[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53471-53472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19899]


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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 currently valid OMB control number.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 327, Special 
Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory 
Summary Report, and NUREG/BR-0096, Instructions and Guidance for 
Completing Physical Inventory Summary Reports.
    3. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 327.
    4. How often the collection is required: The frequency of reporting 
corresponds to the frequency of required inventories, which depends 
essentially on the strategic significance of the SNM covered by the 
particular license. Certain licensees possessing strategic SNM are 
required to report inventories every 2 months. Licensees possessing SNM 
of moderate strategic significance must report every 6 months. 
Licensees possessing SNM of low strategic significance must report 
annually.

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    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Fuel facility licensees 
possessing special nuclear material.
    6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 23.
    7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10.
    8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 98 hours (an average of 
approximately 4.25 hours per response for 23 responses).
    9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 
applies: Not applicable.
    10. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by fuel facility licensees 
to account for special nuclear material. The data is used by NRC to 
assess licensee material control and accounting programs and to confirm 
the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) special nuclear material 
theft or diversion. NUREG/BR-0096 provides specific guidance and 
instructions for completing the form in accordance with the 
requirements appropriate for a particular licensee.
    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 October 1, 2004. 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. OMB 
Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0139), 
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 25th day of August, 2004.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-19899 Filed 8-31-04; 8:45 am]
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