[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11409]



[[Page 41058]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following 
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 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.
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension:
    DOE/NRC Form 742--Revision.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C--Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection:
    DOE/NRC Form 742, ``Material Balance Report;''
    NUREG/BR-0007, ``Instructions for the Preparation and Distribution 
of Material Status Reports;'' and DOE/NRC Form 742C, ``Physical 
Inventory Listing.''
    3. The form numbers if applicable: NRC Form 742 and NRC Form 742C.
    4. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C 
are submitted annually following a physical inventory of nuclear 
materials.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Persons licensed to 
possess specified quantities of special nuclear or source material.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses:
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 180 licensees.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 180 licensees.
    7.  An estimate of the number of annual respondents:
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 180 licensees.
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 180 licensees.
    8. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request:
    DOE/NRC Form 742: 900 hours (5 hours per respondent.).
    DOE/NRC Form 742C: 1,080 hours (6 hours per respondent.).
    9. An indication of whether section 3507(d), Public Law 104-13 
applies: NA.
    10. Abstract: Each licensee authorized to possess special nuclear 
material totaling more than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, 
uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, are required to 
submit DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C. In addition, any licensee authorized 
to possess 1,000 kilograms of source material is required to submit 
DOE/NRC Form 742. The information is used by NRC to fulfill its 
responsibilities as a participant in US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement and 
various bilateral agreements with other countries, and to satisfy its 
domestic safeguards responsibilities.
    A copy of the final 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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by August 18, 2006. Comments received after this date will 
be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of 
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
    John A. Asalone, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(3150-0004; -0058), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be e-mailed to [email protected] or 
submitted by telephone at (202) 395-4650.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo Shelton, (301) 415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of July 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-11409 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P