Notice2025-07295
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Plants and Materials
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Published
April 28, 2025
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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 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17630-17631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07295]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0094]
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials
AGENCY: U.S. 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 May 28, 2025. 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
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Benney, NRC Clearance Officer,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6355; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6ffd8d0d9d5d9dadad3d5c2c598e4d3c5d9c3c4d5d3f6d8c4d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a03242c25292526262f293e3964182f39253f38292f0a243829642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0094 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-2024-0094.
<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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b6b7f6915695e48544e49585e7b554958155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="68382c3a463a0d1b071d1a0b0d28061a0b460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>. The supporting statement and
burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML25069A657 and ML25069A669, respectively.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0a0b4a2dea295839f85829395b09e8293de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c6c786e126e594f53494e5f597c524e5f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (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 Acting Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70391e161f131f1c1c151304035e2215031f05021315301e02135e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a43646c65696566666f697e7924586f79657f78696f4a647869246d657c">[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,
``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 December 6, 2024, 89 FR 97078.
1. The title of the information collection: Part 73 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Physical Protection of
Plants and Materials.''
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0002.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
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 part 50, ``Domestic licensing of
production and utilization facilities'' or 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
certifications, and approvals for nuclear power plants,'' who possess,
use, import, export, transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport,
special nuclear material (SNM); actively decommissioning reactor
licensees; Category I, Category II, and Category III fuel facilities;
non-power reactors (research and test reactors); and other entities who
mark and handle Safeguards Information.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 135,164.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 205.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 482,088 (25,725 hours
reporting + 428,784 hours recordkeeping + 23,579 hours third-party
disclosure).
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 73, ``Physical
Protection of Plants and Materials,'' prescribe requirements to
establish and maintain a physical protection system and security
organization with capabilities for protection of (1) SNM at fixed
sites, (2) SNM in transit, and (3) plants in which SNM is used.
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in 10 CFR part 73 is
necessary to ensure 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 activities involving SNM
provide for the common defense and security, and 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
verify that possession and use of SNM complies with applicable
regulatory requirements and the terms of their respective license and
ensure protection of public health and safety and the environment.
Dated: April 23, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07295 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
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