[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54382-54383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23493]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0062]
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Category 1 and
Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
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 (OMB)
approval for an existing collection of information. The information
collection is entitled, ``Physical Protection of Category 1 and
Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material.''
DATES: Submit comments by December 28, 2018. 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0062. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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-2 F43, 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-2018-0062 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0062.
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 ``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]. The supporting statement associated
with the part 37 information collections, the burden table, and the NRC
Form 755 are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML18172A301,
ML18172A300, and ML18295A594.
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
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at http://www.regulations.gov and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, 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 submissions 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 in
this section.
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 37,
Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of
Radioactive Material.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0214.
3. Type of submission: Revision.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 755, ``Notification to
the NRC
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of Shipments of Category 1 Quantities of Radioactive Material''.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: One time for
initial compliance notifications and fingerprints for the reviewing
officials; and as needed for implementation notifications, event
notifications, notifications of shipments of radioactive material, and
fingerprinting of new employees.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees that are
authorized to possess and use category 1 or category 2 quantities of
radioactive material.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 101,479 (4,704
reporting responses + 95,375 third party disclosure responses + 1,400
recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 5,600.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 74,043 hours (1,557
reporting + 23,989 recordkeeping + 48,497 third party disclosure).
10. Abstract: Part 37 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), contains security requirements for the use of
category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. Licensees
are required to: (1) Develop procedures for implementation of the
security provisions; (2) develop a security plan that describes how
security is being implemented; (3) conduct training on the procedures
and security plan; (4) conduct background investigations for those
individuals permitted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of
radioactive material; (5) coordinate with LLEAs so the LLEAs would be
better prepared to respond in an emergency; (6) conduct preplanning and
coordination activities before shipping radioactive material; and (7)
implement security measures for the protection of the radioactive
material. Licensees are required to promptly report any attempted or
actual theft or diversion of the radioactive material. Licensees are
required to keep copies of the security plan, procedures, background
investigation records, training records, and documentation that certain
activities have occurred. NRC Form 755, ``Notification to the NRC of
Shipments of Category 1 Quantities of Radioactive Material'' is used by
licensees to provide advance notification of shipments of category 1
quantities of radioactive material. The NRC uses the information
required by 10 CFR part 37 to fulfill its responsibilities to respond
to, investigate, and correct situations that adversely affect public
health and safety or the common defense and security.
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 23rd day of October, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-23493 Filed 10-26-18; 8:45 am]
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