82 FR 16862 - Information Collection: Safeguards on Nuclear Material-Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency Agreement

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 65 (April 6, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites the public to comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material-- Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency Agreement (US/IAEA).''

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16862-16863]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06785]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0249]


Information Collection: Safeguards on Nuclear Material--
Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency 
Agreement

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 the 
public to comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The 
information collection is entitled, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material--
Implementation of United States/International Atomic Energy Agency 
Agreement (US/IAEA).''

DATES: Please submit comments by June 5, 2017. 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 your comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0249. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Mail Stop: T-2 F43, 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 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-2016-0249 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0249
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then 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]. The 
supporting statement for part 75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), Safeguards on Nuclear Material Implementation of 
US/IAEA Agreement is available in ADAMS under Accession ML16252A242.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting NRC's Clearance Officer, David 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

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0249 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    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. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment 
submissions 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 the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions 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: 10 CFR part 75, 
``Safeguards on Nuclear Material--Implementation of US/IAEA 
Agreement.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0055.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: Selected 
licensees are required to provide reports of nuclear material inventory 
and flow for selected facilities under the US/IAEA Safeguards 
Agreement, permit inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency 
Agreement (IAEA) inspectors, complementary access of IAEA inspectors 
under the Additional Protocol, give immediate notice to the NRC in 
specified situations involving the possibility of loss of nuclear 
material, and give notice for imports and exports of specified amounts 
of nuclear material. Reporting is done when specified events occur. 
Recordkeeping for nuclear material accounting and control information 
is done in accordance with specific instructions.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees of 
facilities on the US eligible list who have been selected by the IAEA 
for reporting or recordkeeping activities.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 32 (2 reporting 
responses plus 30 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 30.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 4,227 hours.

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    10. Abstract: Part 75 of 10 CFR requires selected licensees to 
provide reports of nuclear material inventory and flow for selected 
facilities under the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement, permit inspections 
by IAEA inspectors, complementary access of IAEA inspectors under the 
Additional Protocol, give immediate notice to the NRC in specified 
situations involving the possibility of loss of nuclear material, and 
give notice for imports and exports of specified amounts of nuclear 
material. In addition, this collection is being renewed to include 
approximately 25 entities subject to the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean 
Territories Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/366). These licensees will 
provide reports of nuclear material inventory and flow for entities 
under the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean Territories Safeguards Agreement 
(INFCIRC/366), permit inspections by IAEA inspectors, give immediate 
notice to the NRC in specified situations involving the possibility of 
loss of nuclear material, and give notice for imports and exports of 
specified amounts of nuclear material. Licensees will also follow 
written material accounting and control procedures, although actual 
reporting of transfer and material balance records to the IAEA will be 
done through the US State system (Nuclear Materials Management and 
Safeguards System, collected under OMB clearance numbers 3150-0003, 
3150-0004, 3150-0057, and 3150-0058). The NRC needs this information to 
implement its responsibilities under the US/IAEA agreement.

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?
    2. Is the estimate of the burden of the information collection 
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 on respondents 
be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology?

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of March, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Information Services Branch, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
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