[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48493-48494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18745]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (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 current 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 (SNM);'' 
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 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.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: Submission of the FNMC 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

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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 who possess and use certain forms and quantities of 
SNM.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses: 36 (25 responses + 11 
recordkeepers).
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 23.
    8. An estimate of the number of hours needed annually to complete 
the requirement or request: The number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 6,314 (1,369 hours for reporting 
and 4,945 hours for recordkeeping [an average of 55 hours per response 
and 450 hours annually for each of 11 recordkeepers]).
    9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 74 establishes requirements for material 
control and accounting of SNM, 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, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by August 23, 2002. 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.

Bryon Allen, 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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of July 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-18745 Filed 7-23-02; 8:45 am]
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