Notice2021-25261
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Plants and Materials
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Published
November 19, 2021
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
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, "Physical Protection of Plants and Materials."
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 221 (Friday, November 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64962-64964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25261]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0276]
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials
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, ``Physical Protection of Plants
and Materials.''
DATES: Submit comments by December 20, 2021. 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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
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particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-2084; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c48daaa2aba7aba8a8a1a7b0b7ea96a1b7abb1b6a7a184aab6a7eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b52757d74787477777e786f6835497e68746e69787e5b756978357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0276 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:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0276.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb9b8f99e599aeb8a4beb9a8ae8ba5b9a8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acfce8fe82fec9dfc3d9decfc9ecc2decf82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement and the 10
CFR part 73 Annual Burden tables are available in ADAMS under Accession
Nos. ML21244A281 and ML21101A001.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6a6b2a4d8a493859983849593b6988495d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cccd8ceb2cef9eff3e9eefff9dcf2eeffb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
<bullet> 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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#652c0b030a060a0909000611164b3700160a10170600250b17064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51183f373e323e3d3d343225227f0334223e24233234113f23327f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> 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
73 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) ``Physical
Protection of Plants and Materials.'' 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 June 24, 2021, (86 FR 33382).
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 73
``Physical Protection of Plants and Materials.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0002.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: N/A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once for the
initial submittal of Cyber Security Plans, Physical Security Plans,
Safeguards Contingency Plans, and Security Training and Qualification
Plans and then on occasion when changes are made. Required reports are
submitted and evaluated as events occur.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Nuclear power reactor
licensees licensed under 10 CFR parts 50 or 52 who possess, use,
import, export, transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport,
special nuclear material; actively decommissioning reactor licensees;
Category I, Category II and Category III fuel facilities; nonpower
reactors (research and test reactors); and other entities who mark and
handle Safeguards Information.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 130,968 (40,889
reporting responses + 89,869 third party disclosure responses + 210
record keepers).
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 210 (56 power
reactors + 20 decommissioning reactor facilities + 2 Category I fuel
facilities + 5 Category II and III fuel facilities + 31 nonpower
reactors + and 96 other entities who mark and handle Safeguards
Information).
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 495,892 hours (22,631
reporting + 451,788 recordkeeping + 21,473 third party disclosure).
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 73 prescribe
requirements to establish and maintain a physical protection system and
security organization with capabilities for protection of: (1) Special
Nuclear Material (SNM) at fixed sites, (2) SNM in transit, and (3)
plants in which SNM is used. 10 CFR part 73 contains reporting and
recordkeeping requirements which are necessary to help ensure that an
adequate level of protection is provided for nuclear facilities and
nuclear material, such as: Development and maintenance of security
documents including a physical security plan, a training and
qualification plan, a safeguards contingency plan, a cyber security
plan, and security implementing procedures; notifications to the NRC
regarding safeguards and cyber security events; notifications to State
governors and Tribes regarding shipments of irradiated reactor fuel;
and requirements for conducting criminal history records checks of
individuals granted unescorted access to a nuclear power facility, a
non-power reactor, or access to Safeguards Information. The objective
is to ensure that activities involving SNM are consistent with
interests of common defense and security and that these activities do
not constitute an unreasonable risk to public health and safety. The
information in the reports and records submitted by licensees is used
by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the public and
the environment are protected, and licensee
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possession and use of SNM is in compliance with license and regulatory
requirements.
Dated: November 15, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David C. Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25261 Filed 11-18-21; 8:45 am]
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