[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 41510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16897]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: 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.
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 742, 
``Material Balance Report;'' NUREG/BR-0007, ``Instructions for 
Completing Material Balance Report and Physical Inventory Listing;'' 
and DOE/NRC Form 742C, ``Physical Inventory Listing.''
    3. The form number, if applicable: DOE/NRC Form 742 and DOE/NRC 
Form 742C.
    4. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C 
are submitted semiannually following a physical inventory of nuclear 
materials.
    5. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed to possess 
specified quantities of special nuclear or source material.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses:
DOE/NRC Form 742: 400 responses
DOE/NRC Form 742C: 360 responses
    7. The number of annual respondents:
DOE/NRC Form 742: 200 licensees
DOE/NRC Form 742C: 180 licensees
    8. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request:
DOE/NRC Form 742: 300 hours
DOE/NRC Form 742C: 2,160 hours
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: Each licensee authorized to possess special nuclear 
material totaling more than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, 
uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, and any licensee 
authorized to possess 1,000 kilograms of source material is required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742. Reactor licensees required to submit DOE/NRC 
Form 742, and facilities subject to 10 CFR Part 75, are required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742C. The information is used by NRC to fulfill its 
responsibilities as a participant in US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement and 
bilateral agreements with Australia and Canada, and to satisfy its 
domestic safeguards responsibilities.
    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 by August 4, 2000.
Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0143), 
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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of June, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-16897 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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