OMB/index.html). The 
document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after 
the signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 F33, Washington, DC, 
20555-0001, or by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of March, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6586 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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