[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81113-81114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25752]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0063]


Information Collection: NRC Form 749, Manual License Verification 
Report/License Verification System

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 749, ``Manual License 
Verification Report''/License Verification System.

DATES: Submit comments by December 21, 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: 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 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-2023-0063 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-2023-0063.
     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]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML23319A446. The supporting statement is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23270C019.
     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

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this

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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 749, ``Manual License Verification Report''/License Verification 
System. 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 July 28, 2023, 88 FR 48920.
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 749, Manual 
License Verification Report/License Verification System.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0223.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 749.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. 
Licensees subject to part 37 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, ``Physical Protection of Byproduct Material,'' license 
verification requirements must verify the legitimacy of the license 
with the issuing agency prior to transferring radioactive materials in 
quantities of concern.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees are required 
to complete a license verification under the circumstances noted in 5 
above. A License Verification System (LVS) is available to provide an 
electronic method for fulfilling this requirement. In cases where a 
licensee is unable to use the LVS to perform a verification, they will 
provide NRC Form 749 for manual license verification.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 5,278 (589 manual 
license verification + 4,689 LVS).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 5,278 (589 manual 
license verification + 4,689 LVS).
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 297 (59 manual license 
verification + 238 LVS).
    10. Abstract: When a licensee is unable to use the LVS to perform 
their license verification prior to transferring radioactive materials 
in quantities of concern, a manual process is available, in which 
licensees submit the NRC Form 749, ``Manual License Verification 
Report.'' The form provides the information necessary for the license 
issuing agencies to perform the verification on behalf of the licensee 
transferring the radioactive materials.

    Dated: November 16, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25752 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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