[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5680-5681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2630]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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.
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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: NRC Form 741:
Revision; NRC Form 740m: Extension.
2. The title of the information collection:
--DOE/NRC Forms 741 & 741A--Nuclear Material Transaction Report;
--DOE/NRC Form 740M--Concise Note;
--NUREG/BR-0006--``Instructions for Completing Nuclear Material
Transaction Reports and Concise Note, Forms 741, 741A, and 740M''.
3. How often the collection is required:
--DOE/NRC Form 741/741A: As occasioned by special nuclear material or
source material transfers, receipts, or inventory changes that meet
certain criteria.
--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.
4. Who will be 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 10 CFR Part 75.
5. An estimate of the number of responses:
--DOE/NRC Form 741/741A: 36,500
--DOE/NRC Form 740M: 1,140
6. The estimated number of annual respondents:
--DOE/NRC Form 741/741A: 1,200
--DOE/NRC Form 740M: 38
7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request:
--DOE/NRC Form 741/741A: 27,375 for NRC and Agreement State licensees
(.75 hour per response with an annual average of 22.8 hours per
respondent for 1,200 respondents)
--DOE/NRC Form 740M: 855 for NRC and Agreement State licensees (.75
hour per response with an annual average of 22.5 hours per respondent
for 38 respondents)
8. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
9. Abstract: NRC and Agreement State licensees are required to make
inventory and accounting reports on DOE/NRC Form 741/741A for certain
source or special nuclear material inventory changes, for transfers or
receipts of special nuclear material, or for transfer or receipt of 1
kilogram or more of source material. Licensees affected by 10 CFR 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 U.S./IAEA Safeguards
Agreement. The use of
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Forms 740M, 741, and 741A, together with NUREG/BR-0006, 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.
A copy of the final supporting statement may be viewed free of
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC
worldwide web site (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 should be directed to the OMB reviewer
listed below by March 8, 1999. 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.
Erik Godwin, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-
0135), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503.
Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3084.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of January 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-2630 Filed 2-3-99; 8:45 am]
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