[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]
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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.
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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, ``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
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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
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identified in the following table and are available to interested
persons in ADAMS.
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Documents ADAMS accession No.
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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.
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Dated: July 25, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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