[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60133-60134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23722]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0222]


Information Collection: NRC Form 244, Registration Certificate--
Use of Depleted Uranium

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 244, ``Registration 
Certificate--Use of Depleted Uranium.''

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DATES: Submit comments by January 22, 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: 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: Heather Dempsey, Acting NRC Clearance 
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-2024-0222 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-2024-0222.
     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 ADAMS Public 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. ML25323A423. The supporting statement is available in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML25323A422.
     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

    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 244, ``Registration Certificate--Use of Depleted Uranium.'' 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 August 15, 2025, 90 FR 39430.
    1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 244, 
Registration Certificate--Use of Depleted Uranium.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0031.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 244.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Persons who receive, 
acquire, possess, or use depleted uranium.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 21.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 8.5.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 12.2 (8.5 reporting + 
1.7 recordkeeping + 2.0 third-party disclosure).
    10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in part 40 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, establishes requirements for the receipt, 
possession, use and transfer of radioactive source and byproduct 
materials. Section 40.25 established a general license authorizing the 
use of depleted uranium contained in industrial products or devices for 
the purpose of providing a concentrated mass in a small volume of the 
product or device. The NRC Form 244 is used to report the receipt and 
transfer of depleted uranium, as required by 10 CFR 40.25. The 
registration information required by the NRC Form 244 enables the NRC 
to make a determination on whether the possession, use, or transfer of 
depleted uranium source and byproduct material is in conformance with 
the NRC's regulations for the protection of public health and safety. 
General licensees can also use NRC Form 244 to update any of the 
information contained in the form, once the form is authorized by the 
NRC.

    Dated: December 19, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-23722 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
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