[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55914-55916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17736]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2026-3071]
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 October 30, 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: Submit your comments, identified by NRC-2026-3071,
electronically through the Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-3071. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.govto 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.
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: Kristen Benney, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email:
[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-3071 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-2026-3071. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2026-3071 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 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]. 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, Kristen Benney, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; 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-2026-3071, 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: 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: Revision.
4. The form number, if applicable: DOE/NRC Form 740M, DOE/NRC Form
741, DOE/NRC Form 742, and 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, is used
when needed.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Persons licensed to
possess specified quantities of nuclear material 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,
``Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance requirements.'' 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:
17; 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: 981; DOE/NRC Form 742C:
1,145.
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.
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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 documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS.
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ADAMS accession
Document description No.
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Draft OMB supporting statement for DOE/NRC Form 740M, ML26219A171.
``Concise Note''....................................
Draft OMB supporting statement for DOE/NRC Form 741.. ML26219A170.
Draft OMB supporting statement for DOE/NRC Form 742.. ML26219A169.
Draft OMB supporting statement for DOE/NRC Form 742C, ML26219A168.
``Physical Inventory Listing''......................
D-24, Personal Computer Data Input for Nuclear ML26222A086.
Regulatory Commission Licensees.....................
NUREG/BR 0006, Revision 10, ``Instructions for ML26222A096.
Completing Nuclear Material Transaction Reports (DOE/
NRC Forms 741 and 740M)''...........................
NUREG/BR 0007, Revision 10, ``Instructions for the ML26222A102.
Preparation and Distribution of Material Status
Reports (DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C)''..............
DOE/NRC Form 740M, ``Concise Note''.................. ML26222A115.
DOE/NRC Form 741, ``Nuclear Material Transaction ML26222A122.
Report''............................................
DOE/NRC Form 742, ``Material Balance Report''........ ML26222A121.
DOE/NRC Form 742C, ``Physical Inventory Listing''.... ML26222A120.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
Dated: August 27, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-17736 Filed 8-28-26; 8:45 am]
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