[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)] [Notices] [Pages 48922-48924] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-16023] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2023-0055] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 September 26, 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-2023-0055. 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. 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-2023-0055 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-2023-0055. A copy [[Page 48923]] of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing Docket ID NRC-2023-0055 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, 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, 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-2023-0055, 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 below. 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: Extension. 4. The form number, if applicable: DOE/NRC Form 740M, DOE/NRC Form 741, DOE/NRC Form 742, 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, are used when needed. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Persons licensed to possess specified quantities of nuclear material and entities subject to the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean Territories Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/ 366) 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, ``Requirements for the Protection of Safeguards Information.'' 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: 67. 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: 1,145. DOE/NRC Form 742C: 1,308. 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. 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 supplemental documents relate to each information collections are [[Page 48924]] identified in the following table and are available to interested persons in ADAMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documents ADAMS accession No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 740M, ML23138A347 and ``Concise Note'' (3150-0057). ML23139A259. Support statement and DOE/NRC Form 741, ML23138A350 and ``Nuclear Material Transaction Report'' (3150- ML23139A261. 0003). Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 742, ML23138A348 and ``Material Balance Report'' (3150-0004). ML23139A262. Supporting statement and DOE/NRC Form 742C, ML23138A349 and ``Physical Inventory Listing'' (3150-0058). ML23139A263. NUREG/BR-0006, Instructions for Completing ML20240A155. Nuclear Material Transaction Reports, Revision 9. NUREG/BR-0007, Instructions for the Preparation ML20240A181. and Distribution of Material Status Reports, Revision 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: July 25, 2023. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2023-16023 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P