[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 32331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11301]


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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).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. 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.
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0139.
    3. 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 6 months. Licensees possessing SNM 
of moderate strategic significance must report every 9 months in 
accordance with the revised regulation in 10 CFR part 74.43. Licensees 
possessing SNM of low strategic significance must report annually, 
except two licensees must report their dynamic inventories every 2 
months and a static inventory on an annual basis.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Fuel facility licensees 
possessing special nuclear material.
    5. The number of annual respondents: 9.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 100 hours (an average of approximately 4 hours per response 
for 25 responses).
    7. 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.
    Submit, by August 13, 2007, 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, 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 about the information collection requirement 
may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Margaret A. Janney (T-5 
F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by 
telephone at 301-415-7245, or by Internet electronic mail to 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of June, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret A. Janney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. E7-11301 Filed 6-11-07; 8:45 am]
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