[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17194]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following 
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension
    2. 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

    3. The form number if applicable: 
N/A
    4. 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.
    5. Who will be 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.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 14
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 14
    8. 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).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: No.
    10. 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.
    A copy of the final 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/PUBLIC/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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by August 6, 1999. Comments received after this date will 
be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of 
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0123), 
NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503

    Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June, 1999.
Beth St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17194 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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