[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17100-17102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06267]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0217]
Information Collection: Safeguards on Nuclear Material--
Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency
Agreement
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, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material--
Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency
Agreement (US/IAEA).''
DATES: Submit comments by May 26, 2020. 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search
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for Docket ID NRC-2019-0217. 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-6 A10M, 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-2019-0217 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0217. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2019-0217 on this website.
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 is available
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20013G179.
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 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-2019-0217 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
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. The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment
submissions into ADAMS, and 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: 10 CFR part 75,
``Safeguards on Nuclear Material--Implementation of US/IAEA
Agreement.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0055.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Selected
licensees are required to provide reports of nuclear material inventory
and flow for selected facilities under the US/IAEA Safeguards
Agreement, permit inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency
Agreement (IAEA) inspectors, complementary access of IAEA inspectors
under the Additional Protocol, give immediate notice to the NRC in
specified situations involving the possibility of loss of nuclear
material, and give notice for imports and exports of specified amounts
of nuclear material. Reporting is done when specified events occur.
Recordkeeping for nuclear material accounting and control information
is done in accordance with specific instructions.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees of
facilities on the US eligible list who have been selected by the IAEA
for reporting or recordkeeping activities.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 32 (2 reporting
responses plus 30 recordkeepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 30.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 4,227 hours.
10. Abstract: Part 75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, requires selected licensees to provide reports of nuclear
material inventory and flow for selected facilities under the US/IAEA
Safeguards Agreement, permit inspections by IAEA inspectors,
complementary access of IAEA inspectors under the Additional Protocol,
give immediate notice to the NRC in specified situations involving the
possibility of loss of nuclear material, and give notice for imports
and exports of specified amounts of nuclear material. In addition, this
collection is being renewed to include approximately 25 entities
subject to the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean Territories Safeguards Agreement
(INFCIRC/366). These licensees will provide reports of nuclear material
inventory and flow for entities under the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean
Territories Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/366), permit inspections by
IAEA inspectors, give immediate notice to the NRC in specified
situations involving the possibility of loss of nuclear material, and
give notice for imports and exports of specified amounts of nuclear
material. These licensees will also follow written material accounting
and control procedures, although actual reporting of transfer and
material balance records to the IAEA will be done through the US State
system (Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System, collected
under OMB clearance numbers 3150-0003, 3150-0004, 3150-0057, and 3150-
0058). The NRC needs this information to implement its responsibilities
under the US/IAEA agreement.
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?
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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 20th day of March 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-06267 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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