[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71693-71694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25488]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2022-0088]
Information Collection: NRC Form 327, Special Nuclear Material
(SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory Summary Report, and
NUREG/BR-0096, Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical
Inventory Summary Reports
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, ``NRC Form 327, Special Nuclear Material (SNM)
and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory Summary Report, and NUREG/
BR-0096, Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical Inventory
Summary Reports.''
DATES: Submit comments by January 23, 2023. 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-2022-0088. 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 C. Cullison, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-6 A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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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-2022-0088 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-2022-0088. A copy of
the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained
without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2022-0088 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 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]. A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
accessing ADAMS Accession Nos. ML22167A077 and ML082620258. The
supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML22167A076.
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. 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, 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-2022-0088 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: NRC Form 327, Special
Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory
Summary Report, and NUREG/BR-0096, Instructions and Guidance for
Completing Physical Inventory Summary Reports.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0139.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 327.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Certain
licensees possessing strategic SNM are required to report inventories
on NRC Form 327 every 6 months. Licensees possessing SNM of moderate
strategic significance must report every 9 months. Licensees possessing
SNM of low strategic significance must report annually, except one
licensee (enrichment facility) that must report its dynamic inventories
every 2 months and its static inventory annually.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Fuel facility
licensees possessing SNM, i.e., enriched uranium, plutonium, or U-233.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 80.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 9.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 320.
10. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by certain fuel cycle
facility licensees to account for SNM. The data is used by the NRC to
assess licensee material control and accounting programs and to confirm
the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) SNM theft or diversion.
NUREG/BR-0096 provides guidance and instructions for completing the
form in accordance with the requirements appropriate for a particular
licensee.
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.
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: November 17, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25488 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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