[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41186-41187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17464]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 742, 
``Material Balance Report'' and NUREG/BR-0007, ``Instructions for the 
Preparation and Distribution of Material Status Reports''.
    3. The form number if applicable: DOE/NRC Form 742.
    4. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Form 742 is 
submitted annually following a physical inventory of nuclear materials.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Persons licensed to 
possess specified quantities of special nuclear or source material.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 200.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 200 licensees.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 1,000 hours.
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: N/A.
    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, 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 11, 2003. 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 (3150-0004),

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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 2nd day of July, 2003.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-17464 Filed 7-9-03; 8:45 am]
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