Information Collection: NRC Form 237, Request for Access Authorization
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) f...
Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 237, “Request for Access Authorization.”
DATES:
Submit comments by May 4, 2026. 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:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0047 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:
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 ADAMS Public 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
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
The supporting statement and NRC Form 237 are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML26064A104 and ML26064A103.
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
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
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 Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
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
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, NRC Form 237, “Request for Access Authorization.” The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a
Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on December 11, 2025, 90 FR 57493.
( printed page 16998)
1.
The title of the information collection:
NRC Form 237, Request for Access Authorization.
2.
OMB approval number:
3150-0050.
3.
Type of submission:
Extension.
4.
The form number, if applicable:
NRC Form 237.
5.
How often the collection is required or requested:
Required with every submission for access authorization, access to special nuclear material, or access to classified information.
6.
Who will be required or asked to respond:
NRC contractors, subcontractors, licensee employees, employees of other government agencies, and other individuals who are not NRC employees who require NRC access authorization.
7.
The estimated number of annual responses:
922.
8.
The estimated number of annual respondents:
77.
9.
The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request:
184.
10.
Abstract:
A completed NRC Form 237 is required to obtain or renew access to special nuclear material (title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), paragraphs 11.15(a)(2) and (c)(1)) for classified information; (10 CFR 25.17(c) and 25.21(c)(1) and (2) for licensee personnel.) It is also used to request NRC access authorizations for personnel of NRC contractors, subcontractors, or other individuals who are not applicants for employment with NRC.
Dated: March 31, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.