[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 8, 2021)] [Notices] [Pages 69686-69687] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-26594] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2021-0132] Information Collection: NRC Insider Threat Program for Licensees and Others Requiring Access to Classified Information AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``NRC Insider Threat Program for Licensees and Others Requiring Access to Classified Information.'' DATES: Submit comments by January 7, 2022. 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this [[Page 69687]] notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance 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-2021-0132 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-2021-0132. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://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. ML21330A041. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 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 C. 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 Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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 https://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 comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. II. Background Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed collection of information to OMB for review entitled ``NRC Insider Threat Program for Licensees and Others Requiring Access to Classified Information.'' The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on September 22, 2021 (86 FR 52697). 1. The title of the information collection: ``NRC Insider Threat Program for Licensees and Others Requiring Access to Classified Information.'' 2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been assigned to this proposed information collection. 3. Type of submission: New. 4. The form number, if applicable: There are no forms required under the Insider Threat Program. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: Annually or as events occur. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All licensees or stakeholders who have been granted access to classified information under part 95 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations ``Facility Security Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data.'' 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 99 (71 Reporting + 28 Recordkeepers). 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 28. 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 3,828 (2,630 Reporting hrs. + 1,198 Recordkeeping hrs.). 10. Abstract: The NRC-regulated facilities and their contractors who are authorized to access and possess classified matter are required to provide information and maintain records to demonstrate they have established and are maintaining an Insider Threat Program to identify and protect classified information against a potential insider threat. Dated: December 3, 2021. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2021-26594 Filed 12-7-21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P