Information Collection: Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material, 51192 [2019-20983]

Download as PDF 51192 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 188 / Friday, September 27, 2019 / Notices NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2019–0103] Information Collection: Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ‘‘Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material.’’ DATES: Submit comments by October 28, 2019. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150–0062), Attn: Desk Officer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503; email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019– 0103 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC–2019–0103. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact 18:29 Sep 26, 2019 Jkt 247001 B. Submitting Comments The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are posted at https:// www.regulations.gov/ and entered into ADAMS. Comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. II. Background A. Obtaining Information VerDate Sep<11>2014 the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@ nrc.gov. The supporting statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19198A152. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by contacting the NRC’s Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, part 11 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material.’’ 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. The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on May 9, 2019, 84 FR 20439. PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 11, ‘‘Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0062. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number if applicable: N/ A. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Employees (including applicants for employment), contractors, and consultant for NRC licensees and contractors whose activities involves access to, or control over, special nuclear material at either fixed sites or for transportation activities. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 357. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 2. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 89. 10. Abstract: The NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR part 11, establish requirements for access to special nuclear material, and the criteria and procedures for resolving questions concerning the eligibility of individuals to receive special nuclear material access authorization. The specific part 11 requirements covered under this OMB clearance include requests for exemptions to part 11 requirements, amendments to security plans that require incumbents to have material access authorizations, access authorization cancellations. In addition, licensees must keep records of the names and access authorization numbers of certain individuals assigned to shipments of special nuclear material. The information required by 10 CFR part 11 is needed to establish control over and maintain records of who is properly authorized to safeguard and have access to special nuclear material. Not knowing this information could cause harm to the public and national security. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of September, 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–20983 Filed 9–26–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P E:\FR\FM\27SEN1.SGM 27SEN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2019-0103]


Information Collection: Criteria and Procedures for Determining 
Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear Material

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; 
request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently 
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Criteria and Procedures for 
Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control Over Special Nuclear 
Material.''

DATES: Submit comments by October 28, 2019. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES:  Submit comments directly to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0062), Attn: Desk Officer 
for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
telephone: 301-415-2084; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0103 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0103.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. The supporting statement is available 
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19198A152.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting the NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected]

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are 
posted at https://www.regulations.gov/ and entered into ADAMS. Comment 
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact 
information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of 
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, part 
11 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Criteria 
and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control 
Over Special Nuclear Material.'' 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.
    The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on May 9, 2019, 84 FR 20439.
    1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 11, 
``Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or 
Control Over Special Nuclear Material.''
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0062.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number if applicable: N/A.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Employees (including 
applicants for employment), contractors, and consultant for NRC 
licensees and contractors whose activities involves access to, or 
control over, special nuclear material at either fixed sites or for 
transportation activities.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 357.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 2.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
comply with the information collection requirement or request: 89.
    10. Abstract: The NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 11, establish 
requirements for access to special nuclear material, and the criteria 
and procedures for resolving questions concerning the eligibility of 
individuals to receive special nuclear material access authorization. 
The specific part 11 requirements covered under this OMB clearance 
include requests for exemptions to part 11 requirements, amendments to 
security plans that require incumbents to have material access 
authorizations, access authorization cancellations. In addition, 
licensees must keep records of the names and access authorization 
numbers of certain individuals assigned to shipments of special nuclear 
material. The information required by 10 CFR part 11 is needed to 
establish control over and maintain records of who is properly 
authorized to safeguard and have access to special nuclear material. 
Not knowing this information could cause harm to the public and 
national security.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of September, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-20983 Filed 9-26-19; 8:45 am]
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