[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71701-71702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24473]


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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 the Office of Management and Budget (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). The NRC 
seeks to combine two information collections previously approved under 
OMB clearance numbers 3150-0003 and 3150-0057.
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection: ``DOE/NRC Forms 741 and

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740M (Nuclear Material Transaction Report and Concise Note) and 
Associated Instructions (NUREG/BR-0006)''
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0003.
    3. How often the collection is required: Form 741 is submitted when 
specified events occur (nuclear material or source material transfers, 
receipts, or inventory changes). Form 740M is submitted as necessary to 
inform the United States (U.S.) or the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) of any qualifying statement or exception to any of the 
data contained in any of the other reporting forms required under the 
U.S./IAEA Safeguards Agreement.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed to possess 
specified quantities of special nuclear material or source material, 
any licensee who imports or exports source material, and licensees of 
facilities on the U.S. eligible list who have been notified in writing 
by the Commission that they are subject to Part 75.
    5. The number of annual respondents: DOE/NRC Form 741 = 398. DOE/
NRC Form 740M = 15.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: 45,926.
    7. Abstract: NRC is required to collect nuclear material 
transaction information for domestic safeguards use and to make it 
available to the IAEA. Licensees use Form 741 to make inventory and 
accounting reports for certain source or special nuclear material, or 
for transfer or receipt of 1 kilogram or more of source material. 
Licensees use Form 740M to inform the U.S. or the IAEA of any 
qualifying statement or exception to any of the data contained in any 
of the other reporting forms required under the U.S./IAEA Safeguards 
Agreement. These forms enable NRC to collect, retrieve, analyze, and 
submit the data to IAEA to fulfill its reporting responsibilities.
    Submit, by February 19, 2008, 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 
requirements 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 12th day of December 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory Trussell,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
 [FR Doc. E7-24473 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]
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