[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69638-69639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26357]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 741,
Nuclear Material Transaction Report; DOE/NRC Form 740M, Concise Note;
and NUREG/BR-0006, Instructions for Completing Nuclear Material
Transaction Reports (DOE/NRC Forms 741 and 740M).
2. Current OMB approval number: DOE/NRC Form 741: 3150-0003 and
DOE/NRC Form 740M: 3150-0057.
3. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Form 741: As
occasioned by special nuclear material or source material transfers,
receipts, or inventory changes that meet certain criteria. Licensees
range from not submitting any forms to submitting over 5,000 forms
annually.
DOE/NRC Form 740M: As necessary to inform the U.S. or the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of any qualifying statement
or exception to any of the data contained in any of the other reporting
forms required under the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement. On average, 15
licensees submit about 10 forms each per year--150 forms annually.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed to possess
specified quantities of special nuclear material or source material,
and licensees of facilities on the U.S. eligible list who have been
notified in writing by the Commission that they are subject to Part 75.
5. The estimate of the number of annual respondents: DOE/NRC Form
741: 400. DOE/NRC Form 740M: 15.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: DOE/NRC Form 741: 45,813 hours for NRC and Agreement State
licensees (or an average of 1.25 hours per response); DOE/NRC Form
740M: 113 hours (or an average of .75 hours per response).
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7. Abstract: NRC and Agreement State licensees are required to make
inventory and accounting reports on DOE/NRC Form 741 for certain source
or special nuclear material, or for transfer or receipt of 1 kilogram
or more of source material. Licensees affected by Part 75 and related
sections of Parts 40, 50, 70, and 150 are required to submit DOE/NRC
Form 740M to inform the U.S. or the IAEA of any qualifying statement or
exception to any of the data contained in any of the other reporting
forms required under the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement. The use of Forms
740M and 741, together with NUREG/BR-0006 Revision 6, the instructions
for completing the forms, enables NRC to collect, retrieve, analyze as
necessary, and submit the data to IAEA to fulfill its reporting
responsibilities.
Submit, by January 31, 2005, 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 burden estimate 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 be minimized,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Room O-1 F21, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance
requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/index.html. The document
will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the
signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo.
Shelton (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of November 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26357 Filed 11-29-04; 8:45 am]
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