[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97078-97079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28733]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0094]
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials
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, ``Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials.''
DATES: Submit comments by February 4, 2025. 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-2024-0094. 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 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-2024-0094 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-2024-0094.
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]. The supporting statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
(ML24206A179 and ML24206A181).
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 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-2024-0094, 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
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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 as
follows.
1. The title of the information collection: Physical Protection of
Plants and Materials.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0002.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once for the
initial submittal of Cyber Security Plans, Physical Security Plans,
Safeguards Contingency Plans, and Security Training and Qualification
Plans and then on occasion when changes are made. Required reports are
submitted and evaluated as events occur.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under parts 50 or 52 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who possess, use, import, export,
transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport, special nuclear
material; actively decommissioning reactor licensees; Category I,
Category II and Category III fuel facilities; nonpower reactors
(research and test reactors); and other entities who mark and handle
Safeguards Information.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 135,164.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 205.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 478,028 (25,885
reporting + 428,564 recordkeeping + 23,579 third-party disclosure).
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 73 prescribe
requirements to establish and maintain a physical protection system and
security organization with capabilities for protection of: (1) Special
Nuclear Material (SNM) at fixed sites, (2) SNM in transit, and (3)
plants in which SNM is used. 10 CFR part 73 contains reporting and
recordkeeping requirements which are necessary to help ensure that an
adequate level of protection is provided for nuclear facilities and
nuclear material, such as: development and maintenance of security
documents including a physical security plan, a training and
qualification plan, a safeguards contingency plan, a cyber security
plan, and security implementing procedures; notifications to the NRC
regarding safeguards and cyber security events; notifications to State
governors and Tribes regarding shipments of irradiated reactor fuel;
and requirements for conducting criminal history records checks of
individuals granted unescorted access to a nuclear power facility, a
non-power reactor, or access to Safeguards Information. The objective
is to ensure that activities involving SNM are consistent with
interests of common defense and security and that these activities do
not constitute an unreasonable risk to public health and safety. The
information in the reports and records submitted by licensees is used
by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the public and
the environment are protected, and licensee possession and use of SNM
is in compliance with license and regulatory requirements.
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?
Dated: December 3, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-28733 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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