[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49616-49617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17218]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0230]


Information Collection: NRC Form 748 National Source Tracking 
Transaction Report

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 748, ``National Source 
Tracking Transaction Report.''

DATES: Submit comments by September 12, 2022. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical

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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 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-2021-0230 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-2021-0230.
     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]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML21356A003. The final supporting 
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22153A109.
     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. Eastern Time (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 request for renewal of 
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, NRC 
Form 748, ``National Source Tracking Transaction Report.'' 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 April 6, 2022 (87 FR 19983).
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 748, 
``National Source Tracking Transaction Report.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0202.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 748.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion 
(at completion of a transaction, and at inventory reconciliation).
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees that 
manufacture, receive, transfer, disassemble, or dispose of nationally 
tracked sources.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 19,945 (14,000 online 
+ 480 batch upload + 5,465 NRC Form 748).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1,160 (210 NRC 
Licensees + 950 Agreement State Licensees).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 2,093.
    10. Abstract: In 2006, the NRC amended its regulations to implement 
a National Source Tracking System (NSTS) for certain sealed sources. 
The amendments require licensees to report certain transactions 
involving nationally tracked sources to the NSTS. These transactions 
include manufacture, transfer, receipt, disassembly, or disposal of the 
nationally tracked source. This information collection is mandatory and 
is used to populate the NSTS. National source tracking is part of a 
comprehensive radioactive source control program for radioactive 
materials of greatest concern. The NRC and Agreement States uses the 
information provided by licensees in the NSTS to track the life cycle 
of the nationally tracked source from manufacture through shipment 
receipt, decay, and burial. NSTS enhances the ability of NRC and 
Agreement States to conduct inspections and investigations, communicate 
information to other government agencies, and verify legitimate 
ownership and use of nationally tracked sources.

    Dated: August 5, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17218 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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