[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14585-14586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05410]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0202]


Information Collection: Safeguards on Nuclear Material, 
Implementation of US/IAEA 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 US/IAEA Agreement.''

DATES: Submit comments by May 16, 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: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0202. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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-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 C. 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-2021-0202 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-2021-0202.
     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. ML22018A196.
     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

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0202 in your comment submission.
    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

    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: Part 75 of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``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: N/A.
    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

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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 required to 
report information required by the U.S. Additional Protocol. Licensed 
possessors of nuclear material outside facilities in the U.S. Caribbean 
Territories.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 22 (12 reporting 
responses + 10 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 10.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 3,234.
    10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 75, 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 6 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 U.S. 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?
    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: March 10, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05410 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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