[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 15005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7338]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of 
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
    1. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 742, 
``Material Balance Report;'' NUREG/BR-0007, ``Instructions for the 
Preparation and Distribution of Material Status Reports;'' and DOE/NRC 
Form 742C, ``Physical Inventory Listing.''
    2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0004 and 3150-0058.
    3. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C 
are submitted annually following a physical inventory of nuclear 
materials.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed to possess 
specified quantities of special nuclear or source material.
    5. The number of annual respondents:
     DOE/NRC Form 742: 200 licensees.
     DOE/NRC Form 742C: 180 licensees.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request:
     DOE/NRC Form 742: 150 hours.
     DOE/NRC Form 742C: 1,080 hours.
    7. Abstract: Each licensee authorized to possess special nuclear 
material totaling more than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, 
uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, and any licensee 
authorized to possess 1,000 kilograms of source material is required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742. Reactor licensees required to submit DOE/NRC 
Form 742, and facilities subject to 10 CFR part 75, are required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742C. The information is used by NRC to fulfill its 
responsibilities as a participant in US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement and 
bilateral agreements with Australia and Canada, and to satisfy its 
domestic safeguards responsibilities.
    Submit, by May 27, 2003, 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 burden estimate 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 be minimized, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology?
    A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance 
requests are available at the NRC Worldwide Web site http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/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 about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 E6, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of March, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-7338 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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