[Federal Register: March 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 55)]
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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:
NRC Form 327, ``Special Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM)
Physical Inventory Summary Report''.
NUREG/BR-0096, ``Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical
Inventory Summary Reports''.
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0139.
3. How often the collection is required: The frequency of reporting
corresponds to the frequency of required inventories, which depends
essentially on the strategic significance of the SNM covered by the
particular license. Certain licensees possessing strategic SNM are
required to report inventories every 2 months. Licensees possessing SNM
of moderate strategic significance must report every 6 months.
Licensees possessing SNM of low strategic significance must report
annually.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Fuel facility licensees
possessing special nuclear material.
5. The number of annual respondents: 10.
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 98 hours (an average of approximately 4.25 hours per
response for 23 responses).
7. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by fuel facility licensees
to account for special nuclear material. The data is used by NRC to
assess licensee material control and accounting programs and to confirm
the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) special nuclear material
theft or diversion. NUREG/BR-0096 provides specific guidance and
instructions for completing the form in accordance with the
requirements appropriate for a particular licensee.
Submit, by May 21, 2001, 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-1F23, Rockville, MD 20852. OMB clearance
requests are available at the NRC worldwide website: http://
www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/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, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 E 6, Washington, DC
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic
mail at BJS1@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of March, 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-6980 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 am]
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