[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 61667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25619]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
    Title: Additional Protocol Report Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0135.
    Form Number(s): AP-1 through AP-17, AP-A through AP-Q.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension/revision of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Burden Hours: 844.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours per Response: 22 to 360 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Additional Protocol requires the United States 
to submit declaration forms to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) on a number of commercial nuclear and nuclear-related items, 
materials, and activities that may be used for peaceful nuclear 
purposes, but also would be necessary elements for a nuclear weapons 
program. These forms provides the IAEA with information about 
additional aspects of the U.S. commercial nuclear fuel cycle, 
including: Mining and milling of nuclear materials; buildings on sites 
of facilities selected by the IAEA from the U.S. Eligible Facilities 
List; nuclear-related equipment manufacturing, assembly, or 
construction; import and export of nuclear and nuclear-related items 
and materials; and research and development. The Protocol also expands 
IAEA access to locations where these activities occur in order to 
verify the forms' data. The revision involves text clarifications.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, e-mail to [email protected], or fax to (202) 395-5167.

    Dated: September 29, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-25619 Filed 10-4-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P