[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48922-48924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16023]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0055]


Information Collection: DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC 
Form 741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, 
Material Balance Report; and DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory 
Listing

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, ``DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form 
741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material 
Balance Report; and DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory Listing.''

DATES: Submit comments by September 26, 2023. 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-2023-0055. 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 C. 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-2023-0055 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-2023-0055. A copy

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of the collection of information and related instructions may be 
obtained without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2023-0055 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 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 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

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0055, 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 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 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: DOE/NRC Form 740M, 
Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form 741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report; 
DOE/NRC Form 742, Material Balance Report; and DOE/NRC Form 742C, 
Physical Inventory Listing.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0057, 3150-0003, 3150-0004, and 3150-
0058.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: DOE/NRC Form 740M, DOE/NRC Form 
741, DOE/NRC Form 742, DOE/NRC Form 742C.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: DOE/NRC Form 
741, Nuclear Material Transaction Report, will be collected whenever 
nuclear material is shipped or received into the Material Balance Area; 
DOE/NRC Form 742, Material Balance Report, will be collected on an 
annual basis; DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory Listing, will be 
collected on an annual basis; DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note, are used 
when needed.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Persons licensed to 
possess specified quantities of nuclear material and entities subject 
to the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean Territories Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/
366) are required to respond as follows: Any licensee who ships, 
receives, or otherwise undergoes an inventory change of nuclear 
material is required to submit a DOE/NRC Form 741 to document the 
change. Additional information regarding these transactions shall be 
submitted through Form 740M, with Safeguards Information identified and 
handled in accordance with section 73.21 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, ``Requirements for the Protection of Safeguards 
Information.'' Any licensee who had possessed in the previous reporting 
period, at any one time and location, nuclear material in a quantity 
totaling one gram or more shall complete DOE/NRC Form 742. In addition, 
each licensee, Federal or State, who is authorized to possess, at any 
one time of location, one kilogram of foreign obligated source 
material, is required to file with the NRC an annual statement of 
source material inventory which is foreign obligated. Any licensee, who 
had possessed in the previous reporting period, at any one time and 
location, special nuclear material in a quantity totaling one gram or 
more shall complete DOE/NRC Form 742C.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses:
    DOE/NRC Form 740M: 67.
    DOE/NRC Form 741: 28,031.
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 327.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 327.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents:
    DOE/NRC Form 740M: 67.
    DOE/NRC Form 741: 327.
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 327.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 327.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request:
    DOE/NRC Form 740M: 50.
    DOE/NRC Form 741: 35,039.
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 1,145.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 1,308.
    10. Abstract: Persons licensed to possess specified quantities of 
nuclear material currently report inventory and transaction of material 
to the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System via the DOE/
NRC Forms: DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note; DOE/NRC Form 741, Nuclear 
Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 742, Material Balance Report; 
and DOE/NRC Form 742C, Physical Inventory Listing. These forms provide 
data that is required under domestic and international safeguards 
regulations. This collection is being renewed to allow the U.S. to 
continue fulfilling its responsibilities as a participant in the U.S.-
IAEA Safeguards Agreements and to satisfy various bilateral agreements 
for nuclear cooperation with other countries, and its domestic 
safeguards responsibilities.

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? Please explain your answer.
    2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection 
accurate? Please explain your answer.
    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?

IV. Availability of Documents

    The supplemental documents relate to each information collections 
are

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identified in the following table and are available to interested 
persons in ADAMS.

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                    Documents                       ADAMS accession No.
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Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 740M,       ML23138A347 and
 ``Concise Note'' (3150-0057).                     ML23139A259.
Support statement and DOE/NRC Form 741,           ML23138A350 and
 ``Nuclear Material Transaction Report'' (3150-    ML23139A261.
 0003).
Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 742,        ML23138A348 and
 ``Material Balance Report'' (3150-0004).          ML23139A262.
Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 742C,       ML23138A349 and
 ``Physical Inventory Listing'' (3150-0058).       ML23139A263.
NUREG/BR-0006, Instructions for Completing        ML20240A155.
 Nuclear Material Transaction Reports, Revision
 9.
NUREG/BR-0007, Instructions for the Preparation   ML20240A181.
 and Distribution of Material Status Reports,
 Revision 8.
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    Dated: July 25, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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