[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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