[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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