[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65412-65413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22827]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0062]
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''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public
comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
approval for an existing collection of information. The information
collection is entitled, 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.''
DATES: Submit comments by November 21, 2016. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0062. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-5 F53, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0062 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0062. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2016-0062 on this Web site.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. A
copy of the collection of information with a link to the related
instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession No. ML16166A066. The supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML16166A088.
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NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email:
[email protected].
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0062 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting public comment on its intention to
request the OMB's approval for the information collection summarized
below.
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.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0139.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 327.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: 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. Licensees possessing SNM of
low strategic significance must report annually, except one licensee
must report its dynamic inventories every 2 months and a static
inventory on an annual basis.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Fuel facility
licensees possessing special nuclear material, i.e., enriched uranium,
plutonium or U-233.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 26.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 6.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 104 hours (4 hours per
response x 26 responses).
10. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by certain fuel facility
licensees to account for special nuclear material. The data is used by
the NRC to assess licensee material control and accounting programs and
to confirm the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) SNM theft or
diversion. The NUREG/BR-0096 provides guidance and instructions for
completing the form in accordance with the requirements appropriate for
a particular licensee.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking 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 estimate of the burden of the information collection
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 on respondents
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of September, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-22827 Filed 9-21-16; 8:45 am]
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