[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22595]
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[Federal Register: September 13, 1994]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Privacy Act of 1974; Revisions to System of Records
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed revision of an existing system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for public comment
revisions to an existing system of records, NRC-32, Licensee and
Applicant Taxpayer Identification Number Records--NRC. The proposed
revisions add six new routine uses which will enhance the NRC's ability
to collect certain license fee debts owed to the U.S. Government.
Corresponding changes to other portions of the system notice are also
being made as a result of the additional routine use disclosures.
DATES: The revised system of records will become effective without
further notice on October 24, 1994 unless comments received on or
before that date cause a contrary decision. If, based on NRC's review
of comments received, changes are made, NRC will publish a new final
notice.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service Branch. Copies of comments may be examined at the
NRC Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW., Lower Level,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jona L. Souder, Privacy Act Program
Manager, Freedom of Information/Local Public Document Room Branch,
Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of
Administration, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone: 301-415-7170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposes
to amend its system of records entitled ``NRC-32, Licensee and
Applicant Taxpayer Identification Number Records--NRC,'' to establish
six new routine uses which will enhance the NRC's ability to collect
certain license fee debts owed to the U.S. Government. Existing routine
use b. is redesignated h. New routine use b. permits the disclosure of
information in the system to the Defense Manpower Data Center of the
Department of Defense, the United States Postal Service, and other
Federal, State, or local agencies for computer matching to identify
individuals who are (1) delinquent in their repayment of debts owed to
NRC and (2) receiving Federal salary or benefit payments. NRC will use
the information obtained as a result of the matching to collect the
debts under the provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L.
97-365) by voluntary repayment, by administrative or salary offset, or
by referral to collection agencies. New routine use c. permits the
disclosure of information in the system to the General Accounting
Office, Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney, or other Federal agencies
for further collection action on delinquent accounts. New routine use
d. permits disclosures to commercial credit reporting agencies to
obtain or add to a credit history file for use in the administration of
debt collection. New routine use e. permits disclosures to any Federal
agency where an NRC debtor is employed or receiving remuneration to
enable that agency to collect a debt owed to the NRC. New routine use
f. permits disclosure to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for
computer matching under 26 U.S.C. 6103(m)(2) to obtain the mailing
address of a taxpayer to collect or to compromise a claim by NRC
against a taxpayer under 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3717, and 3718. New routine
use g. permits the disclosure of information from the system to the IRS
to collect a debt by offset against the debtor's tax refunds under the
Federal Tax Refund Offset Program.
Other revisions to the system of records notice are also being
made. These include changes to (1) clarify the categories of
individuals covered, (2) add paper records to the categories of
records, (3) update the authority for maintaining the system, and (4)
expand the record source categories.
Accordingly, NRC proposes to amend ``NRC-32, Licensee and Applicant
Taxpayer Identification Number Records--NRC,'' in its entirety to read
as follows:
NRC-32
Licensee and Applicant Taxpayer Identification Number Records--NRC.
License Fee and Debt Collection Branch, Office of the Controller,
NRC, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
NRC licensees and individuals or corporations who have filed
applications for an NRC license.
License Fee and Debt Collection Branch computer systems maintaining
taxpayer ID numbers, application or license numbers, and billing
information. These computerized data bases also include licensee or
applicant names, billing addresses, license or application numbers, fee
categories, regional affiliations, and billing histories. Paper forms
submitted by licensees and applicants containing taxpayer ID numbers
are also maintained in this system.
5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12); 5 U.S.C. 5514; 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f); 26 U.S.C.
6103(m)(2); 31 U.S.C. 37, subchapters I and II; 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)
(1988); 31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3717; 31 U.S.C. 3718;
31 U.S.C. 3720A (1988); 42 U.S.C. 2201 (1988); 42 U.S.C. 5841 (1988);
Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-589);
10 CFR Parts 15, 16, 170, 171 (1994); Section 206 of Executive Order
11222.
a. To debt collection contractors for the purpose of collecting
delinquent debts as authorized by the Debt Collection Act of 1982, 31
U.S.C. 3718.
b. To the Defense Manpower Data Center, Department of Defense; the
United States Postal Service; or any other Federal, State, or local
agency to conduct an authorized computer matching program in compliance
with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, to identify and locate
individuals who are delinquent in their repayment of debts owed to the
U.S. Government under certain programs or services administered by the
NRC in order to collect the debts under the provisions of the Debt
Collection Act of 1982 (5 U.S.C. 5514) by voluntary repayment, by
administrative or salary offset, or by referral to collection
contractors.
c. To the U.S. General Accounting Office, Department of Justice,
United States Attorney, or other Federal agencies for further
collection action on any delinquent account when circumstances warrant.
d. To a commercial credit reporting agency for the purpose of
either adding to a credit history file or obtaining a credit history
file for use in the administration of debt collection.
e. To any Federal agency where the debtor is employed or receiving
some form of remuneration for the purpose of enabling that agency to
collect a debt owed the U.S. Government on NRC's behalf by counseling
the debtor for voluntary repayment or by initiating administrative or
salary offset procedures under the provisions of the Debt Collection
Act of 1982 (5 U.S.C. 5514).
f. To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by computer matching to
obtain the mailing address of a taxpayer for the purpose of locating
such taxpayer to collect or to compromise a Federal claim by NRC
against the taxpayer pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103(m)(2) and in accordance
with 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3717, and 3718. Redisclosure of a mailing address
obtained from the IRS may be made only for debt collection purposes,
including to a debt collection agency to facilitate the collection or
compromise of a Federal claim under the Debt Collection Act of 1982,
except that redisclosure of a mailing address to a commercial reporting
agency is for the limited purpose of obtaining a commercial credit
report on the particular taxpayer. Any such mailing address information
obtained from the IRS will not be used or shared for any other NRC
purpose or disclosed by NRC to another Federal, State, or local agency
which seeks to locate the same taxpayer for its own debt collection
purpose.
g. Referral of legally enforceable debts to the Internal Revenue
Service to be offset against the debtor's tax refunds under the Federal
Tax Refund Offset Program.
h. For any of the routine uses specified in the Prefatory Statement
of General Routine Uses.
Disclosures of information to a consumer reporting agency are not
considered a routine use of records. Disclosures may be made from this
system to ``consumer reporting agencies'' as defined in the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681(a)(f)) or the Federal Claims Collection
Act of 1966, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
Information contained in this system is stored on hard copy and on
computer media.
Information is retrieved by license number, application number,
licensee or applicant name, invoice number, or taxpayer identification
number.
The hard copy records and data bases are maintained in an area
where access is controlled by keycard and limited to those with a need
for access to the work area, and in a building where access is
controlled by a security guard force.
These records are under visual control during duty hours. After
duty hours, access to the building is controlled by a security guard
force and access to each floor is controlled by key card. Computer
records are password protected.
These records are destroyed in accordance with the retention
periods provided for in General Records Schedule (GRS) GRS 6-10.b. or
when no longer needed, whichever is later. Computer files are deleted
after the expiration of the retention period authorized under the
General Records Schedule for the disposable hard copy file or when no
longer needed, whichever is later.
Chief, License Fee and Debt Collection Branch, Division of
Accounting and Finance, Office of the Controller, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Director, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Same as ``Notification procedure.''
Same as ``Notification procedure.''
NRC; NRC licensees and applicants for NRC licenses; employing
agency of debtor; collection agencies; and Federal, State, or local
agencies furnishing identifying and/or address information.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of September 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James M. Taylor,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 94-22595 Filed 9-12-94; 8:45 am]
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