[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 237 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57791-57793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22641]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0042]
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, ``10 CFR part 75, ``Safeguards on Nuclear
Material, Implementation of US/IAEA Agreement''.''
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DATES: Submit comments by February 9, 2026. 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-2025-0042. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Heather Dempsey, 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: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0042 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-2025-0042.
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 is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25174A375.
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 Acting Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; 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-2025-0042, 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 as
follows.
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 75,
``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: Not applicable.
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 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: 20 (10 reporting
responses plus 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: Part 75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material--Implementation of
Safeguards Agreements Between the United States and the International
Atomic Energy Agency,'' 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
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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? 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 9, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-22641 Filed 12-11-25; 8:45 am]
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