[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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