Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and solicitation of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 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.

1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension

2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 74--Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material NUREG 1065, Rev. 2--Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low Enriched Uranium Facilities NUREG/CR 5734--Recommendations to the NRC on Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low-Enriched Uranium Enrichment Facilities NUREG 1280, Rev. 1--Standard Format and Content Acceptance Criteria for the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Reform Amendment

3. The form number if applicable: N/A

4. How often the collection is required: Submission of the fundamental nuclear material control plan is a one-time requirement which has been completed by all current licensees. Specified inventory and material status reports are required annually or semiannually. Other reports are submitted as events occur.

5. Who will be required or asked to report: Persons licensed under 10 CFR Parts 70 or 72 who possess and use certain forms and quantities of special nuclear material.

6. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 14

7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 14

8. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: The total number of hours needed annually to complete the reporting and recordkeeping requirements is 5,323 (223 hours for reporting and 5,100 hours for recordkeeping).

9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13 applies: No.

10. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 74 establishes requirements for material control and accounting of special nuclear material, and specific performance-based regulations for licensees authorized to possess and use strategic special nuclear material, or to possess and use, or produce, special nuclear material of low strategic significance. The information is used by the NRC to make licensing and regulatory determinations concerning material control and accounting of special nuclear material and to satisfy obligations of the United States to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Submission or retention of the information is mandatory for persons subject to the requirements.

A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/index.html). The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice.

Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by August 6, 1999. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date. Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0123), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503

Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June, 1999. Beth St. Mary, Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-17194Filed7-6-99; 8:45 am]

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