Information Collection: Safeguards on Nuclear Material, Implementation of US/IAEA Agreement

Published date15 March 2022
Citation87 FR 14585
Record Number2022-05410
SectionNotices
CourtNuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 14585-14586]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2022-05410]
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                NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
                [NRC-2021-0202]
                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, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material,
                Implementation of US/IAEA Agreement.''
                DATES: Submit comments by May 16, 2022. 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-2021-0202. 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 C. 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-2021-0202 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-2021-0202.
                 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, 301-415-4737, or
                by email to [email protected]. The supporting statement is available
                in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22018A196.
                 NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
                documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
                Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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
                8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (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
                 The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
                Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
                include Docket ID NRC-2021-0202 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 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
                 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
                below.
                 1. The title of the information collection: Part 75 of title 10 of
                the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``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: N/A.
                 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
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                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: 22 (12 reporting
                responses + 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: 10 CFR part 75, 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 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?
                 2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection
                accurate?
                 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: March 10, 2022.
                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                David C. Cullison,
                NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2022-05410 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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