[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30727-30728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11281]


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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).
    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;'' and 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. However, licensees 
may submit amendments or revisions to the plans as necessary. In 
addition, 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 who possess and use certain forms and quantities of 
special nuclear material.
    5. The number of annual responses: 36 (25 responses + 11 
recordkeepers)
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 6,314 (1,369 hours for reporting

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and 4,945 hours for recordkeeping [an average of 55 hours per response 
and 450 hours annually for each of 11 recordkeepers]) .
    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 July 8, 2002, 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 located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. OMB clearance requests are 
available at the NRC worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/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 E 6, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of May, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-11281 Filed 5-6-02; 8:45 am]
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